Civil Engineer Degree Apprentice in Crawley

To fulfil the duties of a Trainee Civil Engineer in the assessment of rail structures, including Underline bridges, Overline bridges, footbridges, Undercrofts, Canopies, Train and Depot sheds, Side Bridges, Tunnels (that directly support external traffic loads), and other structures.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the specified assessments task on time, within budget.
• Provide support to the Project Team.
• Aim to ensure compliance with Company and Network Rail, Highway, and other relevant standards.
• Aim to ensure the highest standards of safety.
• Preparation of technical assessment/design remits, calculations, reports and drawings, which are technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements.
• Preparation for and undertaking of site work, to carry out inspections for assessment and inspection/examination of assets.
• Comply with technical standards, consistent with the project Technical Specification and in accordance with the requirements of Amey Integrated Management System including Health & Safety, Environmental and all other appropriate regulations relevant standards and HSEQ documentation.
• Maintaining knowledge of industry best practice and where appropriate apply best practice and independent engineering judgement with the team environment.
• Assisting and mentoring of less experienced or junior staff in the production of technical drawings, reports, and provision of feedback as appropriate.
• Maintain health, safety, and environmental compliance requirements, including the CDM Regulations.
• Supporting the project team in the preparations of cost estimates and subsequent successful delivery of commissions to programme, within budget and to the client’s requirements.
• 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.

Qualifications & Apprenticeship Details

• Training schedule: As part of your apprenticeship, you will be enrolled onto a Civil Engineer Level 6 apprenticeship which will take approximately 69 months to complete. You will be fully supported by our partnered college to achieve this qualification, having 1-2-1 advice and support, e-learning materials, and a whole team of experts on hand for advice and technical knowledge at your office.
• A Level in Maths and Chemistry or Physics or equivalent (grade C/4 or above).
• Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
• Communication skills.
• IT skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Organisation skills.
• Customer care skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Administrative skills.
• Number skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Logical.
• Team working.
• Creative.
• Initiative.
• Patience.
• Physical fitness.
• A Level BBC - Must include Mathematics and preferably a Science in either Chemistry or Physics (UCAS points: 112).
• T-level (Merit or above) in Construction: Design, Surveying And Planning. (UCAS points: 120).
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDM in an Engineering subject area, with a minimum of merit in Mathematics and Further Mathematics.
• Full UK Driving license.
• Applicants must pass a PTS Medical for this role.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible for consideration.
• Please note that successful applicants will be required to undergo random drug and alcohol testing in line with our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment.

About Amey

Amey is a leading infrastructure services and engineering company. Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day and we each take personal pride in our public service. Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients. We are trusted partners of Government - both national and local - managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the country.