Apprentice Civil Engineer
WHITFIELD CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD
Surbiton (KT6 4QD)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 27 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 March 2026
Contents
Summary
In our award-winning civil engineering business, you will learn the fundamentals of project design & assurance and technical oversight, and be responsible for delivering key projects to clients.
We deliver high-quality design, management, and advice in the power, energy, renewable and rail sectors via future-ready solutions.
- Wage
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£21,000 a year
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The salary will be between £18,000 and £21,000.
- Training course
- Civil engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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An employee can choose one of the available working patterns which must be followed each day when working in the office:
7.30am - 4.00pm, 8.00am - 4.30pm, 8.30am - 5.00pm or, 9.00am - 5.30pm.
This includes an hour for lunch.
This is not a hybrid role.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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5 years 8 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
This role will be based in our Surbiton office and will be within one of our client facing civil engineering teams.
You must have a strong interest in civil engineering and infrastructure development.
You must have strong demonstrable IT skills including a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
A full clean driving licence is not essential but useful to enable easy access to site visits.
Eligibility: You must meet the entry requirements for the degree apprenticeship to be considered for the role
You need to be a confident communicator with the ability to communicate effectively.
You must have good problem solving and analytical skills.
You need to be committed to delivering safe, sustainable and value-driven designs.
You need to demonstrate that you can work well in a team as well as independently.
You need to demonstrate that you can use your initiative in the absence of guidance.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Assisting with the planning, design, and delivery of civil engineering projects
- Preparing technical drawings, calculations, reports and documentation under supervision
- Learning and applying relevant engineering principles
- Learning how to use key software
- Attending and supporting with site visits
- Working with colleagues to ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental standards
- Attending university and completing all academic requirements as part of the apprenticeship programme
The successful applicant will be under the guidance of one of our experienced Principal Engineers.
You will have the opportunity to attend site visits during the day, at night and sometimes at weekends with policies in place that outline rest needed and time off in lieu in respect of visits done outside normal working hours.
Prior to shortlisting your application for any vacancy, your qualifications will be checked.
Interview date - week commencing 13th April 2026.
Where you'll work
5th Floor Platinum House
St Mark S Hill
Surbiton
KT6 4QD
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 68 months.
This will take place at the Penrhyn Road Campus in Kingston.
Learning will also take place in the workplace working in an engineering team on live client projects.
More training information
Kingston University is one of only 26 universities 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
Other requirements
- Right to work in the UK
- Right to reside in the UK
- Has been resident in UK for 3 years prior to enrolment
About this employer
Whitfield Consulting Services is an award-winning specialist civil engineering consultancy of 70 professionals delivering high-quality design, management, and advisory services across the power, energy, renewable and railway sectors on projects that contribute to the global Net Zero agenda.
We take pride in technical excellence, innovation, and a collaborative approach that allows our engineers to deliver practical, buildable, and future-ready solutions.
https://wcs-consult.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
The wage for Apprentices applies to both time spent on the job plus time spent training.
You must check how you are going to travel to the workplace, including mileage, expense and time.
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.
We are a growing consultancy and it is our intention to develop our employees to fulfil their potential and meet the growing needs of our business. We have a clear structure which provides the opportunity for career progression based on skills, behaviours, technical ability and knowledge and client delivery.
The structure is Graduate Engineer, Design Engineer, Senior Design Engineer, Principal Engineer, Associate, then Director.
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 VAC2000017453.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Friday 27 March 2026 at 11:59pm)