Apprentice Groundworker

We’re excited to expand our Delivery Team with Apprentice Groundworkers to join our Professional Development Programme for our 2025 intake, based in the East Midlands

**Why Choose MWH?**

It's your career lets shape it together We pride ourselves on putting people first with an inclusive and rewarding culture where success is recognised. Dedicated to attracting, retaining and enabling the development of our apprentices to maximise potential. The Apprentice programme is tailored to your needs with a flexible and varied learning environment, you’ll feel empowered to make decisions and harness your knowledge and practical skills. The sky’s the limit

**What will you be doing?**

The role will be focused on Civil Engineering activity on Water and Waste Water Treatment plants, undertaking groundwork activities and assisting the plant operators and site supervisors in the delivery of the construction plans.

**Groundworkers have the knowledge and understanding of**:

- The principles of health, safety, welfare and environmentally responsible work practices and how they must be applied in relation to the work, self and to others including understanding the principles of risk assessments
- The techniques to handle and move loads manually and with mechanical aids including guiding the movement of articulated vehicles, plant and machinery using hand signals, hand signalling equipment and verbal/electronic communication equipment and storing resources safely and securely
- Why, when and how health and safety control equipment should be used when undertaking groundworks (e.g. personal protective equipment (PPE))
- The principles and methods of working within confined space work

establishing work area protection
- Locating and excavating to expose buried utility services
- Providing temporary works including excavation support
- The basic principles of internal/external drainage and ducting systems
- Measuring, marking, cutting and installing geo membranes to stabilise soil
- Gauging, mixing, placing, compacting and finishing concrete
- Reinstating excavations and ground surface finished

**A Groundworker can**:

- 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
- Move, handle and store resources complying with relevant legislation & guidance
- Use and maintain power tools and equipment
- Install and test basic drainage and ducting
- Set out and lay flags, paving and edging to paths, roadways and other areas
- Locate and excavate to expose buried utility services using electronic location instruments.
- Form and reinstate excavations and surfaces to sub-grades, sub-bases and road bases,
- Prepare to, then direct and guide the movement of vehicles, plant or machinery.

**What is the Apprentice Programme?**

Our Apprentice Programme is shaped to enable you to successfully achieve professional status with the relevant professional institutions, whilst giving you exposure to everything you need to start your career on a successful path.
- A committed and structured learning and development programme
- Mentorship dedicated to you to support your career
- A structured training plan.
- UK wide program with opportunities to network with your peers
- Practical, on the job training within your team of industry experts.

**Apprenticeship**:
You will study a Level 2 Groundworker course with a local college.

You will be required to attend college 1 day a week on a day release agreement.

You will be predominantly based on site with a full team, working across one of our many sites in the midlands. You will be either provided with a van, or travel within the team to your designated place of work.

Occasionally, you will be asked to attend a training course or activity away from your normal construction site.