About Us & The Role

Engineering Design Services, Warwickshire County Council is offering an exciting opportunity, as an alternative to a full-time degree, to join their Bridge and Structural Design Team as a Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice. The apprenticeship is a great opportunity to work with experienced engineers and to earn a salary, whilst working towards a BEng Civil Engineering Degree with our academic partners at the University of Warwick. On completion of the Degree and our professional training scheme by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Apprentice will be sponsored to apply for the internationally recognised Incorporated Engineer (IEng) professional qualification with the ICE cementing your credentials as a professionally trained and qualified Civil Engineer.

Working for the local authority will enable you to develop technical, managerial and commercial skills through the varied work experience offered by our programme of civil engineering infrastructure projects. Our projects involve working as part of large integrated teams including Project Managers, Asset Managers, Highways, and Traffic Signals Engineers which encompasses a broad range of civil engineering disciplines.

The Bridge and Structural Design Team is a civil engineering business unit within the Local Authority that provides a design and construction service to both the private and public sector. We also work in partnership with neighbouring local authorities, Solihull Municipal Borough Council and Coventry City Council, providing technical support to new highway schemes and the maintenance of existing structural assets. Within Warwickshire County Council, the team also provides technical engineering support to other County Council Departments delivering enhancements to existing farming infrastructure and waste management facilities and we have even had the opportunity to provide a technical advisory role to local government projects in Sierra Leone where they are seeking to improve their local municipal facilities.

As a Degree Apprentice you will be assisting other Engineers within the team in the delivery of projects ranging from small highway improvement schemes to multi-million-pound infrastructure projects. You will be involved with the production of feasibility studies for new schemes; the technical design of new highway structures using a broad range of techniques including advanced structural modelling software; communicating and liaising with a wide range of stakeholders and members of the public; preparing and tendering construction contracts including drawings, specifications, and contract documents; and construction site supervision and contract administration.

The apprenticeship

The training provider is the University of Warwick. The degree component of the course runs for five years.

Link to course details

Apprenticeship Starting Salary
£19,650 raising to £30,984 over the course of the six-year apprenticeship scheme.

Qualifications

• BTEC Diploma grade D*D*, with an A grade in A level Mathematics or subject to passing an appropriate assessment in Mathematics
• BTEC Extended Diploma grade DDD including the two Mathematics units, ‘Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems’ and ‘Further Engineering Mathematics’ or subject to passing an appropriate assessment in Mathematics
• AAA grades at A level, to include Mathematics and a Physical Science. Applicants with a strong profile but without A level Mathematics will be subject to passing an appropriate assessment in Mathematics.

Mathematics Assessment for Shortlisted Candidates

In the event of high number of shortlisted applications, we may make use of an online Warwick University mathematics assessment prior to interview to aid in the selection process.

Benefits 

We provide a comprehensive training package and on the job training in addition to training courses, supported by our accredited Institution of Civil Engineers training programme. The County Council offers a very good benefits package which includes local government pension scheme, paid holidays of up to 40 days per year inclusive of national and public holidays as well as flexible working arrangements.

Location

The role advertised will be a mixture of remote working and in Warwick Town Centre at the County Council’s main office complex, and project sites are predominantly located in Warwickshire, Coventry, and Solihull.

How to apply

Please ensure you submit a supporting statement alongside your CV. You are required to address each of the criteria on the Person Specification. Please use examples from your personal or education or work to support this.

For further information about the role please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Additional Information

To discuss the role please contact Rhys Davis: 01926 418191 / rhysdavis@warwickshire.gov.uk or Varunika Howlett: 01926 412932 or varunikahowlett@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: midnight, 20^th June 2022

Interview date: w/c 27th June 2022

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.
 
Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so. 

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
 

You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.   

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.   

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.  

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.