Civil Engineering Apprentice
NATTA BUILDING COMPANY LIMITED
Colchester, Farnham, Harlow
Closes on Monday 4 May 2026
Posted on 5 February 2026
Contents
Summary
An opportunity to gain your Civil Engineering degree alongside relevant industry experience.
- Wage
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£28,000 a year
- Training course
- Civil engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 07:30 – 17:00 (4 days on site, 1 at University).
45 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 15 September 2026
- Duration
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5 years 6 months
- 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
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work:
This is a site-based role where you will be placed on a project according to your location where there is an Engineer to mentor you through the first stages in your Civil Engineering career.
Some of the day-to-day tasks are:
- To provide sufficient information and set out for each gang on site to have continuity of work and inform Line Manager if this is not possible
- To implement and comply with a safe system of work at site level and ensure operatives are briefed
- To assist with site investigations
- Communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues and the technical team, subcontractors, contracting civil engineers, consultants, co-workers and clients
- To monitor the progress and quality of works on all sites against programme and specification
- To ensure all works are signed off by the client prior to being accessed by follow-on trades
- To liaise with subcontractors and provide them with sufficient information
- To assist with risk assessments and writing method statements for all elements of work, assist in briefing the workforce and ensure that work is being carried out in line with RAMS on-site
- To order materials in a timely manner for the site and ensure that waste is kept to a minimum
- To participate in the weekly meetings regarding production targets, gang performance and future labour/plant/material requirements
- To be proactive in obtaining all information is available in advance of works commencing
- Keep the drawing register up to date and ensure all drawings used are the current revision
- To be responsible for all site dimensional control and to ensure all works are installed to tolerances as set within relevant specifications
- To maintain accurate as-built records of all works installed on-site
- To record outputs and communicate them to the Senior Engineer/Project Manager
- Using computer modelling software to analyse data
- Fill in Natta QA documentation and any additional quality records required by the client
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:
- Mayfield, Heath Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0QR
- Rose Court Rye Common Lane Crondall, Farnham, GU10 5DD
- Eastwick Lodge Farm, Eastwick, Harlow, CM20 2QT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Training course
Civil engineer (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply engineering principles to solve engineering problems: scientific, theoretical and technical principles.
- Apply civil engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review and evaluate the results, including measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, constructing, maintaining or operating civil engineering components and systems; consider how continuous improvement can contribute to improved performance.
- Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
- Identify, interpret and compare information to select materials, components or parts used in civil engineering.
- Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate civil engineering problems.
- Produce civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model civil engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of civil engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
- Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of civil engineering solutions.
- Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against civil engineering project performance criteria.
- Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
- Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
- Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
- Apply ethical principles, identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
- Apply engineering principles to solve engineering problems: scientific, theoretical and technical principles.
- Apply civil engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review and evaluate the results, including measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, constructing, maintaining or operating civil engineering components and systems; consider how continuous improvement can contribute to improved performance.
- Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
- Identify, interpret and compare information to select materials, components or parts used in civil engineering.
- Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate civil engineering problems.
- Produce civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model civil engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of civil engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
- Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of civil engineering solutions.
- Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against civil engineering project performance criteria.
- Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
- Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
- Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
- Apply ethical principles, identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
Training schedule
- An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
- At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
More training information
Your training plan:
- Upon completion you will receive a BEng Hons Degree in Civil Engineering which is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators
- The Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, and the Institute of Highway Engineers form the Joint Board of Moderators which assesses and makes recommendations on the accreditation and approval of relevant educational programmes that it will accept as meeting the requirement to register as a professional engineer with the Engineering Council
- This apprenticeship requires attendance one day per week on Campus at the University of Portsmouth
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Physical fitness
About this employer
We work in a fast-paced environment and this position will suit candidates that take on information quickly and flourish when working on multiple concurrent challenges. We undertake many different types of projects and would look to give you experience across multiple sectors or can target specialties if you have a particular interest. There are opportunities to train with other Engineers from all over the world and to build relationships with co-workers to broaden your support network, all encouraged by Natta.
After this apprenticeship
- Progression within the company, engineering more and more complex projects, leading on to project management of full schemes
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000013501.
Apply now
Closes on Monday 4 May 2026