The Apprentice Civil Engineer

The Apprentice Civil Engineer will support the design, delivery, maintenance and management of civil engineering infrastructure across the Hinkley Point C portfolio. Through the apprenticeship they'll develop technical expertise, analyse engineering data, contribute to innovative solutions, and help deliver safe, sustainable and compliant projects.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Assist in planning, designing and delivering civil engineering solutions, including reviewing data, interpreting drawings, and supporting technical decision-making.
• Support site inspections, surveys and progress reporting, ensuring compliance with HPC governance, Turnbull procedures, and nuclear site safety requirements.
• Use engineering software tools (e.g., CAD, Revit, BIM platforms) to prepare and communicate technical information.
• Contribute to safe systems of work, applying risk assessment, quality management and environmental sustainability principles.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, project managers, planners, contractors and NNB representatives.
• Support continuous improvement, evaluating engineering performance and identifying opportunities to enhance safety, sustainability and efficiency.
• Participate in apprenticeship learning requirements, including academic study, portfolio development, progress reviews and end-point assessment preparation.

Where you'll work

Hinkley Point C
Stogursey
Bridgwater Somerset
TA5 1UF

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Training course

Civil engineer (level 6)

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Apply engineering principles to solve engineering problems: scientific, theoretical and technical principles.
• 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 lifecycle.
• 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).