Apprentice Site Engineer
ALUN GRIFFITHS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
Bristol (BS48 3DY)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 5 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 December 2025
Contents
Summary
Assist site teams in safely and efficiently delivering civil engineering projects through dimensional control, QA, health & safety, and documentation. Study for a Level 3 civil engineering technician qualification with potential progression to higher levels while gaining paid on-the-job experience.
- Wage
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£20,800 a year
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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40 Hours
Monday- Friday with one day release for college
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 February 2026
- 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
- Following site health & safety policies and procedures at all times and assist the Site Engineer to implement and enforce all relevant health & safety procedures, risk assessments, and compliance with the company’s SHEQ systems
- Supporting execution of work activities on site, ensuring they conform to programme, technical specification, and quality standards
- Contributing to the measurement and reporting of site productivity, performance, and operational efficiency
- Assisting in continuous improvement initiatives to boost site performance and operational effectiveness
- Maintain and update the site diary and records, ensuring accurate documentation of day-to-day site activities
- Support site operations to maximise effectiveness — helping manage resources, materials, and labour in line with project programme and budget constraints
- Participate in engineering tasks: setting out, measuring, verifying works, and ensuring dimensional control
- Aid the production of Technical Queries (TQs) under direction of the Senior Engineer or Site Agent
- Assist in preparing, monitoring, and managing Inspection Test Plans (ITPs) to ensure deliverables meet contract specifications and standards; help prevent remedial work
- Help collate and prepare As-Built information, making sure that site changes are properly documented
- Collaborate with other project team members — engineers, subcontractors, managers — to coordinate work and ensure quality
- Reflect on your learning journey, capture lessons learned and suggest improvements or efficiencies in working practices
Where you'll work
Bristol Airport
Bristol
BS48 3DY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
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
Training schedule
- Civil Engineering Technician Level 3
- Assist with design, analysis, and project management tasks, while gaining hands-on experience in construction, surveying, and technical drawing
- City of Bristol College (Advanced Engineering Centre)
- Day Release
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
- You will be working onsite both indoor and outdoors (in all weathers)
- You will be provided with full Personal Protective Equipment which you are required to wear at all times on site.
- You will need to lift and use surveying equipment, which at times could be heavy.
About this employer
We are a sustainable civil engineering contractor that helps connect communities through road, rail, water, and utilities. We pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality projects in a healthy, safe, and sustainable manner to improve people’s everyday lives. We have worked on several projects at Bristol Airport including the recently opened Public Transport Interchange and look forward to our continued partnership with them on projects in the future.
Company benefits
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25 Days Holiday
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Employer pension scheme
After this apprenticeship
- Upon completion, you could have the opportunity to continue your development and study for a Level 4+ qualification
- You could also join us as a site engineer and progress through to senior roles
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004845.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 5 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
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