Apprentice Structural Technician
EDGE Consulting Engineers
MANCHESTER (M3 5BQ)
Closes in 11 days (Friday 20 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 June 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a keen Apprentice Structural Technician with a strong attention to detail to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to begin a career in construction and engineering, working on residential, high-rise, and large-scale commercial building projects.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours are for a 5-day week, working hours TBC
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 August 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- 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 a keen Apprentice Structural Technician with a strong attention to detail to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to begin a career in construction and engineering, working on residential, high-rise, and large-scale commercial building projects.
As an apprentice, you will support other experienced engineers and technicians in preparing structural drawings and models, using software such as AutoCAD and Revit. You will assist in reviewing and organising information received from other consultants while applying engineering principles and helping ensure project deliverables are completed to specification, on time, and within budget.
You will be supported throughout your apprenticeship with mentoring, training, and opportunities for professional development, including a pathway toward becoming a qualified structural engineer.
Where you'll work
3RD FLOOR
CONAVON COURT
12 BLACKFRIARS STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 5BQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Your training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
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
- 1-day per week at Future Skills College, Salford
More training information
Apprenticeships at Salford City College.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths & English (grade A* - C / 9 - 4)Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Science (grade 4)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
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- MS Office
- Keen eye for detail
- Self Motivated
- Keen to build career
- Interest in engineering
Other requirements
The most important thing we’re looking for is someone keen to get into the construction industry, who is thorough and careful with and able to check their own work with a keen eye for detail. This course involves travelling to Salford for 1 day per week for college day release, you will be paid your standard daily rate for attending college and doing your apprenticeship training.
About this company
EDGE is a rapidly expanding multi-disciplinary consulting practice specialising in the fields of civil, geo-environmental and structural engineering design. We rely on our geographical spread and our collective resource to deliver projects in the UK, Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
After this apprenticeship
You will be supported throughout your apprenticeship with mentoring, training, and opportunities for professional development, including a pathway toward becoming a qualified structural engineer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Abbie Thomson
abbie.thomson@salfordcc.ac.uk
07712512584
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324846.
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Closes in 11 days (Friday 20 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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