Amey boosts early careers intake as infrastructure demand grows

Amey has announced an increase in early careers opportunities, including apprenticeships, graduate roles, and trainee positions, as the company responds to growing demand for highways, rail, defence, and utilities infrastructure services. The recruitment drive reflects both project pipeline growth and the need to address skills shortages in engineering, project management, and technical trades across the infrastructure sector.

For businesses operating in infrastructure support and facilities management, the competition for skilled staff is intensifying. Service companies with mobile workforces—particularly those supporting highways, utilities, or rail—must invest in training, retention, and fleet tools that help new starters become productive quickly. Younger employees also expect modern, safe, and sustainable working environments, including low-emission vehicles and digital fleet systems.

Operators should consider how their fleet supports recruitment and retention. Newer, cleaner vehicles with telematics, driver safety features, and mobile connectivity appeal to early-careers hires and reduce insurance and risk exposure. Apprenticeships and trainee driver schemes can be integrated with fleet transition planning, ensuring the next generation is equipped for an electric and connected future.

Bluepoppy works with infrastructure and service businesses to align fleet investment with workforce planning. Our leasing solutions include driver training support, telematics onboarding, and EV transition pathways. If you're scaling your team and fleet together, get in touch for a Fleet Cost Review and recruitment-ready vehicle options.

Bluepoppy view: Attracting young talent means modern, safe, sustainable fleets—invest in vehicles that support your people strategy.

Source: FMUK Online — summarised and written from a Bluepoppy perspective. We don’t reproduce the original article.