Apprentice Civil/Structural Design Engineer
HOP CONSULTING LIMITED
East Sussex (BN3 2BE)
Closes on Friday 6 June 2025
Posted on 2 May 2025
Contents
Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual hoping to begin their career as a Structural/Civil Engineer in the construction industry, within a multi-disciplinary consultancy. We work on a variety of projects including multi-million pound residential and commercial developments, roads, bridges, sports stadiums, piers and much more.
- Wage
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£17,250 a year
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This is purely a starting salary. Salary reviews are once yearly and are informed by 6-month performance reviews.
- Training course
- Civil engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday
Typically 8.00am/8.30am- 5.00pm/5.30pm with an hour for lunch.
One day a week is spent 'Training' which during the academic calendar will be spent attending University.
40 hours a week
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 September 2025
- Duration
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5 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and organised individual who can manage the balance between work and study. A successful candidate must show initiative, integrity and be driven to take ownership of their studies and their future career progression.
The successful candidate initially begins in a Technician role, set within a project team to support Engineers.
Initial duties include:
- Preparing drawings and 3D developed models
- Providing a support role within a design team
- Carrying out technical based tasks, design and communicating with the wider construction team
- Assisting with surveys and site inspections and associated reports and schedules
The experienced gained through a technician role greatly contributes to your problem-solving ability and an understanding of how structures are built/ connected together, an important part of engineering. As you develop you will be encouraged to take more responsibility for your drawings and develop into a more senior technician role.
Future duties will include:
- Building ‘Information Models’, 3D modelling
- Hand and computer modelled calculations
- Informed design work, live problem solving and reporting
- Checking calculations and third parties contributing information
Where you'll work
Hop House 41 Church Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 2BE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
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
- Hop House 41 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BE
- Check your travel to work
- 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
More training information
- The successful candidate will attend the University of Brighton one day a week to study a BEng in Civil Engineering Degree
- You will also receive mentoring in-house via supervision and internal CPD
- Successful completion of your degree apprenticeship is dependent on your completion of the End Point Assessment, at which point you will be eligible to reach a professionally recognised, Incorporated Engineer status, with the Institute of Civil Engineers
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English or equivalent (grade Grade 4-9 or A*-C)A Level in:
Mathematics or equivalent (grade Grade A-C)Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
Physics or equivalent (grade A-C)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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Collaborative
- Active learner
- Numerate analytical skills
Other requirements
This is a predominantly office-based role but there will be opportunity to visit site and get involved in survey work away from the office. HOP Consulting are based in Hove, East Sussex and therefore applicants from outside the area must be willing to relocate.
About this company
The Partnership was established in 1985 by two Civil & Structural Engineers, and has since grown to an over 50 strong, national consulting engineering practice offering expertise in the fields of structural, environmental, civil and marine engineering. We are people focused and driven; training and mentorship is core to our culture. HOP's Engineering degree programme has been established since the 1990's and we continue to support apprentices to realise their potential as an Engineer.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to progress into a graduate engineer role, and eventually to a more senior role in the business
- We will support you to become either a Chartered Civil Engineer or a Chartered Structural Engineer, or Senior BIM modeller, depending on where your career path takes you
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HOP CONSULTING LIMITED
Ruby Gibney
rubyg@hop.uk.com
01273223900
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318439.
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Closes on Friday 6 June 2025
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