Civil Engineer Apprentice (Highways)

Summary

We’re Europe’s leading design, engineering, environment and regulatory consultancy and we’re now recruiting for an Apprentice Civil Engineer to join our Highways team this summer/autumn. As an Apprentice Civil Engineer, you will study for a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering – Design Engineer with Leeds Beckett University.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

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Sweco is a National Living Wage employer

Training course

Civil engineer (level 6)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm (some flexibility offered) Hybrid working, with majority of the days in the office

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

5 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Working in the highways team, you will work within all project stages from inception through to detail design
Have the opportunity to support our highways, drainage and pavement disciplines
Broaden your expertise and work collaboratively in exciting, transformational major highway improvements, placement, active travel and public realm schemes

Where you’ll work

Grove House
Mansion Gate Drive
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS7 4DN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Civil engineer (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Apply engineering principles to solve engineering problems: scientific, theoretical and technical principles.
Apply civil engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review and evaluate the results, including measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, constructing, maintaining or operating civil engineering components and systems; consider how continuous improvement can contribute to improved performance.
Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
Identify, interpret and compare information to select materials, components or parts used in civil engineering.
Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate civil engineering problems.
Produce civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model civil engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
Contribute to the design, development and implementation of civil engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of civil engineering solutions.
Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against civil engineering project performance criteria.
Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
Apply ethical principles, identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
Apply engineering principles to solve engineering problems: scientific, theoretical and technical principles.
Apply civil engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review and evaluate the results, including measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, constructing, maintaining or operating civil engineering components and systems; consider how continuous improvement can contribute to improved performance.
Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
Identify, interpret and compare information to select materials, components or parts used in civil engineering.
Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate civil engineering problems.
Produce civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model civil engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
Contribute to the design, development and implementation of civil engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of civil engineering solutions.
Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against civil engineering project performance criteria.
Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
Apply ethical principles, identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).

Your training plan

Civil Engineer Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths (grade A-C)

A Level in:

Various (grade 96 UCAS tariff points)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade A-C)

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

During your time as an Apprentice, you will spend 80% of your time on project work and 20% of time studying.

About this company

Sweco plans and designs the sustainable communities and cities of the future. Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our 17,500 architects, engineers and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable. Sweco is Europe’s leading engineering and architecture consultancy, with sales of approximately SEK 21 billion (EUR 2 billion).

http://www.sweco.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 days holiday 9 (with the option to purchase 5 additional days per year) Generous pension contribution Life Assurance Payment for two professional subscriptions Employee Assistance Programme Employee Discounts via Sweco Benefit Select

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

Your program is linked to your career path
You will work on real work
You will have a higher professional value at the end of the three-year program than if you had Graduated through full time education and your training will be funded
You will be provided with internal training structured to the ultimate qualification and professional registration you are aiming for and have highly professional mentors along the way
You will be part of a large multi profession Apprentice cohort and attend company Apprentice events
You will be involved in the collective delivery of business challenges and will start to build your own network of clients and professional associates

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SWECO SERVICES UK LIMITED

Cat Wiseman-Stroud

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317406.

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Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 14 May 2025)

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