Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer

Milestone Infrastructure is the UKs leading highways maintenance provider. Looking after 48000 km of roads, 300,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities. Milestone Infrastructure sits within M Group Services Transport Division, positioned to support transport clients across the UK. As a business, people are at the heart of everything we do, whether they are our people, our clients, or the communities they serve. We are committed to behaving with integrity and in a sustainable manner, being mindful to the needs of our communities and the environment.

Working as a Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer at Milestone Infrastructure you will learn alongside our experienced engineers how to be responsible for the daily control, management, and coordination of construction activities on site to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the required safety, environmental and quality standards. With the support of your work-based mentor, your responsibilities will increase as your skills and technical knowledge develop. You will be part of either our Highways Design Team or our Structures Design Team who are responsible for helping to design maintenance and improvement schemes for highway infrastructure including roads and bridges.

This role will commence September 2025, and will support either the Cambridgeshire Highways Contract or the Peterborough Highways Contract, based in our Huntingdon or Peterborough offices respectively., You will work towards your professional accreditation with the ICE, You will experience a rotational training programme across the business

• You will have specific operational and professional additional training, gaining professional cards, certificates as appropriate to the role

• You will have a mentor or delegated engineer and be expected to gain your ICE professional accreditation, As a Milestone Degree Apprentice you will be recruited on a permanent contract and after completing your apprenticeship and professional accreditation with the ICE, becoming an Incorporated Engineer, you will have the knowledge, experience and professional membership to progress and be rewarded with a great career at Milestone. There will also be the opportunity to work towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status if that is your chosen career path with us., * Rotate across several of our design, construction and operations teams within our partnership contract delivering highways and structures maintenance projects.

• Work closely with teams across the contract to help plan and implement these schemes from ‘start to finish’ within budget and to programme, and in compliance with quality, safety and environmental objectives.

• Assist in the planning and completion of site visits, surveys and investigations.

• Help prepare scheme designs, drawings and documents using a range of design software.

• Review how innovations can be incorporated into our projects/operations to work towards our carbon reduction plan.

• Assist in supervising the construction of our highways/structures projects.

• When placed with our bridges team, help undertake inspections and structural assessments to help maintain the safety of the county’s bridges.

• When placed with our operations team, help to deliver our depot maintenance activities safely and efficiency, working with the team to implement innovations.

• Work towards successful completion of your degree apprenticeship, both in the academic modules, as well as recording of ‘on-the-job’ experience and ‘off-the-job’ development activities to work towards your End Point Assessment.

• Actively participate in the company apprentice development programme activities.

• You will, complete the level 6 BEng Civil Engineering degree apprenticeship, * You must have the permanent Right to Work in the UK

• A Levels BBC to include Mathematics. Excludes General Studies or BTEC – DMM in an Engineering or Construction subject or IB Diploma – 30 points to include Mathematics at Higher level.

• GCSE requirement – 5 GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above to include English and Mathematics.

• If you already possess an appropriate HND or HNC in a Civil Engineering discipline, then you can also be considered and may start in a later year of the course.

Those who already possess a Degree in Civil Engineering or similar discipline should apply for our graduate engineer positions., * Good problem-solving skills.

• Proficient IT skills including MS Office software.

• Some experience of AutoCAD or similar CAD software would be an advantage.

• Good communication skills and attitude to learning within a work-based environment.

• Ability to work on your own and as part of bigger teams.

• Full UK Driving License preferable but not compulsory.

• Company pension

• Employee discount

Full job description

Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer

Vantage House, Huntingdon OR Dodson House, Peterborough (yet to be determined)

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

‘Earn as you learn’ – Part-time fully funded degree level qualification

Contribution towards professional development fees and further training opportunities provided

Generous pension contribution/ Reward & Recognition Scheme/ Cycle2work scheme

Competitive family friendly and special leave policies

Employee discount platform

£21,860.80