2025 Apprenticeship Programme – Building Information Modelling (BIM) – HS2 – Birmingham

MACE LIMITED

Birmingham, B3 2HJ

Closes on Tuesday 1 April

Posted on 30 October 2024

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Summary

Mace is a global expert in shaping the built environment, helping to lead the way to a more connected, resilient, & sustainable world. Mace developed a UK-leading consultancy digital management team where you will work on creation and management of our projects’ digital twins whilst studying for the Digital Engineering Technician L3 apprenticeship.

Annual wage
£20,000 a year

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Training course
Digital engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday 9am - 5:30pm and Friday 9am - 4:30pm. Due to the nature of construction you may be expected to work additional hours. Whilst working on site typical start time is at 8am instead of 9am.

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

4 years

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

As an apprentice in Building Information Management, you will work closely with clients and consultants delivering projects through all stages of the construction lifecycle.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: 

  • Reading, understanding, and supporting the delivery of all Mace process and procedures guides
  • Learn fundamentals of authoring information
  • Quality Assure (QA) check all information (documents and data) coming onto the system daily and process in accordance with the project protocols
  • Working closely with the Mace PM and Design teams on procedural elements and compliance with the management system
  • Liaising with the client, designers, contractors throughout the project lifecycle
  • Ensuring security protocols have been followed for viewing and issuing of information on all projects
  • Supporting manager during the production of Information Model
  • Supporting manager during the assurance of Information Model
  • Supporting manager during the checking of Information Model

Your work base will be flexible and could be in one of Mace offices or at a client’s office or facility. You will gain exposure to all aspects of project delivery from concept design, through to construction, commissioning, validation handover and into operation.

Where you’ll work

Enterprise House

115 Edmund Street

Birmingham

B3 2HJ

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

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM

Your training course

Digital engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Able to identify risk activities and encourage all employees to demonstrate safety-conscious behaviours. Able to extract reports and images for tool-box talks and site- inductions using models and simulations
  • Assess, identify and record the environmental impact of project. Using models to demonstrate the reduction of waste to stakeholders
  • Assist in applying engineering principles by using established and emerging engineering technologies
  • Prepare simple commercial schedules and reports demonstrating digital workflows
  • Prepare initial design briefs, recommendations, programmes and detailed designs via a digital workflow considering design risks and responsibilities
  • Assist in the implementation of innovation, contributing to case studies that demonstrate value. Good general IT skills and their application
  • Create simple construction simulations and logistic planning using a digital workflow
  • Assess and report on quality standards of the projects via the digital environment
  • To identify where the current role ties in to the construction industry. Articulating the respective position in the construction sector and highlighting how it integrates with other sectors / disciplines
  • Support the development of stakeholder engagement and carry out a stakeholder presentation, demonstrating the appropriate presentation skills
  • Demonstrate the ability to move information from project delivery into commissioning and operation through involvement in the handover of digital assets

    • Your training plan

    Our structured training programme will teach you technical and business skills to help you succeed in your career.

    The BIM Assistant apprenticeship will work towards the Digital Engineering Technician Level 3 which consists of work-based experience where you’ll achieve a Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment and a NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Built Environment Design and training.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • 5 subjects including Maths and English (grade 4/C)
    • any subjects (grade 96 UCAS Points)

    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

    • Problem solving skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative

    About this company

    At Mace, we are global experts in shaping the built environment. From development and consultancy, to construction and operations, we connect expertise across the entire property lifecycle to help our clients, people, communities and society achieve more than they believe is possible. You can see our impact everywhere: from skylines that form cities around the world to the infrastructure that communities depend on to live, work and play.

    https://careers.macegroup.com/gb/en/early-careers (opens in new tab)

    Disability Confident

    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

    We’ll also support you in gaining professional membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM

    emerging.talent@macegroup.com

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284899.

    Apply now

    Closes on Tuesday 1 April

    When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.

    After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

    Company’s application instructions

    Our recruitment process comprises an online application form where we'll ask some initial questions about you and your motivations, a video interview so that we can find out more about you, and a virtual assessment day where we get to meet and learn more about each other. If you need any reasonable adjustments to be made at any point in the recruitment process, please let us know and we'll be more than happy to accommodate.