Construction Design & Build (Construction Management) Trainee Apprenticeship
T MANNERS & SONS LIMITED
BISHOP AUCKLAND (DL14 6XW)
Closes in 19 days (Saturday 6 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 May 2026
Contents
Summary
Manners has employed apprentices from its earliest days, with many of our Senior Managers starting in this role. As an apprentice, you’ll be working in a supportive multi-disciplinary team, gaining hands-on experience and invaluable skills supporting these fast paced and reactive divisions.
- Wage
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£16,224 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Construction design and build technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.30am - 4.30pm and Friday, 7.30am - 3.30pm.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 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
- Supporting the busy and fast paced divisions of Fire Doors or Small Works
- Liaising with office and site staff to source necessary data
- Maintaining accurate records and uploading details to identified systems, including spreadsheets and portals
- Liaising and building relations with key stakeholders via telephone and email communications
- Additional admin based duties
Where you'll work
PEEL HOUSE
DOVECOT HILL
SOUTH CHURCH ENTERPRISE PARK
BISHOP AUCKLAND
DL14 6XW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEW COLLEGE DURHAM
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Pass)
- Math (grade Pass)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
- Competent skills in Microsoft Office packages and data entry.
- An active interest in Construction & the Built Environment and aspiration to progress within the sector.
- Flexible attitude and confidence to work in a reactive and fast paced environment.
- Good attention to detail.
- Commitment to working full-time hours and full attendance at an identified local college one day per week.
About this employer
To find out more about apprenticeships and the products and services Manners offer please visit the website www.mannersgroup.co.uk
After this apprenticeship
- Management Trainee Role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
T MANNERS & SONS LIMITED
Nicola Coulthard
enquiries@mannersgroup.co.uk
01388774030
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000031784.
Apply now
Closes in 19 days (Saturday 6 June 2026 at 11:59pm)