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Careers

We invest in our people from the start.

Our apprentices and developing professionals gain recognised qualifications, real project experience and structured mentoring, with ongoing support from directors who remain actively involved in both our delivery teams and our clients.

Recognised nationally

Small/Medium Employer of the Year

ECITB ECI Training & Development Awards 2025. Presented by category sponsor NUVIA at Glaziers Hall, London.

Recognised for our commitment to developing talent through training, mentoring and hands-on project experience, and for the measures taken to overcome the barriers an SME faces in the highly regulated nuclear sector.

With security clearances and limited access to client projects restricting opportunities for new entrants, we built internal scenario-based training using real but desensitised project data. New entrants spend months building a work breakdown structure, developing a schedule and working through risks and progress updates before a client placement, and we place apprentices on projects at no cost to our clients.

“As the company has grown, we’ve been able to support projects in a different way, which has allowed us to bring our new entrants on quicker… we can get them in front of our clients, we can get them supporting on projects, and that gives them hands-on experience nice and early.”

Mike Preston, Director
Read the ECITB write-up

Apprentice of the Year 2024

Lewis White, Project Controller. ECI Training & Development Awards, One Marylebone, London.

Lewis was named ECITB Apprentice of the Year 2024, recognised for his dedication, proactive attitude and one-team mindset.

He used skills developed alongside his apprenticeship to turn a work placement into a billable role, creating a significant reporting dashboard for a major nuclear decommissioning project. He now leads our apprenticeship programme.

“I joined Herne with zero knowledge of the project area, but I thought I had the skills to be a project controller… The support that I’ve had has made it a lot easier to transition into a profession with little knowledge, to where I am today winning an award.”

Lewis White, Project Controller
Read the ECITB write-up

Join us

Routes in.

If you want real responsibility on major nuclear, defence and infrastructure programmes, and an employer that invests in getting you there, these are the routes available.

  1. Apprenticeships

    Project controls and quantity surveying apprenticeships with structured support through to End Point Assessment. The programme is led by Lewis White, ECITB Apprentice of the Year 2024, who came through the route himself. You will be prepared through scenario-based training built from real, desensitised project data before undertaking client-facing work.

  2. Early careers & graduates

    Join a small team where you are given real responsibility on major nuclear, defence and infrastructure programmes from the start.

  3. Experienced professionals

    Planners, project controllers, risk managers, quantity surveyors and commercial managers who want to work directly with clients. Our size means experienced people can take on new responsibilities and opportunities quickly, without the constraints of a traditional organisational structure.

  4. Specialist associates

    We maintain a network of vetted, hand-picked specialist associates and sub-contractors who work alongside our in-house team on client instructions.

What we commit to

What you can expect from us.

We fund your qualifications

Professional and academic qualifications, technical accreditations and specialist software training are supported by the business.

You are mentored by directors

Our directors stay actively involved in our people, our projects and our clients.

You train before you are exposed

Scenario-based training on real, desensitised project data builds your confidence before your first client placement.

Your workload is managed

We actively monitor workloads and balance resources across the team.

You get a say

We engage the team in decision-making, ask for feedback regularly, and create space to raise issues freely.

Get in touch

We’re always interested in exceptional people.

Tell us about yourself and the kind of role you’re looking for. You can also email your CV to info@herneuk.com.

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