Citisense Ltd

Citisense Ltd is a civil and highway engineering design consultancy, working with London boroughs and other clients on highway and transport design, feasibility studies and public realm improvement schemes.

Wage

Competitive wage offered. Minimum wage rates opens in new tab.

Training course

Civil engineer (level 6)

Hours

37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (flexibility around college attendance and study leave). One day per week is released during term time to attend the remaining four days are spent on-the-job at Citisense, including client sites. 37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 3 September 2026

Duration

6 years

Positions available

1

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

What you'll do at work

We are looking for a motivated person to join our design team. Who is willing to study towards a BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering degree through London South Bank University's Civil Engineer Apprenticeship, you will combine one day a week of academic study with hands-on, on-the-job learning across a range of live projects.

Your day-to-day duties are likely to include:

• Supporting Principal Consultants and Engineers with the preparation of highway and transport design drawings, using AutoCAD and other design software
• Assisting with feasibility studies, options appraisals and scheme designs for local authority clients
• Contributing to technical reports, fee proposals and bid documentation
• Carrying out site visits and surveys to support design development
• Assisting with the preparation of Traffic Regulation Orders, S278/S38 agreements and other statutory processes
• Supporting Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015 on relevant projects
• Learning to apply UK design standards and guidance, including DMRB, TSRGD and Manual for Streets
• Attending internal and client design team meetings, taking an increasingly active role as your confidence grows
• Working collaboratively with engineers across highways, transport, drainage and structures disciplines

Where you'll work

4th Floor 86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE

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

Training provider

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

Training course

Civil engineer (level 6)

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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 life cycle.
• 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).