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EPIC Your Role In Roads

Whether you join straight from school or as a graduate, the industry offers roles ranging from plant operatives through to engineers, planners, estimators, site and technical managers, IT specialists and financial controllers. For selected graduates there is the opportunity to be sponsored as you complete your qualifications before starting full-time work. The contracting and surfacing sector includes some of the UK’s biggest companies, so training and career progression is taken seriously.

Find out more from young people who already have successful careers in road contracting…

GARY CREDLAND
AGE: 27
CONTRACTS MANAGER,
RMC
“My main responsibility is to plan, manage and programme all the highway contractual work in the region.  Projects range in size from small scale contracts costing £10,000, up to £1m for a bigger job. I’ve been lucky to work with people at a variety of levels, which has helped me develop my management skills.”

KIRK SHEPPERD
AGE: 27
FRAMEWORK PLANNER,
LAFARGE
“I get involved at the tender stage, working with estimators to cost the job then seeing projects through onsite.  There isn’t room for mistakes. Anything not picked up on the initial programme has a time and cost implication, so background research has to be thorough. It’s a really interesting job and it is satisfying to watch a project unfold, knowing you have played a major part.”

JOAN HEERY
AGE: 37
SITE AGENT,
TARMAC
“There are lots of challenges to overcome, but for the right person, the potential on offer within road contracting is enormous. I find it very rewarding – there are many parts of my job I enjoy such as the variety of work and the mix of people in the industry, but mostly it’s the satisfaction of seeing a project completed.”

ANDY NICHOLSON
AGE: 31
PLANNING ENGINEER,
HANSON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
“I was taken on following a year out with Hanson. From there, the company has supported me in studying for my MA. In the road contracting industry, there are many opportunities to get a lot of responsibility quickly. As an estimator, everything I do has a consequence to it, which is something I particularly enjoy about the job. I also get satisfaction from winning a contract – it’s nice to know that my work has been successful.” 

 
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
•    Excellent career prospects
•    Wide range of jobs
•    Opportunities to work abroad
•    Teamwork and responsibilities at an early age
•    Environmentally conscious industry
•    Further training available, in companies and through the sponsored distance learning
•    Range of hours and positions at all ages
•    Companies across the UK
•    Health and safety is a priority
•    Opportunities to cross train
 
Whether your route into road contracting is straight from school or from university, dig a bit deeper and you could find a great future.
•    Go to our website www.careersinroadcontracting.co.uk and register your interest. By doing so, you will put your details before companies right across the industry
•     Ring EPIC, the industry’s training organisation, on 0845 600 9692 for some friendly advice or email careers@epicltd.co.uk
•     Contact your local road contracting company through Yellow Pages or www.yell.com
The Your Role In Roads careers initiative is being promoted jointly by four industry organisations. EPIC is the training organisation for the quarrying and road contracting industries. The Quarry Products Association is the trade association for the quarrying and quarry products sector. The Institute of Quarrying is the professional body for individuals in quarrying and related industries. The Institute of Asphalt Technology is the professional body for those working in asphalt technology.