Apprentice Civil Engineer
Royal Borough of Kingston Council
Kingston upon Thames (KT1 1EU)
Closes in 12 days (Friday 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 July 2025
Contents
Summary
The shared Highways Service of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames (RBK) and London Borough of Sutton (LBS) is looking for a committed person to join the team as an Apprentice Civil Engineer. This Apprenticeship will develop the necessary Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours to become a competent Civil Engineer level.
- Wage
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£25,999 a year
- Training course
- Civil engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, working hours TBC
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 September 2025
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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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
Applicants should have a keen interest in Highways & Transport schemes. We are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working individuals with ambition and drive.
You must have a commitment to learning in the workplace and at university to develop the full range of skills and knowledge to be successful in this role.
You will undertake the role of Civil Engineer and learn day-to-day tasks, to be able to prioritise and to work under pressure both individually and as part of a team.
You will demonstrate good attention to detail and accuracy and be able to develop and use good IT skills (including Google and Microsoft software packages).
You will ensure tasks are completed within agreed timescales, demonstrate required office attendance and punctuality.
With the role you will attend and participate in team meetings and 1:1 meetings as well as complete mandatory e-learning.
The apprenticeship includes completion of the required course and qualification for End Point Assessment (EPA).
In this role a bespoke training package will be available to ensure you become qualified to work as part of our Highways and Transport team, learning different roles within the team which will include the design of a range of highway & transportation schemes, surveys, data analysis, traffic management orders, and planned maintenance. Including conducting site visits, safety reviews and condition surveys. You’ll also be part of our wider Highways and Transport Service and work closely with other teams, including Highways operations and Client & Commissioning, who lead on several exciting projects.
We’ll teach all you need to know about how to succeed in this role, but in return, we are looking for someone who can think creatively, can demonstrate excellent communication skills, and who’s eager to learn.
Where you'll work
Guildhall 2
High Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1EU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
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).
Training schedule
The teaching for the BEng. (Hons) Civil Engineering Integrated Degree Apprenticeship will take place at Kingston University, with attendance 1 day a week throughout the academic year.
The degree will include modules from Levels 4 - 6 and the completion of the Degree Apprenticeship will conclude with the End Point Assessment.
The full duration of the Degree Apprenticeship, including End Point Assessment, will be 66 months (5.5 years).
This will take place at the Penrhyn Road Campus in Kingston.
Learning will also take place in the workplace and include...
- Learn the processes of the design management framework
- Undertake site visits to learn and shadow others on scoping schemes, prepare audits and condition surveys
- Become familiar with design standards and guidelines (TSRGD, TSM, DMRB & MfS)
- Produce drawings using software such as AutoCAD, including add-ons AutoTurn, KeySigns & KeyLines
- Familiarise with Google workspace including google sheets to undertake calculations
- Contribute to preparation of initial cost estimates
- Understand the H&S documentation and legislation
- Understand the all-team processes including permitting TMO, Planned Maintenance and Vehicle Crossovers
- Assist Engineers in the delivery of full packages of highways and transport schemes
- Development of software knowledge of AutoCAD
- Prepare packages of design stages (Feasibility, Concept, Prelim & Detailed Design)
- Undertake research tasks and gather information to inform design decisions
- Undertake full site visits to scope schemes and identify hazards
- Develop a good understanding of relevant design standards, regulations (e.g., DMRB), and health & safety procedures
- Prepare TMOs
- Undertake design drawings with minimal supervision
- Productive in drawing completion for a full detailed design package
- Involved in meetings with the C&C teams and Contractor
- Able to manage the delivery of small schemes on time according to scope of the brief
- Able to refer to standards and guide other junior members of the team
More training information
Kingston University was awarded TEF Gold in 2023.
TEF Gold is the highest rating awarded by the Office for Students to universities and colleges in England for excellence in teaching, learning and outcomes.
Kingston University is also rated as 'good' by Ofsted.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 - 9)
- Mathematics (grade 4 - 9)
A Level in:
BTEC in:
- BTEC Extended Diploma (grade Merit)
- BTEC National Diploma (grade Merit)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda. We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.
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Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Membership of The Institute of Civil Engineers.
Career opportunities for progression to more senior roles in Civil Engineering.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Sylvia Roberts Law
s.robertslaw@kingston.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333735.
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Closes in 12 days (Friday 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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