Apprentice Groundworker

**Building a sustainable tomorrow**

BAM is offering the opportunity to start a career within construction, with a leading company contributing from day one to iconic jobs such as HS2. As an apprentice, you will be on a development plan and a career mentor to help your progression throughout your apprenticeship.

**Your mission**

Groundworkers are the first trade onto a construction and civil engineering site and they work closely with supervisors and engineers in interpreting design specifications to prepare the site ready for the structural building works to take place. They continue their work throughout the construction phase, working with all on-site construction trades, such as bricklayers and plant operatives, up to and including the final completion activities of the project.

As an apprentice at BAM you will be surrounded by a wealth of experience to learn from. Your training will include learning how to;
- work safely and securely in compliance with given information, organisational policies and procedures, and current health, safety and welfare legislation including following the procedures for working in contaminated ground.
- Interpret and follow verbal and written work instructions from supervisors and site managers
- access, interpret and use drawings and specifications
- select the required resources including tools and fixtures
- use and maintain power tools and equipment
- install and test basic drainage and ducting

**Who are we looking for?**

We are looking for a school or college leaver who is looking to start their career in the construction industry. You'll need good comunication skills, be an excellent team worker but also be able to use your initiative.

As this is an apprenticehip, you must be prepared to work towards your qualification whilst also working on site and gaining the experience you need to succeed.

Things we are looking for;
- Effective communication
- Team work - work effectively and safely with others
- Independent working - take responsibility for safe completion of your own work.
- Time management - use own time effectively to complete the work instructions to schedule and always arrive at, and be ready to work on time
- Logical thinking - use clear and valid reasoning when making decisions to undertake the work instructions and when problem solving

**What’s in it for you?**

You will receive excellent industry experience from day one working on an exciting project, the Sheephouse Wood Bat Protection Structure.

The 56 hectare woodland is home to several different bat species, including the most northerly known colony of the rare Bechstein’s bat. All bats are legally protected in the UK and this structure will allow bats to cross the line without being harmed by passing trains.

You will complete a nationally recognised level 2 groundworker apprenticeship qualfication which will take around 18 months to complete.

Working for BAM also means that you will have access to many other benefits such as private medical cover, online GP service, retail discount platform as well as many more.

**Your work environment**

You will join a larger construction team based near Milton Keynes where you will be able to learn from a variety of experienced BAM employees including may other apprentices of various specialisms.

**Who are we?**

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.