Apprentice Site Civil Engineering Technician
EN:Able Futures CIC
Wakefield (WF1 2TA)
Closes in 26 days (Thursday 19 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 May 2025
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Summary
EN:Able Futures, an award winning apprenticeship employer are partnering with Essential Construction Services (ECS) who are offering a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice Civil Engineering Technician to work with them and learn the skills and knowledge required to succeed within the Civils industry, including Surveying.
- Wage
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£16,588 a year
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The listed wage (£16588 is based on an under 18 doing 40 hours per week) If you are 18 or above, you will work 45 hours per week, and therefore earn £18511 Per Annum)
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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40 hours per week (45 if the successful applicant is 18+).
Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30
(Please note working hours will be flexible dependent on work to be undertaken).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 23 June 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
As an apprentice you will support an experienced engineer and learn how to undertake:-
Civil Engineering - Setting Out:
Set out, survey and check – for housing, roads, deep drainage, earthworks, but not limited to these items of construction
Surveying:
Surveys undertaken to any specification for the clients’ requirements. Generally, topographic surveys, land surveys, as-built earthworks surveys
A brief overview of the role that the successful candidate will train and work towards:
- Graduate Civil Engineer/Land Surveyor
- Completion of BTEC through to HNC in civil engineering or equivalent
- Fully computer literate, Microsoft word and excel, some knowledge of AutoCAD and LSS (separate courses are available, but we will teach the candidate the basic operations of both software’s)
- During their training, they will be required to set out, survey and check – for housing, roads, deep drainage, earthworks, but not limited to these items of construction
- Must be an excellent communicator, they will have to liaise closely with contract managers, project managers, site managers, foreman and site operatives
- We work on a site by site visiting basis, full days and half days, so no day will ever be the same. We operate Topcon equipment, we have a fleet of Robotic Total Stations and Hyper V GPS units.
Where you'll work
Cliff Parade
Wakefield
WF1 2TA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
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
The successful applicant will work towards a Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician qualification, which will take 36 months (plus End Point Assessment) and will be delivered through Leeds College of Building.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- 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
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Due to working at various sites, a driving license and access to a vehicle is highly advantageous.
About this company
EN:Able Futures, award-winning Shared/Flexi Job apprenticeship service will support you through your apprenticeship journey and professional development. We employ our apprentices directly and are listed on the Flexi Job Apprenticeship Register. We work with hosts in Yorkshire and the North East to provide apprentices in the construction and civil engineering industry.
After this apprenticeship
On achievement of Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician, there will be the expectation to progress on to Level 4 HNC/HND or degree Level 6.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EN:Able Futures CIC
Daniel Simpkins
daniel.simpkins@efficiencynorth.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322046.
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Closes in 26 days (Thursday 19 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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