Summary
Kickstart your career at Balfour Beatty, where you’ll receive structured training and a formal qualification. Alongside a great salary and benefits package, you'll gain invaluable experience and skills that pave the way for exciting opportunities and career progression. This is more than just a job - it's a pathway to a promising future.
Wage
Competitive
Training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
2 years 11 months
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
As an Apprentice Civil Engineer, your job is like helping plan and construct things like:
* Roads
* Bridges
* Buildings
You’ll work on-site and, in the office, learning how to design, build, and maintain these structures whilst ensuring everything is built correctly and safely.
Where you’ll work
BB Three Bridges
Haslett Avenue
London
RH10 1LY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD
Your training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
* Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
* Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
* Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
* Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
* Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
* Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
* Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
* Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
* Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
* Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
* Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
* Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
* Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
* Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
* Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
* Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
* Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
* Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
* Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
* Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
* Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
* Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
* Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
Your training plan
Civil Engineering Technician, Level 3 (A level).
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
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
* Creative
* Patience
Other requirements
For our Level 3 Apprenticeship, you’ll need 5 GCSEs or equivalent at passing grades. This programme offers a mix of practical experience and theoretical learning, with a focus on more technical or specialized roles to help you build expertise.