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2025 Professional Apprenticeship (Scotland) - Civil Engineering
Sector: Engineering
Role: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
2025 Professional Apprenticeship - Technician Engineer (Civil Engineering) (5521)
Professional Apprenticeship - Technician Engineer (Civil Engineering)
We're looking for bright and motivated school leavers who will bring energy, new ideas and a fresh perspective to help us become the recognised leader and transform the construction and engineering industry.
Role Overview
A Professional Apprenticeship Technician Engineer will progress through the role of Engineering Technician into Site Engineer over the period of the programme. They will work within the site engineering team under the guidance of Site and Section Engineers, alongside site supervisors and managers. They safely and effectively manage a set of tasks and are technically responsible for their outcome. They will report directly to the Site/Section Engineer. They will work predominantly on site assisting in the technical management and delivery of major construction projects.
Key Deliverables and Accountabilities of a Technician Engineer
* Follows safe working practices including wearing personal protective equipment and demonstrating a duty of care to yourself and others.
* Understands the necessity to comply with approved methods of working.
* Provides dimensional control for a section of the works.
* Undertakes as built surveys for a section of the works and presents results in a format that can be included in project records if required.
* Raises Non-Conformance Report (NCR) for all non-conformances and reports potential non-conformances to line manager.
* Maintains quality control records in accordance with the Inspection & Test Plan.
* Assists site engineers with filing of drawings and other construction information. Completes relevant site records as required by senior members of staff (e.g., diary sheets).
* Assists site engineers with materials quantification and testing.
* Reads and understands method statements and makes sure that site operations follow these methods accurately reporting any variances to supervisors.
* Has an understanding of the procedures that govern Temporary Works & Lifting.
* Effectively communicates basic technical information in a timely & accurate manner.
* Interrogates design information and determines if there are sufficient details to construct the works. Raises concerns with supervising engineers.
* Has a basic knowledge of how to operate the 3D model and its use in relation to the project.
Location
We have roles available in Lanarkshire.
Apprenticeship Level
Engineering: Civil Engineering | University of Strathclyde
Apprenticeship Provider
Laing O'Rourke collaborates with trusted and approved training providers (Universities) for our apprenticeship delivery. Allocation of training provider will be based on achieved academic grades.
Entry Grades
Typically, applicants will have 4 Highers (minimum B grades) including Maths or equivalent qualifications and experience. The programme has been designed to meet the needs of learners with a range of vocational and academic qualifications including the potential for progression from:
* Foundation Apprenticeships in a related discipline.
* Recognition of vocational qualifications and experiential learning.
Entry requirements
We are looking for candidates who meet the following criteria:
* You must be eligible to work in the UK with a valid work permit.
The Laing O'Rourke Professional Apprenticeship Programme - what can you expect?
Our professional apprenticeship programme has been developed to ensure you are supported throughout every step of your journey, combining work-based experience with off-the-job training. You will be stretched, challenged, and supported by a business that views your professional development and formal qualification as a priority. Our programme will provide a fully funded Graduate apprenticeship in your chosen vocation, while working as a full time Laing O'Rourke employee. It will also include a series of bespoke development modules, and technical training opportunities, strategically placed to support you at key stages of your apprenticeship journey. During the programme you will work across a range of projects, which will offer the breadth and variety to support your occupational competency and will contribute towards the achievement of your apprenticeship and professional accreditation.
**The Professional Apprenticeship Programme will commence in September 2025**
Company
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
“As an engineering enterprise, Laing O'Rourke is committed to playing a vital role in building a stronger and more sustainable economy that benefits society in general.”
– Ray O’Rourke KBE, Chief Executive Officer
Diversity & Inclusion:
Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work. Laing O'Rourke believes that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEES
Laing O'Rourke have ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees. The purpose of the diversity and inclusion sub-committees is to offer a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other. The sub-committees help to drive education, events and initiatives across the organisation as well as help colleagues to understand their purpose.
Support for Disabled Employees:
* LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues.
* LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommittee is an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion. Its aims are to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and long term health conditions to support creating an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
* Disability Confident Leaders– We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
* LOR are members of the Business Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their best practice guides and confidential support line.
* LOR are partnering with Even Break to have access to exemplary advice around disability inclusion.
Sustainability:
In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets. These include:
* To be a net zero company by 2050.
* By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff.
Rewards and Benefits:
* Private Medical Insurance
* Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
* Health and Wellbeing
* Virtual GP
* Health Assessment (Age 50+)
* Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
* Employee Assistance Programme
* 5 days leave extra can be purchased
* Employee Discounts
* Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade
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