Summary
At McLaughlin & Harvey you will have the opportunity to train as a Trainee Engineer. From day one, you will receive the best mentored, relevant and practical experience on site, tailored to suit your chosen career. You'll support the Engineer in ensuring and delivering all aspects of dimensional accuracy on a construction or engineering projects.
Wage
£15,704 to £25,396.80 a year
Training course
Civil engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 5.00pm
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 8 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
* Reviewing drawings and specifications with subcontractors and site managers minimising the likelihood of non-complaint works arising
* Assist with all document control relating to drawings and specifications, including maintaining up to date registers, and ensuring that such documents are timeously issued to all persons, parties and subcontractors
* Support the line manager in monitoring quality specification compliance
* Adopting a positive and pro-active approach to project delivery
* Raise Technical Queries
* Assist in maintaining as-built drawings.
* Assist in the compilation of Risk Assessment and Methods Statement
* Maintenance of existing services and new services as and when they are installed, altered or removed from the confines of the site
* Work closely with the project commercial team and provide and maintain information
* Help ensuring that accurate primary setting out control is established prior to commencement of site works
* Assist the Engineer in ensure that an initial Ordinance Grid Level survey is carried out prior to commencement of site works, together with verification of any assumed levels or dimensions, including existing drainage, kerb tie-ins, adjoining structures etc
* Support the Engineer when carrying out a dilapidation survey of existing buildings, property, infrastructure etc. prior to works commencing on site
* Familiarisation of the Company Health and Safety Policy, individual role responsibilities and ensure full compliance
Where you’ll work
2530 The Quadrant
Aztec West
Bristol
BS32 4AQ
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 OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
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
Civil Engineer (degree) Level 6.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade C)
* Maths (grade C)
A Level in:
* Maths (grade C)
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
* Biology; Chemistry; Computing/Computer Science (grade Pass)
* Design and Technology; Electronics; Engineering (grade Pass)
* ICT; Further Mathematics (grade Pass)
* Music Technology; Physics; Statistics (grade Pass)
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
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative