Network Rail
Project Management Summer Placement
2027 cycle
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What you need to do
Register your interest for the 2027 placement on Network Rail's early careers site. Applications for 2026 have closed.
You apply.
Where it takes place
The official page does not say.
Dates, as the organiser states them
On 26 Sep 2026 the official page showed applications open to expressions of interest only.
Applications open: TBC
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Application deadline: TBC
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Programme starts: Jun 2027
“Start date: June 2027”
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Who can apply
Students in their penultimate year at university who are on course for a 2:2 or better, in any subject.
- Not open to first-years
- University restrictions: not stated by the organiser
- Any degree subject.
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Pay and length
- £22,932 a year
Notes
The placement lasts 10 weeks. You work on projects across the business and see commercial, safety, and risk and opportunity management, with time in functions such as construction, planning, strategy, operations and estimating. The salary is an annual figure paid pro rata. Network Rail says it may consider strong placement students for the following year's graduate scheme.
Sources and last check
Checked by software on 26 Sep 2026. Confirm on the official page before you rely on it.