Civil Engineering Technician - Level 4 Apprenticeship

About the role

As a Civil Engineering Technican Apprentice, you will be joining our expanding team, working with 3D CAD Models, asset data, construction records, to deliver an accurate representation of assured design, or constructed infrastructure to relevant standards.

• As a Civil Engineering Technican Apprentice, you will be joining our expanding team, working with 3D CAD Models, asset data, construction records, to deliver an accurate representation of assured design, or constructed infrastructure to relevant standards.

Design Development:

• Assist in the preparation and development of engineering designs across infrastructure projects e.g. highways, rail, utilities, or civil structures
• Support the production of drawings, models, and technical documentation in accordance with project requirements
• Contribute to coordinated design solutions within a multidisciplinary environment
• Work within BIM and digital engineering workflows
• Design and Construction Checking and Assurance
• Undertake independent checks of design outputs under supervision, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance
• Assist in verifying models, drawings, and data against project standards and specifications
• Support quality assurance processes, including design reviews and clash detection
• Develop an understanding of risk management in design

Project Management:

• You will be able to effectively manage your own time, and quality ensuring right first time approach, with methodoligcal and dilligent delivery
• Conversing and engaging with our client is essential, and building strong relationship and establishing mututal trust needs to be central to maintaining our current contracts, and winning new work

Software and Digital Delivery:

• Use native design software e.g. Civil 3D, Revit, MicroStation,
• OpenRoads, or similar to produce and review engineering models
  Support model-based coordination and data validation activities
• Learn to navigate Common Data Environments CDEs and information management systems
• Assist in ensuring data and models meet information standards e.g. ISO 19650 principles

Future Opportunities:

• This has the potential to move into further qualifications and multiple roles within the business

Training

Apprenticeship standard: Civil engineering senior technician (level 4)

Training provider: CU APPRENTICESHIPS (BETTER FUTURES) LIMITED

After your apprenticeship

• The individual has the opportunity to join a rapidly expanding and successful company, working on projects such as HS2, Thames Tideway Tunnel, various energy projects and supporting international construction company or infrastructure asset owners
• The role will be focussing on understanding the Civil Engineering industry, but has the potential to lead into roles that explore Information Management, BIM, CAD, Engineering, Commercial or Project Management roles

Working hours

Monday to Friday 8 hours per day, plus one hour unpaid lunch break. Our typical working hours are between 08:00 - 17:30, but occasionally, overtime is available.

40 hours a week

Duration: 3 Years

Possible start date: 11 January 2027

Wage

£16,640 to £26,436.80 a year

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Confidence

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths (grade 6), essential
• GCSE Physics (grade 6), essential

Things to consider

• You will be required to pass a DBS check, prove right to work within the UK without sponsorship and be able to travel daily into the company office, or to our clients sites
  
  Strong oral and written English language skills are essential.

Benefits

Upon completion of probation:

• Statutory Pension
• BUPA Private Healthcare
• Ergonomic working environment
• Strong training and mentoring support

About the employer

Informed Engineering is an SME who specialise in the delivery of Major Infrastructure, for design consultancies, construction contractors, and asset owners. We are focusing on interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and the ability to build solid relationships built upon trust and confidence. We are looking for an individual who uses initiative and makes decisions confidently, but also leans on our internal team for advice or experience where needed.

Strategic Information Management Consulting

• Organisational, Project and Asset Information Requirement authoring in line with ISO 19650
• Information Production Plan / BIM Execution Plan writing
• Process review to identify risk and opportunities
• Commercial support in challenging requirements, or supporting clients in enforcement
• Asset definition and breakdown
• Information Milestone and package planning
• Construction certification delivery and quality planning
• CAD System configuration
• ProjectWise deployment and bespoke configuration, including Managed Workspace

Project Management & Interface Coordination

• Project Management & Information Delivery Programming
• Information & Package Delivery Management
• Provision of Engineering and CAD Teams for delivery
• Technical delivery management related to BIM, CAD and information production.
• Programming and 4D simulation
• Cost Management and Bill of Quantity extraction
• Bespoke Common Data Environment and workflow development
• Clash Detection and coordination between suppliers and disciplines
• Construction planning and information delivery scheduling
• Supplier onboarding and coordination
• Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation supplier scope definition and procurement
• Construction Certification Information Delivery management

Handover, As-built Records & Project Closeout

• Planning efficient delivery of project handover between Project Information Model (PIM), into Asset Information Model (AIM) phase
• Consolidating construction certification and completing construction records
• Operational Asset consolidation
• Archive and transfer, considering defect and liability periods

Highways & Infrastructure Design

• Highways design across all project stages (feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design)
• Geometric road design in accordance with relevant standards and design codes
• Junction design, corridor alignment and access strategy development
• Integration of highways design within BIM and digital engineering workflows

Drainage & Water Management Design

• Drainage design across all stages (strategy, concept, detailed and construction support)
• Surface water management and SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) design
• Hydraulic modelling and flood risk assessment support
• Highway drainage design including networks, attenuation and outfall coordination
• Integration of drainage solutions with wider infrastructure and environmental constraints

Technical & Multidisciplinary Coordination

• Coordination of highways and drainage design with utilities, structures and environmental disciplines
• Supporting design assurance, technical review and compliance with statutory requirements
• Contribution to integrated design delivery within BIM-enabled projects
• Stakeholder engagement to resolve design interfaces and constraints