Rail and Rail Systems Engineering Apprenticeship

Summary

Our Engineering Apprenticeship is created to enhance learning and growth through a combination of study and on-the-job learning. At no additional cost, you will complete a BEng Hons degree in Railway Engineering along with the opportunity to apply your learning in the real world and become a fully qualified Project Engineer.

Wage: £24,500 a year
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Training course: Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Shift pattern to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 2 September
Duration: 3 years 6 months
Positions available: 2

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

This apprenticeship is an exciting one as it offers the opportunity to work with Engineers from across multiple disciplines such as:

Signalling
Telecoms
Civils
E&P (Electrification & Plant)
Buildings

In addition, we’ll teach you how to lead people and teams as well as helping create a safe and sustainable environment for everyone.

There’s plenty of learning in this scheme, you will be taught the core knowledge, skills and behaviour needed to get you on the path to achieving your Incorporated Engineer (IEng) qualification.

To widen your skillset in as many areas as possible, you’ll participate in rotations across several different functions. There are academic courses along with internal training throughout so you’ll gain the appropriate skills for a career with Network Rail.

Where you’ll work

4 Travis Street

Manchester

M1 2NY

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

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Your training plan

You will attend a series of 4-day study blocks at Sheffield Hallam University
The degree award is BEng (Hons) Railway Engineering

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Maths, Science or Engineering (grade BBC / Distinction Merit Merit)

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
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Network Rail owns, operates and develops Britain’s railway infrastructure.   That’s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We manage 20 of the UK’s largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are managed by the country’s train operating companies.

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

Upon completion of the apprenticeship, typically you may apply for the below positions within Network Rail:

Assistant Design Engineer: Produce designs and specifications supporting the engineering development of allocated proposals
Assistant Project Engineer: Supporting Project Engineers in the discharge of their responsibilities
Assistant Construction Manager: Monitor contractors’ on-site activities as Network Rail’s representative so that their site activities are conducted in a safe and efficient manner with minimum impact on the environment and operational railway, and whether the work is of a high standard and complies with the relevant specifications and latest practices

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