Register Your Interest - Project Management Graduate Scheme 2027

Our 2-year Project Management Graduate Scheme gives you the opportunity to work on a portfolio of meaningful projects across our business. Through internal placements, developing your understanding, and building new skills, you’ll gain exposure to our business functions and even undertake addition training and qualifications.

If making an impact matters to you.

You matter to us

What you’ll be doing

Take the opportunity to explore commercial, safety, and risk & opportunity management techniques, while gaining exposure across several functions including Construction, Planning, Strategy, Operations and Estimating.

Contributing to high-profile projects, you’ll prepare presentations and reports, manage important contracts, and build relationships with stakeholders. You’ll gain basic engineering knowledge along the way. We’ll show you how to sharpen your interpersonal skills, enabling you to communicate with people at all levels, and ensuring everything stays on track for success.

In addition to all of this, you’ll undertake our Leadership Essentials Programme, which will equip you with the key skills, knowledge, and behaviours needed to become a future leader.

Who you are matters

You’ll need to have at least a 2:2 in any degree subject, and the flexibility to occasionally travel to attend training opportunities at various locations.

We look for inquisitive self-starters with a strong work ethic and the confidence to challenge how things are done. You should have an eye for detail with the ability to approach problems with a calm approach. Other qualities we’re looking for include:

• Strong organisation skills
• Good teamwork
• Ability to empathise

What you’ll get out of it

Over 2 years, you’ll complete a series of development programmes to help you learn about the industry, how to project manage, and all the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to launch your leadership journey. You’ll also gain the Association for Project Management Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ).

Previous Graduates have rolled off into roles such as Project Management Assistant, Project Leader, Scheme Project Manager and Associate Sponsor. With regular opportunities to take on further training, you’ll gain industry accreditation, with the chance to attend networking events, webinars, and conferences.

About Network Rail

We are Network Rail. We matter to millions. We design stations, we repair tracks, we code software, we do finance, we do much more than you think.

As one of our graduates you’ll enjoy immense variety and gain unrivalled experience across a range of roles, projects, and types of work. You’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in all aspects of our industry and either find out where your interests and talents lie or further develop your career in an area you’re already passionate about.

The scale and scope of our organisation and the opportunities we offer is huge. But despite our size, you’ll find we work as a close, supportive team. And as one of many graduates on our scheme, you’ll not only be able to define your own career direction, you’ll also be able to share your growing experience and knowledge with our wider network of graduates - potentially building friendships and professional relationships that will last a lifetime.

We view our graduates as our future. So, whether you’re interested in a career in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Business, you’ll find that everyone, at every level is happy to offer you their time, support, and advice. Because we want you to succeed. That’s also why we offer amazing access to training, development, and further qualifications. All you have to do is ask us. And if we can help you to advance your knowledge and your career, we will.

Choose a graduate career with us and you’re choosing a career with real meaning. You’ll be part of a large and growing UK organisation that genuinely cares about its people and the world around us. We’re driven by service, not profit. And we want to create a safe and sustainable future for everyone. We matter to millions.

Join us and you could too.

Register Your Interest

To be the first to know once applications open, register your interest today!