Civil Engineering Technician Apprentice
TUMU CONSULTING LTD
Bristol (BS1 3AG)
Closes in 10 days (Thursday 5 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 January 2026
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Summary
We are recruiting for an Apprentice Technician to be based within our growing team in Bristol. This is a great opportunity to work alongside experienced engineers working on residential and commercial projects across the UK.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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30-hours in the office 9.00am until 5.30pm (1-hour lunch break)
7.5-hours at college
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 16 February 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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2
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 include developing design proposals to support planning applications and progressing through to the detailed design and construction stage
- The role will be primarily office-based but there will be opportunities to visit sites both before and during the construction process
- Prepare design drawings in AutoCAD
- Swept Path Analysis
- Visibility splays & forward visibility assessment
- Setting-out plans and reports
- Conveyance plans
- Obtain utility & service records
- Document control by maintaining issue registers for drawings & reports
Where you'll work
Castlemead
Lower Castle Street
Bristol
BS1 3AG
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
Training and Qualification Level:
What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
- 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:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- AutoCAD
- Maths (particularly Geometry)
Other requirements
Holiday year begins on 1st January and ends on 31st December each year, during which you will receive a paid holiday entitlement of 33 days inclusive of public/bank holidays. Entitlements are pro-rata for part-time employees. In your first holiday year your entitlement will be proportionate to the amount of time left in the holiday year.
About this employer
Tumu Consulting Ltd is a growing civil engineering consultancy based in Bristol providing infrastructure design, flood risk and sustainable drainage design services for residential and commercial developments across the UK. Our expertise assists our clients from site acquisition, through to planning and detailed stages of the development project.
http://www.tumuconsulting.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- 5% Employers pension contribution
- Cycle scheme & Techscheme
After this apprenticeship
- Full time employment, developing an ongoing career in civil engineering - initially as a technician and ultimately progressing to a professional civil engineer
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000009939.
Apply now
Closes in 10 days (Thursday 5 February 2026 at 11:59pm)