Social Value Graduate

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

• We value everyone as part of the same team.
• We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
• We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
• We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
• We’re renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
• We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.

At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Our values,
Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.

Our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

By showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.

We all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.

To push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated graduate to begin a career in Social Value, Sustainability, ESG, and Community Engagement within the UK infrastructure sector.

As a Graduate Social Value Advisor, you will support the delivery of meaningful social impact across major infrastructure projects and business operations, helping ensure that projects create lasting benefits for local communities, clients, employees, and supply chain partners.

Working as part of the Social Value team, you will contribute to the planning, coordination, delivery, monitoring, and promotion of social value initiatives aligned to client commitments, ESG objectives, and wider business priorities. The role offers exposure to stakeholder engagement, community partnerships, employability and education programmes, volunteering initiatives, sustainability activities, and social value reporting frameworks.

You will work closely with operational teams, clients, educational institutions, charities, local authorities, and community organisations to help deliver measurable outcomes that support social mobility, skills development, inclusion, and community wellbeing.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about creating positive social impact, enjoys working collaboratively with people, and is looking to develop a long-term career within social value, sustainability, infrastructure, or corporate responsibility.

The role provides excellent opportunities for professional development, industry exposure, and career progression within a supportive and collaborative environment.

The Social Value Graduate will join the Colas Rail Social Value team, supporting the company’s social value strategy and action plan. Your primary responsibilities will include delivering social value initiatives in the communities where we operate, building partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, and monitoring and reporting social value outcomes across the company.

Reporting to the Social Value Manager, you will assist in creating informative and compelling communications, such as social value newsletters and case studies, targeting both internal and external…