Why this programme exists
Roughly half our current site engineers came through it. We develop supervisors slowly on purpose — the safety record depends on people who have absorbed how we work, and that takes years rather than a training week.
That is also why we occasionally turn down projects. If we cannot staff supervision properly we decline the work, which is unpopular and is the reason the record holds.
The four rotations
Site engineering. Setting out, inspections, and the daily brief. You will be at the workface and you will be wrong in public a few times.
Planning. Look-ahead planning, constraint logs, and percent plan complete. You will learn why most three-week look-aheads are reporting rather than planning.
Quality. ITPs, hold points, NCRs and benchmark samples. This is the rotation that teaches you what “acceptable” actually means in writing.
Commercial. Measurement, valuations and how a variation is defended. Engineers who understand the commercial consequence of a decision are worth more for the rest of their careers.
What we expect
That you ask the question you think is stupid. Every rotation lead has been told that answering those is the job, and the ones who ask early progress fastest.