Apprentice Civil Engineer

1 week ago

Brighouse, Calderdale, United Kingdom Avove Utilities Full time

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About our apprenticeships

We want you to be the best you can be, so we offer apprenticeships to help you reach your full potential. You will learn from our talented colleagues, gain a nationally recognised apprenticeship qualification, take part in bespoke training linked to your apprenticeship role, join our apprentice cohort events, get the opportunity to train as a STEM ambassador and use your digital skills to help us attract other young people using our social media platforms. We want you to love what you do, learn quickly, aim high and get hands-on experience so keep reading about this apprentice opportunity and apply today

About the apprenticeship role…

This role is a Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire with our Design team. You will study a Degree Apprenticeship in Civil Engineering to achieve a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering. This will take around 5 years to complete and you will attend our university partner for your studies in blocks. You will work 40 hours per week in a hybrid pattern with 2-3 days in the office and the rest working from home and make site visits where needed.

During your apprenticeship You will learn from our current Civil Engineers, learning all aspects of Civil Engineering and then applying your knowledge to our live projects to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards and that the delivery of all the specified project outcomes are on time, within budget and to the quality required.

What your day could look like…

  • Learning to take on outline and detail design, both individually (under supervision) and as part of a wider team, for projects within certain timescales.
  • Assisting with design support activities during construction.
  • Developing your ability to gather and analyse information and report on findings.
  • Learning how to apply the project requirements to fully meet the client specification in accordance with relevant standards.
  • Being given and increasing amount of responsibility and ownership as your knowledge and skills develop.
  • Learning to carrying out site visits, surveys and inspections.
  • Learning how to prepare and check feasibility studies, inspection, assessment and technical reports and other written documents ensuring compliance with Avove procedures.
  • Learning how to prepare/check design approach, calculations, drawings and documents.

About you…

You will need the following to be eligible for this apprenticeship:

  • Minimum of 5x GCSEs including Maths and English at a grade 4 or above.
  • 3x A Levels at grades BBC as a minimum and one must be Maths. General Studies is not accepted.

Or

  • BTEC: DMM minimum - at least a merit in both Maths and Further Maths units. Acceptable courses are Civil Engineering, Aerospace, Construction, and Mechanical Engineering.

This apprenticeship is a September 2025 start and open all who have the right qualifications, so if you are still finishing your school/college studies you welcome you to apply for this role with your predicated grades.

Due to the nature of the role, a full driving licence would be useful. If you are currently learning to drive, we may be able to support financially towards this, dependent on meeting our criteria.

This apprenticeship would particularly suit someone who has good digital skills and can use Microsoft office, if you have used any engineering software packages that would be an advantage. We would also like you to be able to show you have good written skills and can talk to others well. You will need to be organised and have a good attention to detail. Being able to work in a team but also independently is important.

For this apprenticeship, you need to be absolutely committed to becoming a Civil Engineer and studying for your degree – you must be sure this is the career for you and have spent time researching it and be studying/have studied the right qualifications.

What's in it for you…

We offer a great apprentice salary which is above the national apprentice rate. But that's not all , we celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn't fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

  • 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Apprentice bonus scheme
  • Support with paid driving lessons for those apprentices eligible
  • Company pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Family friendly policies
  • A selection of lifestyle benefit options
  • Financial wellbeing programme
  • Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
  • We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

About us…

We design, build, and maintain the UK's utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power, and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience, and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.

We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water.

We are an equal opportunities employer...

We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages, and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity, and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we're making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.

What next...

We encourage you to apply for this apprenticeship as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates individually through all stages of recruitment process.

If you have any questions, please reach out for an informal discussion

If you need any support with CV or interview skills, or to learn more about our early career's programs, please visit our website here.

If you do apply for this role, when you go through to do the application, don't worry if you don't have a CV or covering letter, you can apply by just answering the questions. When you are answering the questions, please give as much information and details as you feel you can.

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