CAD Design Apprentice
DEVIN CONSULTING LTD
NORTH SHIELDS (NE30 1NA)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 30 March 2026)
Posted on 6 March 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a CAD apprentices to join an Industry-leading engineering consultancy. Based in North Shields
- Wage
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£14,329.90 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering design technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Flexible hours. TBC.
36 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 7 April 2026
- Duration
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3 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
- Creation of Revit models
- Production of 2D technical drawings
- Working to BIM Level 2/LOD300
- Ensure compliance with QMS procedures
- Coordination with internal/external project teams
- Site monitoring
- Maintain and develop internal/external relationships.
Where you'll work
105 HOWARD STREET
NORTH SHIELDS
NE30 1NA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TDR TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
- Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
- Option 1. Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
- Option 1. Identify cable types and application.
- Option 1. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
- Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
- Option 2. Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
- Option 2. Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
- Option 2. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
- Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
- Option 3. Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
- Option 3. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
- Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
- Option 4. Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
- Option 4. Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
- Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
- Option 5. Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
- Option 5. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
Training schedule
- You will work towards a level 3 Engineering Manufacturing Support Technician Standard
- You will study BTec Level 3 AME
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
Devin Consulting Ltd is a specialist engineering consultancy based in North Shields, United Kingdom, focused on the design and engineering of environments that involve water for wellness, leisure and sport. The company provides independent expert advice and technical services on all specialist engineering elements of swimming pool, spa and water feature projects, helping clients achieve safe, efficient, high‑quality results on complex aquatic developments.
Their core services include pool and spa design consultancy, pool water treatment system engineering, pool tank design, movable pool structures, interactive water and air features, decorative water features, and heat experience installations. They specialise in ensuring water quality is safe, hygienic and visually attractive, and they integrate mechanical, structural and hydraulic engineering considerations right from a project’s earliest design stages.
Devin Consulting works with architects and project teams on a wide range of aquatic projects — from hotel destination spas and leisure centres to competitive aquatic facilities — offering comprehensive system designs, objective advice on subcontractor selection, and quality oversight through construction to handover. With a track record of hundreds of projects and ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification, the firm emphasises sound engineering, sustainability and risk‑managed delivery for clients around the world.
Industry-leading engineering consultancy with an exemplary reputation
Global, prestigious waterpark, swimming pool, spa and wellness schemes*
Collaboration with signature professional design teams
Varied, interesting and challenging work
Small, flexible, high performance team
Clearly defined Core Values.
https://www.devin-consulting.com/services/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Full time position upon completion of apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TDR TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019483.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 30 March 2026)
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