Civil Engineering Technician apprentice - Level 3
STUART MICHAEL ASSOCIATES LTD
THATCHAM (RG19 4JF)
Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 August 2025
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Summary
A leading firm of consulting engineers, providing expert advice in transportation, water, environmental, infrastructure and civils design services: this is an office based role (Thatcham), with occasional site visits. You will work with a team of engineers and CAD technicians and use a variety of software packages to draw and model designs.
- Wage
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£17,000 a year
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The salary quoted is to be confirmed
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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36.5 hours per week
9am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday
9am to 4.30pm Friday
1 hour per day for lunch
36 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 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
- Prepare documentation including, but not limited to: drawings, models, estimates, schedules, quantities; as directed by a Project Engineer
- Prepare drawings and models in accordance with the company's BIM manual
- Liaise with both internal and external stakeholders, as directed by a Project Engineer
- Participate in site surveys and investigations, as required
- Co-ordinate with other BIM technicians/designers in the company
- Undertake a relevant apprenticeship qualification, as agreed
- Check drawings, including reinforced concrete schedules
Where you'll work
COOMBE HOUSE
COOMBE SQUARE
THATCHAM
RG19 4JF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON
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
Training schedule
- The role is predominantly office based in Thatcham, Berkshire
- Occasional visits to clients' sites to support them
- Attendance at New College Swindon, 1 day/week
- Working towards a Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
More training information
New College Swindon has two campuses (North Star and Queens Drive). The North Star campus is very close to the railway station. College attendance is once per week during term time. During college holidays apprentices complete off the job training in the workplace.
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
Site visits will involve the wearing of appropriate PPE (which will be provided by the employer)
About this employer
The firm was established in 1988 and has remained independent, being wholly owned by the directors. The Headquarters are in Thatcham, Berkshire and there is a regional office in Exeter. Over the past 35 years, SMA has carried out over 6,000 commissions throughout the UK, for both public and private sector clients. The assignments worked on range in size from small scale, one-off tasks, to large, multi-million pound projects.
After this apprenticeship
- Opportunity to progress to a degree apprenticeship if successful, with potential to work towards Chartered Engineer status in the longer term.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON
Kirsty Quittelier
Kirsty.quittelier@newcollege.ac.uk
01793 547789
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335960.
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Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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