Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice
Swanton Consulting Ltd
London (EC1M 4HF)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 23 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 May 2025
Contents
Summary
We are a consultancy with Civil, Geotechnical and Structural engineers. We have technicians, designers-engineers and site operations. Through years 1-4 we shall expose you to all these areas before working within engineering delivery teams full time from Year 5. A constant focus on becoming the engineer shall be maintained throughout.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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Package of £20,000 - £25,000 subject to discussion and review
- Training course
- Civil engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm (40 hours per week).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 September 2025
- Duration
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5 years 8 months
- Positions available
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2
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, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
Year 1 and 2 – semester 1 shadowing technicians, semester 2 shadowing site operations, semester 3 shadowing engineering design team
Year 3 – working within engineering design delivery team and producing own design and drawings
Year 4 – working within engineering design delivery team and working with site teams on own designs
Year 5 – working within engineering design delivery teams production of designs, engineering and submissions
Where you'll work
Marylebone House 52-54
St. John Street
London
EC1M 4HF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Your training course
Civil engineer (level 6)
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What you'll learn
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
As an apprentice, at least 20% of your normal working hours will be spent on training.
The University of Warwick delivers a blended training delivery mode which includes x7 (one week block weeks on campus in years 1 and 2) and x6 one week blocks in Years 3, 4 and 5.
Our model has 4 types of teaching and learning activities:
- Face-to-face lectures
- Directed asynchronous learning (bite-sized)
- “Learning by interacting” sessions (f2f) to support asynchronous learning (synoptic lectures, flipped lecturers, seminars, tutorials, GTA-led sessions, demos etc.)
- “Learning by doing” sessions (f2f) for applying learning (labs, computing, projects, examples classes, field courses etc.)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level in:
- Mathematics (grade A)
- Physical Science (grade A)
BTEC in:
- BTEC Diploma grade D*D* with A grade A level Maths (grade D*D*plus A Level Grade A Maths)
- BTEC Extended Diploma grade DDD, incl 2 maths unit (grade DDD)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Site operations will involve some physical works but the observations and learning from the site environment are an exceptional way to develop and hone engineering design and understanding of the technicians work. Primarily work will be in London from our Farringdon office and our operational sites which mostly are within the bounds of the M25.
About this company
An Enabling Engineering consultancy comprising Civil, Geotechnical and Structural Engineers delivering specialist consultancy services for complex projects to Erith Contractors and all tier 1 and 2 main contractors and developers
https://www.swantonconsulting.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Disbursements for such things as university accommodation and daily and university travel expenses on top.
After this apprenticeship
Preferably will be to continue within our engineering design delivery teams progression through Project and senior chartered positions to develop business and managerial skills to continue. Alternatives within technician and operations on site would also be possible.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Swanton Consulting Ltd
Simon Bahaire
simon.bahaire@swantonconsulting.co.UK
07802 799574
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317046.
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Closes in 21 days (Friday 23 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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