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Why Join Us

  • Experienced Hires

    We have adopted a national, sector-focused operating model empowered by centres of excellence, which will benefit our projects with swift access to expertise and allow us to deliver great value for clients

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  • Emerging Talent

    At Sir Robert McAlpine, we offer an industry-leading programme for graduates, apprenticeships for school leavers, and a range of placement and sponsorship opportunities for students.

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About us

It’s the quality of our people that makes us different and a commitment to technical and engineering excellence, trusted client relationships and exemplary project delivery makes us the company we are.

We are a family-owned construction and infrastructure company established since 1869. We design, develop, build and preserve some of Britain’s most iconic buildings. We shape towns, cities, and landscapes and put the local community at the heart of everything we do.

Our values are Responsible, Engineering Excellence, honourable, enterprising, and family

Our values

Our five values guide our actions and behaviours as we work to deliver on our vision to be renowned for our work with clients and communities as we construct a better world for future generations.

Our entrepreneurial spirit means we are continually looking to the future.

We are committed to building on our infrastructure and construction heritage, taking pride in everything we do and making a meaningful contribution to society.

Our Commitments

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    Health, Safety & Wellbeing

    Health, Safety and Wellbeing is about people and nothing is more important to us.

    We are committed to reducing risk and creating positive working environments.

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    Social Value

    Proudly building Britain’s future heritage goes beyond the projects we deliver and extends to the positive, long-lasting legacy we leave within society. Through our relationship with ActionFunder, our Strong Foundations Grants have funded 155 projects, reaching an estimated 100,000 beneficiaries.

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    Net Zero

    Climate change is the biggest challenge we face. Our targets to becoming Net Zero by 2045 have been approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). Read more about our commitment.

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    Quality

    We pride ourselves on delivering a quality product to our clients on time, every time.

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    Technical Excellence

    It’s what we are known for and it’s why we attract some of the industry’s brightest talent.

    Our commitment to technical excellence means we are always looking to push the boundaries of the possible.

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Find out more about our partnership with Maggie's

Our corporate partnership

It’s more than a decade since we started working with Maggie’s, as well as constructing many of its centres, we've raised more than £1,000,000 for the charity.

Maggies cancer care centres

Engineering Excellence for Maggie’s first Cancer Care Centre in Wales

Our expertise overcame a challenging design to deliver this unique healthcare project at Singleton Hospital, Swansea.

Cancer care centre Maggie’s, Swansea

Innovation key to delivering Maggie’s at The Christie

Our construction knowledge and know-how was key in helping realise the complex architectural vision for Maggie’s at The Christie in Manchester.

Maggies Cancer Care Centre, Manchester

Heritage and complex projects expertise delivers Maggie’s Barts

Our Special Projects delivered this technically complex healthcare project within live hospital campus and protected it’s Grade I listed neighbours.

Cancer care centre Maggie’s, Barts

Enabling Maggie’s to support cancer care at The Royal Marsden

Careful planning and meticulous collaboration allowed us to complete this design-led scheme on a busy working hospital site.

Maggie’s Royal Marsden

A truly extraordinary building for Maggie's Yorkshire

Built amongst a cluster of medical buildings at St James’ University Hospital in Leeds, Maggie’s Yorkshire is a cancer care centre like no other.

Maggie's Cancer Care Centre, Yorkshire

Delivering award winning Maggie's Southampton

Our Special Projects team delivered this verdant ‘New Forest’ inspired Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres at Southampton’s General Hospital.

Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre, Southampton
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  • Exterior view of Maggies Centre Swansea At Twilight
  • Exterior view of Maggie’s at The Christie in Manchester, a timber and glass pavilion designed by Lord Norman Foster, showcasing its modern architectural design.
  • Exterior view of Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, featuring its distinctive ‘lantern-like’ design with curving glass and concrete elements
  • The exterior garden view of Maggie's Royal Marsden, with lush greenery, walking paths.
  • Exterior view of Maggie’s Yorkshire at St James’ University Hospital in Leeds, featuring its trio of interconnected timber pots and landscaped roofs.
  • The garden at Maggie’s Southampton, filled with lush greenery, perennials, and trees such as birch, Scots pine, and rowan, creating a tranquil environment

Social Value

Social Value forms an integral part of our company sustainability strategy, and how we measure success at project level. Our strategy is agile to ensure we focus efforts and target the specific needs of our local communities making tangible, lasting improvements.

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    Action Funder & Strong Foundation Grants

    We have joined other founder funders in backing Action Funder's call for businesses to create grant programs for locals causes.

Inclusion

We’re committed to fostering inclusion and diversity to drive meaningful change in construction. Through initiatives like showcasing female leaders, attracting diverse talent, and workshops to overcome unconscious bias, we’re building a more inclusive industry. We also support work-life balance, mental health, and flexible working to empower our people to thrive.

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    Unconscious bias training

    We offer unconscious bias training to help our people recognise and address preconceptions that impact behaviours and interactions. By fostering an inclusive culture, we create a workplace where everyone feels valued and can perform at their best.

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Working for Sir Robert McAlpine

  1. Explore opportunities with us

    Our people are the driving force behind everything we build. Search and apply available vacancies.

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  2. Why Join Us?

    We’re an employer that genuinely stands apart from our peers. Here’s why there is nowhere else like Sir Robert McAlpine to do the job you love.

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  3. What's On Offer

    We offer competitive packages that recognise the value we put on our people.

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  4. Experienced Hires

    Keen to take on new challenges and greater responsibility? At Sir Robert McAlpine, you will find the opportunities you need to take your career to the next level.

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  5. Emerging Talent

    Explore opportunities for school leavers, students and graduates – start on the path to achieving your career potential.

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  6. Meet the team

    Meet some of the diverse and talented employees who make our business what it is. Hear their stories and see why they’re proud to be part of the team.

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Find out more about Sir Robert McAlpine

  1. Our Approach

    We employ exceptional people and work alongside first-rate partners to build and deliver exemplary construction projects.

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  2. Our Vision

    To be renowned for our work with clients and communities as we construct a better world for future generations.

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  3. Technical Excellence

    Technical excellence. It’s what we are known for. And it's why we attract some of the industry’s brightest talent.

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  4. People & Culture

    In everything we do, we act with integrity, treat people fairly, and do what we say we will.

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  5. Inclusion

    'We treat each other like family'. It's the ethos that we live by and that underpins our culture.

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  6. Our partnership with Maggie's

    As well as the construction of many of its architecturally significant centres, we’ve raised £1m for Maggie's in just six years.

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  7. Sustainability

    We are committed to leaving a lasting positive legacy as a result of our actions. Considering our impact on the environment and society in all we do. Playing our role in addressing the climate emergency for a sustainable and prosperous future.

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  8. Health, Safety & Wellbeing

    Health, Safety and Wellbeing is about people, and nothing is more important to us. We are committed to reducing risk and creating positive working environments.

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  9. Quality

    We pride ourselves on delivering a quality product to our clients on time, every time.

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