Hamburger menu LEVEL 2 & 3 APPRENTICESHIPS DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS MORE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST YOUR PATHWAY TO SHAPING THE FUTURE Early Careers Start your career with Wates At Wates, we are proud to be a family-owned business, small enough to recognise and support great talent, yet big enough to challenge and interest our people through amazing multi-million-pound projects. To us, construction is more than just building. Its also a chance for us to positively impact the communities where we work and thrive. Our Early Careers programmes offer a range of exciting development opportunities to undergraduates, graduates, school and college leavers as well as trade professionals. No matter what your background or aspiration, well help you find the right path where you can explore, grow and thrive as a professional. Our 2022 Early Careers scheme is now open for applications. Click on the link below to see the great range of roles available. ROLES AVAILABLE NOW! Early career vacancies - your pathway to shaping the future Hear from our existing apprentices and trainees CASE STUDY: Ed Wordsworth Production Management Trainee “As a trainee I am trying to learn as much as possible. I question decisions made by managers to gain the knowledge and understanding why they were made.” CASE STUDY: Claudia Barr Commericial Management Trainee “I love the style of learning in an apprenticeship. I can learn from doing the job itself instead of just reading from a book.” CASE STUDY: Nathan Chandler Setting Out Engineer Apprentice “The apprenticeship at Wates has given me the opportunity to expand my knowledge in the construction industry” What to expect from our apprenticeship programmes With rotational development, technical and behavioural training and a host of additional benefits, our programmes provide the foundation skills, knowledge and experience you need to build a long-term, successful career. Youll get to work with and be mentored by some of the best professionals in the industry, and with over 120 talented trainees on our programmes, youll also have amazing opportunities to build a network, collaborate and share learning with your peers. We trust you to get involved from the moment you walk through the door, empowering you with variety and responsibility, and with our business spanning across construction, development and property services, the pathways and possibilities are endless! MYTHBUSTERS Find out what it’s really like to work in the built environment HEAR FROM OUR EXISTING APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES Latest insight NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK 2021 CAMPAIGN During National Apprenticeship Week (8- 14 February), we want to highlight the wide range of job opportunities available as part of a career in construction. Hear from some of our apprentices and trainees below who are helping to break down the common myths about apprenticeships in construction. In-Site: Virtual site tours VIDEO We are committed to raising awareness about the built environment sector and to encouraging young people, career changers and those who face barriers to employment to take a closer look at the roles required to create the places of tomorrow. These virtual tours provide an insight to some of our projects and the people that make them happen. Acknowledging the drive and talent of our people BLOG At Wates, we are continuing to invest in our young talent, to make sure they continue to develop the best skills possible, both on site and off. With many of our trainees going on to secure senior positions and with accolades like Peter Glasgow and Lewis Hough’s wins at the G4C Awards, it is clear that we are successfully doing this. Celebrating our young talent during adversity BLOG We asked two of our promising young apprentices, Beth Turner – Production Management Trainee and Liv Nicholls – Commercial Trainee, for their thoughts on how we can encourage more people to consider construction from an early age. MYTHBUSTERS - what it's really like to work in the built environment VIDEO There are a huge variety of different roles available in the built environment. Hear from some of our apprentices and trainees below who are helping to debunk the common myths about apprenticeships in construction. A career in the built environment: There's something for everyone. During National Apprenticeship Week (3-9 February), we want to highlight the wide range of job opportunities available in the built environment. Hear from some of our apprentices and trainees who are helping to break down the common myths about apprenticeships in construction. BLOG: driving performance is reliant on people People are the lifeline of our industry. With industry growth must come more investment in the future workforce. Read more on why training is so vital to our industry. BLOG: Rebuilding the college where my construction career began I have always wanted to work within the property and construction industry and my apprenticeship was the first step towards doing that. BLOG: My Apprenticeship at Wates is giving me a head start to a career in construction Going to university is often seen as the only path to career success but with the prospect of a five-figure debt and no guaranteed job at the end of it, Julia Cox has chosen an alternative route to a future in construction. © Copyright Wates 2021 To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Website Privacy Policy. Settings Yes, I agree