What will the apprentice be doing on site

EN:Able Futures, an award winning apprenticeship employer are partnering with Essential Construction Services (ECS) who are offering a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice Civil Engineering Technician to work with them and learn the skills and knowledge required to succeed within the Civils industry.

ECS provide a flexible and comprehensive service in the supply of construction solutions for civil engineering, surveying, earthworks design, earthworks volumes and site management. They have a very experienced team of civil engineers and surveyors, with expansive knowledge of each discipline.

Relevant information about the project

As an apprentice you will support an experienced engineer and learn how to undertake:-

Civil Engineering – Setting Out:
• Set out, survey and check – for housing, roads, deep drainage, earthworks, but not limited to these items of construction

Surveying:
• Surveys undertaken to any specification for the clients’ requirements. Generally, topographic surveys, land surveys, as-built earthworks surveys

A brief overview of the role that the successful candidate will train and work towards:
• Graduate Civil Engineer/Land Surveyor
• Completion of BTEC through to HNC in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Fully computer literate, Microsoft word and excel, some knowledge of AutoCAD and LSS (separate courses are available, but we will teach the candidate the basic operations of both software’s).
• During their training, they will be required to set out, survey and check – for housing, roads, deep drainage, earthworks, but not limited to these items of construction.
• Must be an excellent communicator, they will have to liaise closely with contract managers, project managers, site managers, foreman and site operatives.
• We work on a site by site visiting basis, full days and half days, so no day will ever be the same. We operate Topcon equipment, we have a fleet of Robotic Total Stations and Hyper V GPS units.

Other Services delivered by ECS:-
• Commercial Land Surveying
• Quarry / Mineral Surveys
• Structure Monitoring
• Earthworks Design Solutions
• Cut fill balances, area and volume calculations
• 3D Machine Guidance Modelling and Visualisations

Essential qualities

• Demonstrate a knowledge and interest in becoming a Civil Engineer or Land Surveyor
• Confident with technology and keen to learn more!
• Have good communication skills both verbal and written
• Flexible approach to working and travelling in and around the Yorkshire area

Qualifications Required

5 x GCSE’s grades A-C / 4-9 including Maths, English and Science

Relevant information about the site

The successful applicant will work towards a Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician Qualification, which will take 36 months (plus End Point Assessment) and will be delivered through Leeds College of Building.

45 Hours Per Week (40 if the successful applicant is under 18 years old)
Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30
(Please note working hours will be flexible dependent on work to be undertaken)

40 Hours Per Week = £319 Per Week
45 Hours Per Week = £356.75 Per Week
(Both wages are made up of the National Apprenticeship Wage plus £17 Travel Allowance)