Graduate Contract Manager

Are you a forward thinking and aspiring undergraduate in your final year of university? Or recently completed and looking to get into the workforce?

Are you excited to take the next step in your career? Join our graduate programme at Yunex Traffic and see for yourself how this programme could help shape your professional career.

As our cities get bigger and more complex, Yunex Traffic makes mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable with forward-looking infrastructure and transport solutions. Yunex Traffic designs, markets, manufactures, installs, and maintains a wide portfolio of international traffic management products and is the UK market leader in the traffic signal business. This includes intersection and pedestrian traffic controllers, intelligent urban traffic control systems, variable message signs, public transport, and car park guidance systems to enhance road safety and improve traffic flow in congested urban and inter-urban areas.

This is your chance to learn about how our work impacts everyday life across the world – you could be there at the centre of it, helping us shape the future.

The challenge

Part of being a #TrafficTransformer graduate at Yunex Traffic means you’ll take part in our fantastic graduate development programme, gaining practical experience working on real projects in a leading, global intelligent traffic systems company. You’ll bring fresh perspective to what we do, helping us to achieve our goals. We will provide an in-depth training plan to help you develop the specific skills and knowledge required for your role. By the end of your programme, you will be set up with the best knowledge and hands-on experience to equip you for your professional career in Yunex Traffic.

Here is a taste of what you what you will be working on during this programme:

• Promote a safety culture driven by positive safety behaviours.
• Plan and manage works (both installation and maintenance) including resource and material allocation.
• Manage costs, utilisation and variations to ensure delivery of revenue and margin targets.
• Ensure works are completed timely and within scope and budget.
• Report on progress and important metrics.
• Manage a positive relationship with customers through regular communication and meetings.
• Ensure all employees and contractors work safely through completion of monthly site audits.
• Analyse and report on financial performance.
• Promote a high performing culture to deliver strategic aim and vision.
• Provide effective team communication through regular engagement
• Support national and local business improvement projects.
• Develop your leadership and people management skills. 

The location of this apprenticeship role will be: Lowton.

The candidate

We are looking for forward-thinking, inquisitive candidates who demonstrate the following characteristics:

• Achieved or be on track to achieve a 2:1 or above in a relevant degree, usually in a STEM or Business-related subject, having a desire to contribute in a challenging and diverse environment.
• You think logically, are willing to self-learn and research, and take a creative approach to problem solving.
• You work independently, safely and responsibly; taking ownership of challenges and ideas and are looking to develop your ability to drive and lead change.
• You enjoy collaborating with others to find innovative solutions and are a self- motivated self-starter.
• Have the ability to learn and adapt, recognising changing trends and tackle the unexpected with enthusiasm     

Minimum Educational Requirements

• Achieved or be on track to achieve a 2:1 or above in a relevant degree, usually in a STEM or Business-related subject.

The benefits of the Yunex Traffic graduate programme

• A comprehensive 2-year graduate programme that allows you to be part of a global leading business in intelligent traffic systems. This will then lead to a permanent role within the business.
• Complete a graduate development programme, which will provide you with a variety of training and development courses and opportunities, including leadership, self-awareness, communication, and time management.
• Opportunity to develop your career whilst offering a competitive salary and 26 days holiday.
• The chance to join a community of highly skilled professionals who will help you on your learning journey
• Mentorship and support to help you develop professionally.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business, staying at the forefront of innovation and excellence
• A flexible benefits scheme with access to private medical care, discounted cinema tickets and gym membership and so much more!

What else do I need to know?

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We embrace diversity and create what’s right for the world by employing the people who live in it.

Yunex Traffic recognise that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.

Recruitment Process

Applications for our Graduate roles will close on 17th January 2025.

For this role, there is likely to be an initial video interview via Microsoft Teams, where you will get to chat with the hiring team, and can find out more about Yuenx Traffic, and we can learn more about you. If you are successful at this stage, you wll be invited to an in-person interview at our site in Lowton. These interviews are typically competency based and a chance for us to find out what your motivations are for your next career.

Some roles may also choose to complete assessment centres, in which further information will be provided to the candidates if they are invited to attend.

Our Graduates will join the business on 1st September 2025, so you must be available from this date.

Right to Work

Please note, if you are applying for a graduate role at Yunex Traffic, you must have the Right to Work in the UK for the duration of graduate programme (2 years). Unfortunately, we are currently unable to sponsor anyone joining us on our Graduate Development Programme who doesn’t have valid right to work in the UK.

Additional Information to help with your application

If you would like to hear more about Yunex Traffic and what we do, check out our Virtual Work Experience with Springpod here! This is an on-demand programme that you can complete at any time. If you complete this, be sure to let us know on your application, or via email at ukcareers@yunextraffic.com.