Graduate Digital Construction Coordinator

We're looking for a Graduate Digital Construction Coordinator to join our Construction team based at HMP Glasgow

Within this role you can enjoy 26 days annual leave, 24/7 Wellbeing Support Programme, and even more https://jobs.kier.co.uk/benefits/ 

We are a leading UK national contractor delivering projects of all sizes and complexities in the public and private sectors, including education, healthcare, defence and justice and borders. We design and deliver buildings that are key to the UK's infrastructure – from hospitals and treatment centres, to schools, leisure centres and prisons.  

Construction comprises our Regional Building, Strategic Projects, Kier Places, KME and we operate across all regions– London & Southern, Western & Wales, Eastern & Midlands and North & Scotland. https://www.kier.co.uk/who-we-are/our-business-divisions/ 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading construction and infrastructure services company on our structured graduate development programme. These programmes have been designed to provide you with the experiences and tools needed for progression within your chosen career. 

Location: HMP Glasgow – With flexibility to travel/relocate across the region  

Starting Salary: £30,000 per annum + Car Allowance & relocation package (on some contracts) 

Pathway: Permanent, Full-time 2-year programme, leading to a Digital Construction Coordinator role upon completion with salary potential of CIRCA £38k 

Starting date: September 2026 

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for? 

As a Graduate Digital Construction Coordinator, you'll be working within the Construction team supporting a verity of digitally enabled projects cross varying sectors. The Graduate Digital Construction Coordinator role sits within our Digital Construction function will focus on enabling the use of appropriate tools and technologies to support project delivery from inception to in use. The candidate will be aware of the information management process across projects, ensuring compliance with industry / Kier standards and helping to deliver against client requirements.

The successful candidate will report ongoing progress and highlight any risk to the project team and / or their line manager to ensure support is given to achieve accelerated and consistent adoption of digital construction techniques.

What will your day-to-day duties include? 

• Support the digital construction team in educating and raising awareness with respect to our digital deliverables on projects
• Develop technical skills related to model viewing and federation software to holistically review graphical information and assist with the clash detection and the issue management processes to coordinate tasks
• Develop technical skills to review model data related to client information requirements
• Support the delivery of BIM and digital training to internal colleagues and external consultants / subcontractors
• Liaise with external consultants to ensure project deliverables are maintained in accordance with the BIM Execution Plan

What are the benefits for you? 

• Practical experience: gain valuable hands-on experience in your field.
• Skill improvement: develop technical and professional skills.
• Networking: build professional relationships and expand your network.
• Career insight: gain insights into your chosen industry and potential career paths. 

 What are we looking for? 

We're looking for people due to graduate in 2026, or have recently graduated within the past three years, with a degree in Construction Management / Architecture / Structural Engineer / Building Services or a related field. 

The role of Graduate Digital Construction Coordinator is great for you if you are:  

• A good communicator
• Builds positive working relationships, internally and with the supply chain
• Has an aptitude to learn
• Well organised and punctual
• Enthusiastic and keen to use new technologies to improve traditional ways of working
• Support efficiencies through ongoing learning

Rewards and benefits 

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here. 

Diversity and inclusion 

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. 

Recruitment timeline for graduate roles at Kier 

October 2023: Initial applications 

November 2023: Video interviews 

January 2024 onwards: Assessment centres