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Apprentice Civil Engineer

Employer
Amey Construction Limited
Location
10, Furnival Street, London, EC4A 1AB
Salary
£348.75 per week
Closing date
9 Feb 2021

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Specialism
Engineering
Sector
Engineering & Aerospace
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Degree
Start Date
May
Duration
Permanent
We've got an exciting new opportunity at Amey. We've partnered with Coventry University to offer a Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship Programme where you'll gain an engineering degree at the same time as getting real experience on the job and working on civil engineering projects for Amey Consulting and Amey Transport Infrastructure.

If you're looking for a way into civil engineering, the programme provides the perfect opportunity to start your career. You'll see your workprogressfrom initial design to construction,withevery project beingdifferent from the last. You'll feel inspired to challenge yourself, as well as your colleagues. You'll have the opportunity to thrive and we'll help you shape your career.

We don't believe in typical: we believe a diversity of backgrounds and skills create the best environment and opportunities. It means we ask the right questions to arrive at smarter solutions because we learn from each other's perspectives. And this means smarter outcomes for our clients, our communities and ourselves.

We make journeys better and exploring easier - by helping to make roads safer, railways smoother and our streets and green spaces clean.

Working through locally-based teams, we support communities by helping to create better, safer and more pleasant places through the provision of integrated highway design, well-designed streets, well-maintained grounds, modern public lighting and efficient winter maintenance solutions.

And with 4.8 million journeys a day on UK railways, we are also hard at work day and night maintaining the railways with the latest signalling systems, upgraded track and overhead lines and regular asset inspections.

Transport Infrastructure -Rail:

Some daily duties (but not limited to) include:
  • Production of calculations and technical reports
  • Attending site visits to inspect a wide range of structures supporting and crossing the railway
  • Attending meetings and discussions with the client and other teams and engineers
  • Reviewing and production of remits and site documentation, Identifying hazards and risks


Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • Passion for developing your skills both professional and personally
  • A commitment to complete a five-year degree course whilst working
  • The drive to complete the end point assessment and gain Incorporated Engineer status


Personal qualities

  • Willingness to travel to Coventry University and attend one residential study block per year of 8 weeks' duration (increasing to 11 weeks from Year 3). The university block starts each year mid-May
  • Available to join the programme in Spring 2021


Desired qualifications

BEng:
  • Five GCSE's at grade C/4 including maths & English

and
  • (A Levels) 112 UCAS tariff points (e.g. 2 B's and 1 C at A2) Must include maths, 'Use of maths' is not deemed a valid substitute).

or
  • (BTEC) Obtaining a DMM (or equivalent) with at least a Merit in both maths and further maths. Acceptable courses are: Civil Engineering, Aerospace, Construction, and Mechanical Engineering.

It is acceptable to mix and match BTECs with A-levels provided they add up to the entry requirements for A-levels.

BSc:
  • Five GCSE's at grade C/4 including maths.May consider D in English

And
  • (A Level) 96 UCAS tariff points(e.g. 3 C's at A2). Must include maths at either A2 or AS, 'Use of maths' is deemed an acceptable substitute).

Or
  • (BTEC) Obtaining a MMM (or equivalent see table) with at least a Merit in maths. Acceptable courses are: Civil Engineering, Aerospace, Construction, Mechanical Engineering and Building

We can look to accept an Access Diploma but must have achieved D*

It is acceptable to mix and match BTECs with A-levels provided they add up to the entry requirements for A-levels.

Future prospects

  • Career progression within Amey can be discussed

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