Flood Risk Management Apprentice

Warwickshire County Council

Warwick (CV34 4RL)

Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 9 July 2025)

Posted on 24 June 2025

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Summary

Start your career as an Civil Engineer with Warwickshire County Highways. We are offering a fantastic opportunity to join our Flood Risk Management Team, to experience and learn from a range of flood risk engineering plans and projects. If you are seeking a career as a Civil Engineer, then this is the perfect entry level apprenticeship for you.

Wage

£19,306.07 a year

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After 12 months of this apprenticeship your pay will progress to the national minimum wage rate for your age, if you are age 19+

Training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, hours are flexible between 8:00am and 6:00pm

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years 6 months

Positions available

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

  • Use flood risk mapping and data to assess the flood risk at a location
  • Record and investigate the causes of reported flooding
  • Help develop funding bids and plans for schemes
  • Carry out technical reviews of proposals to alter watercourses
  • Understand the flood risk impacts of new development and comment on basic planning applications
  • Work with residents to make themselves more resilient to flooding
  • Keep team datasets up to date and accurate

Where you'll work

Shire Hall
Warwick
CV34 4RL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM

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

You'll be trained in all aspects of the work undertaken by Flood Risk Management, plus have extensive access to a range of training opportunities provided for Warwickshire County Council staff. You'll also attend South and City College Birmingham on weekly day release for workshops and training that will enable you to complete the Civil Engineering Technician apprenticeship qualification and gain professional recognition as an Engineer by the Institute for Civil Engineers.

Functional skills in maths and English (if required).

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade A* - C / 9 - 4)
  • Maths (grade A* - C / 9 - 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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Warwickshire County Council has an agile working policy and you will be expected to work at times in the office but also from home. All equipment needed for this will be provided. Training at college will take place in central Birmingham, please consider travel arrangements for this when applying.

About this company

Warwickshire County Council is the local government authority for the county of Warwickshire, providing public services such as Social Care, Education, County Highways, Rural Services, Public Health, Fire and Rescue, plus much more. Since 2012 the Council has delivered a top class apprenticeship scheme, recruiting more than 380 apprentices, most of whom have been retained in further roles at the Council.

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Disability Confident

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

We have enabled this pathway for several previous apprentices, it is a standard career pathway that we are proud to say has been successful in training many apprentices to become fully qualified engineers.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Warwickshire County Council

Jagjit Mahal

jagjitmahal@warwickshire.gov.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327758.

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Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 9 July 2025)

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