Engineering Apprentice Technician in Glasgow

About the Company

Civic is a team of system thinkers in the built environment, creating positive impact for people, place and the planet. We want our work to have a positive impact on the environment — helping people to live healthier, happier lives while respecting natural limits. We build without destroying, explore without exploiting, and seek to reuse rather than just consume. Above all, we listen, learn, and aim to create a lasting legacy. Thriving together, today we have more than 170 team members working across the UK, all united by our creative belief, bringing art and science together to solve problems. Our award-winning practice has studios in Manchester, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin.

Job Description and Key Responsibilities

Role Guide: Apprentice Engineering Technician

Scope of the role

Depending on your specialism, as an Apprentice Engineering Technician, you will be contributing to either or both:

• the delivery of a variety of building projects across the UK, across a range of sectors including residential, education and commercial development and regeneration
• contributing to projects which include large scale urban extensions, urban regeneration schemes, high street and public realm renewal, and civil engineering associated with building structures

Your role will be primarily focused on the production of drawings and models and the development and maintenance of coordinated drawing standards in conjunction with the wider Civic Engineers’ technician team. You will have the opportunity to work alongside industry experts and high profile private and public sector clients and collaborators.

Day-to-day task and expectations

Technical

• Civil and/or Structural engineering BIM modelling using BIM compatible programmes suitable to discipline. These include but not limited to the full Autodesk Suite of programmes & Causeway Flow
• Preparing drawings/models
• Undertaking internal and external training
• Assisting Engineering Technicians
• Transmitting documents to external parties and management of associated documentation, both locally and on external Common Data Environments
• Compliance with the duties of Designer under the CDM Regulations 2015
• Compliance with the practice IMS
• Compliance with document naming standards (BS EN ISO 19650-2, UK National Annex)

Managerial

• Liaising and reviewing production of information with Engineers on a project-by-project basis

Behaviour and Professional Commitment

You will participate in the National Apprenticeship scheme and will spend 1 day per week at university, 4 days per week at work. Your employment will be essentially as a full time employee with day release (your annual leave entitlement will be as per a full time employee).

• Participation in Civic Academy and other CPD opportunities
• Maintaining a record of your CPD and a Development Action Plan
• Demonstrating behaviour consistent with Civic Engineers’ Values and contributing to the progress of the practice

Experience/Qualifications Required

• Experience of working in an engineering design studio would be useful, however not necessarily required
• Maths A level or equivalent

Skills/Competencies

• Written and verbal skills
• Graphical communication skills
• Displays attention to detail
• IT and software skills
• Team working capabilities
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management skills

Our Values

• Be Collaborative – Engage with others and collaborate positively
• Be Curious – Master your current role, seek and share knowledge and expertise
• Be Helpful – Demonstrate professionalism, willingly take on new responsibilities without necessarily being asked
• Be Passionate – Take ownership of your role and support others to achieve success in theirs
• Be Ingenious – Find ways to get results by adapting and innovating

Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills

• Maths Higher or equivalent
• Engineering knowledge - work experience in an engineering design studio is useful but not essential
• Written and verbal skills
• Graphical communication skills
• Displays attention to detail
• IT and software skills
• Team working capabilities
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management skills

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Experience of working in an engineering design studio would be useful, however not necessarily required
• Maths Higher A-C preferred
• Strong Maths and English Nat 5

Additional Requirements

The role is 36.5 hours per week including college time during term time. The apprentice will be required to work in the studio during college holidays.