Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer

Summary

As a growing business we are delighted to offer a number of Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeships. One of the roles we are looking to recruit is for our Oxfordshire Highways team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful team looking to build on its award winning reputation for safety, innovation, decarbonisation and social value.

Annual wage: £21,860.80 a year
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Training course: Civil engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday, working hours vary.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 5 years 6 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Rotate across several of our design, construction and operations teams within our partnership contract delivering highways and structures maintenance projects.
Work closely with teams across the contract to help plan and implement these schemes from ‘start to finish’ within budget and to programme, and in compliance with quality, safety and environmental objectives.
Assist in the planning and completion of site visits, surveys and investigations.
Help prepare scheme designs, drawings and documents using a range of design software.
Review how innovations can be incorporated into our projects/operations to work towards our carbon reduction plan.
Assist in supervising the construction of our highways/structures projects.
When placed with our bridges team, help undertake inspections and structural assessments to help maintain the safety of the county’s bridges.
When placed with our operations team, help to deliver our depot maintenance activities safely and efficiently, working with the team to implement innovations.
Work towards successful completion of your degree apprenticeship, both in the academic modules, as well as recording of ‘on-the-job’ experience and ‘off-the-job’ development activities to work towards your End Point Assessment.
Actively participate in the company apprentice development programme activities.

Where you’ll work

County Hall

New Road

Oxford

OX1 1ND

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Civil engineer (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Evaluate the impact of civil engineering infrastructure on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use. Examples include: the ability to use the CEEQUAL toolkit, carry out environmental impact assessments, designing and constructing the built infrastructure to ensure that it is safe, usable, appropriate and cost effective
Proactively consider welfare, health, safety and sustainability in the life cycle of civil engineering infrastructure using tools such as CEEQUAL and environmental impact assessments
Apply mathematical, scientific and engineering principles, methods and modelling to the design and construction of civil engineering infrastructure. Examples include: the design, construction and maintenance of buildings, transportation systems, water and wastewater networks, foundations and temporary works, understanding slope stability, retaining walls, ground water movement, coastal works, elastic/plastic and failure behaviour of materials such as concrete, steel, asphalt and timber, behaviour of structural elements such as beams, land surveying
Use and validate digital solutions and data gathering tools to model, evaluate, design, test, build, and manage civil engineering infrastructure defining engineering and other constraints, identifying risks and how these may be resolved through design. Examples include: ability to use building information modelling, structural engineering design and analysis, computational fluid dynamics and geospatial information systems software
Develop innovative, safe, technical solutions to civil engineering problems through the use of research techniques, market intelligence and best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches
Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of civil engineering solutions, the determination of construction methods and the technical aspects of site activities. Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations, the use of Risk Assessment Method Statements
Manage and apply safe systems of work including taking responsibility for own obligations for health, safety and welfare issues, assessing and controlling risk, working with health, safety and welfare legislation and best practice. Examples include: recognise the health and safety aspects of civil and infrastructural projects as well as assess associated risks and identify appropriate safety measures in site work and for undertaking construction works. Apply the principles of civil engineering and construction business risk management
Manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources through the use of appropriate management systems, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, within legal, contractual and statutory requirements
Manage teams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs
Communicate effectively and provide guidance to others through design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry
Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a civil engineer

Your training plan

You will attend Coventry University on Day Release basis for the duration of the apprenticeship

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working

About this company

Milestone Infrastructure look after 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities. We are proud members of the 5% Club and are committed to ensuring that at least 5% of our workforce are in earn and learn roles such as apprenticeships. Currently this figure is closer to 9% and growing.

Company benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays Paid study leave and further training opportunities Generous pension scheme Reward & Recognition Scheme Cycle2work scheme Employee discount platform

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Following successful completion of the apprenticeship, the majority of our apprentices progress onto an assistant level position. There is also opportunity to progress onto further qualification or professional studies.

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