Starting Your First Graduate Role Shouldn't Feel This Confusing

You’re suddenly expected to understand drawings, specifications, meetings, site rules, and professional standards — all while feeling like everyone else already knows what they’re doing.
Most graduates aren’t struggling because they lack ability.
They’re struggling because no one explains how the job actually works.
That’s exactly what this pack fixes.

BENEFITS

    • Build confidence in meetings, on site, and in the office

    • Ask good questions without sounding inexperienced

    • Avoid common graduate mistakes

    • Capture ICE-relevant experience from day one

    • Reduce stress and imposter syndrome

What's Included in Your Survival Pack

📘 First-Year Survival Guide

A practical guide to how graduate civil engineering roles actually work.

Covers:

  • What your manager expects (and what they don’t)
  • How to ask good questions without sounding inexperienced
  • Site vs office survival
  • Managing workload and priorities
  • Common graduate mistakes and how to avoid them

Includes realistic real-world examples

📗 ICE Career & Logbook Cheat Sheet

Make professional development simple and intentional.

You’ll learn:

  • What counts as good experience
  • What ICE actually looks for
  • How to align day-to-day work with ICE attributes
  • How to log experience efficiently without overthinking it
  • Common mistakes graduates make when logging experience

📂 Practical Work Templates (Editable)

Professional templates you can use immediately at work.

Includes:

  • Project Record Tracker
  • Site diary template
  • Meeting notes template
  • Task & priority tracker
  • Design / calculation check checklist
  • RFI / query tracker
  • Weekly ICE experience log template

These templates alone save time and help you look organised and professional from day one.

📙 Confidence & Communication Playbook

Because technical ability isn’t the only thing that matters.

Includes ready-to-use scripts for:

  • Disagreeing respectfully as a junior
  • Asking for clarity without sounding incompetent
  • Pushing back on workload professionally
  • Saying “I don’t know” without losing credibility
  • Managing imposter syndrome in engineering

🗺️ 6-Month Survival & Progression Roadmap

A clear, month-by-month plan for your first six months in industry.

Shows:

  • What to focus on each month
  • How responsibility should grow
  • What experience to capture
  • How your work maps directly to ICE attributes

WHO'S IT FOR / NOT FOR

  • FOR

    ✔ UK graduate civil engineers (0–24 months)
    ✔ Site-based, design-based, or hybrid roles
    ✔ Those working toward ICE IEng or CEng

  • NOT FOR

    ✖ Guaranteed chartership
    ✖ Exam revision
    ✖ Chartered engineers

Why This Works

This isn’t theory or HR onboarding.
It’s the guidance senior engineers give informally, written down in one place.
Practical, realistic, and built from real-world experience.

Written by a civil engineer, for civil engineers. Built from real-world experience — not theory.

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    FAQ'S (DO NOT SKIP)

    Is this ICE-approved?

    No. This pack is not officially endorsed by ICE, but it is designed to align with ICE attributes and expectations.

    Is this for site or design roles?

    Both. The content covers site-based, design-based, and hybrid graduate roles.

    Will this fast-track chartership?

    No. It helps you build and log experience properly and allow you to achieve your goals in optimal time, not shortcut the process.

    How do I receive the pack?

    Instant digital download after purchase. No physical items are shipped

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