Digital Engineering Apprenticeship L4
BAM NUTTALL LIMITED
Bridgwater, Calvert, Drax
Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 4 November 2025)
Posted on 9 October 2025
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Summary
Join our team as a Digital Engineering Apprentice in our central Digital Project Solutions team and have direct impact from day one on multimillion pound projects. With support from an experienced team, dedicated mentor and structured learning, you’ll gain hands-on experience and very quickly become a crucial member of the team.
- Wage
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£21,000 a year
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- Training course
- Construction design and build technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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5
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
The role will focus on supporting the adoption of selected digital construction tools to improve efficiency and communication to achieve the best for project outcomes. As an apprentice you will be placed in a supportive environment to receive training and guidance from an experienced digital team in the workplace and an innovative training partner in the classroom.
- Assist in the provision of accurate and clear model information for collaboration purposes, 4D planning and 5D cost estimation and management.
- Support the use of digital site data capture systems in accordance with the project specification and in compliance with BAM procedures.
- Provide training and technical support in the use of technology to site teams.
- Collect, manage, and interpret project data to improve decision-making.
- Help implement digital workflows and smart construction methods
- Upskill other stakeholders in the business with processes and data interpretation.
- Develop an awareness of the ISO19650 suite, and BAM’s internal standards, procedures and processes, and their role in the project and asset lifecycle.
- Stay abreast of industry developments, identifying new innovative technologies that could add value to existing workflows, such as AR or scanning technologies or new automations.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Hinkley Point, Bridgwater, TA5 1TP
- EKFB School Hill, Werner Terrance, Calvert, MK18 2HD
- Wren Hall Site Office, New Road, Drax, YO8 8TL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Training course
Construction design and build technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve technical, engineering and design problems.
- Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components and parts.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data.
- Produce design and technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages.
- Produce technical design solutions.
- Comply with industry standards, CDM, statutory regulation and legislation, policies, and codes of practice.
- Comply with health, safety and welfare regulations, standards and guidance.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risk.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and assess impact.
- Apply ethical and data security principles to design projects.
- Prepare written design reports.
- Interact with the operation and maintenance of a Common Data Environment CDE and ensure this maintains integrity and follows agreed protocols and that data security.
- Handle information including validating, managing, disseminating and storing throughout all stages of a project or asset.
- Identify design defects and solve problems to advise a compliant outcome, escalate issues or concerns.
- Apply quality assurance techniques.
- Use computer based software systems and packages to manage construction projects for example BIM tools, data analytics and databases.
- Conduct site inspections of designs and report findings.
- Comply with sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance including the management and designing out of waste.
- Optimise energy use through design of efficient fabric, passive and active design solutions, low energy lighting, building controls, energy performance.
- Optimise site potential and building space.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Apply project management techniques. For example: project budgets, estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and investment appraisal.
- Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings, specifications and work instructions including BIM, and other task specific modelling software
- Apply mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve technical, engineering and design problems.
- Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components and parts.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data.
- Produce design and technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages.
- Produce technical design solutions.
- Comply with industry standards, CDM, statutory regulation and legislation, policies, and codes of practice.
- Comply with health, safety and welfare regulations, standards and guidance.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risk.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and assess impact.
- Apply ethical and data security principles to design projects.
- Prepare written design reports.
- Interact with the operation and maintenance of a Common Data Environment CDE and ensure this maintains integrity and follows agreed protocols and that data security.
- Handle information including validating, managing, disseminating and storing throughout all stages of a project or asset.
- Identify design defects and solve problems to advise a compliant outcome, escalate issues or concerns.
- Apply quality assurance techniques.
- Use computer based software systems and packages to manage construction projects for example BIM tools, data analytics and databases.
- Conduct site inspections of designs and report findings.
- Comply with sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance including the management and designing out of waste.
- Optimise energy use through design of efficient fabric, passive and active design solutions, low energy lighting, building controls, energy performance.
- Optimise site potential and building space.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Apply project management techniques. For example: project budgets, estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and investment appraisal.
- Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings, specifications and work instructions including BIM, and other task specific modelling software
Training schedule
Training plan has not yet been agreed.
When you're not at college, you will be learning from industry specialists on one of our sites across the UK.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 5 (grade 4 and above)
- English (grade 4 and above)
- Maths (grade 4 and above)
A Level in:
- STEM A Level or equivalent (grade C)
- STEM A Level or equivalent (grade C)
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
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
A driving licence is desirable for this role due to the nature of the role, you may be required to work across a number of projects.
About this employer
At BAM we imagine, create, and enrich buildings and infrastructure across the UK & Ireland. For over 150 years, we have dedicated ourselves to enhancing lives by creating sustainable environments and communities where people can live, work, and thrive. Our vision is to build a sustainable tomorrow and that is why we think beyond the build and focus on the bigger impact. It is how we make the iconic buildings and infrastructure that shape our society working collaboratively with our partners. We have 6500 employees and work in Construction, Civil Engineering, Ground Engineering, Energy, Property Development, Facilities Management and Site Solutions. When you work at BAM, safety is unconditional. It comes before profit. We take responsibility for ourselves and each other, and towards society at large. Onsite, on the road, at home and at the office. Don’t just take our word for it, we’re an award-winning company too, for a third year in a row we are positioned in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100! Employers to work for.
After this apprenticeship
- Following completion you are able to progress your career within our Digital Project Solutions team and undertake further apprenticeship training if desired
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BAM NUTTALL LIMITED
Helen Rudge
helen.rudge@bam.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345493.
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Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 4 November 2025)
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