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Pre-Construction Apprentice (Civil Engineering Technician)
Our pre-construction team turns ideas into buildable, well-planned projects before work starts on site. As a Pre-Construction Apprentice (studying Civil Engineering Technician) you'll give technical support to our engineers and construction professionals – preparing drawings, data and documentation that shape a project.
Wage
£22,500 a year Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
- Monday – Friday (8.00 am to 5.00 pm with one hour Lunch)
- 40 hours a week
Start date
Monday 21 September 2026
Duration
3 years
Positions available
2
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Help prepare, produce and modify engineering drawings, models, documents and specifications to the relevant codes and standards.
- Collect and interpret technical data, carry out basic calculations and analyse the results to support designs.
- Use CAD and BIM software to create and present designs and visualisations.
- Support health, safety and welfare compliance (including CDM), helping to identify hazards and manage risk in your work.
- Apply relevant legislation, standards and codes of practice (such as CDM, DMRB and CSM) and communicate them correctly.
- Support sustainability and net-zero goals on the projects you work on.
- Use quality and document-control systems to help plan, monitor and deliver work to specification, budget and programme.
- Help pull together pre-construction and tender information, take-offs and survey data with the team.
- Get out on site – join site visits and surveys with the team to see how your drawings and plans are built, gather site data and measurements, and understand construction methods, constraints and health and safety in practice.
- Communicate and liaise with the project team, clients and stakeholders, including clear written notes.
- Complete your apprenticeship coursework and take responsibility for your own development.
Where you'll work
Sterling House
Mutton Lane
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 3AR
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Training provider
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
- Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
- Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
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Training schedule
This apprenticeship is delivered as a weekly day release at our campus in Stratford, E15.
Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician Standard
Behaviour, Skills and Knowledge.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 / C or above)
- Maths (grade 4 / C or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
JSM Group brings together three connected businesses – Power, Digital Infrastructure and Advisory – to design, build and connect the infrastructure the country relies on, from concept to connection. As part of our continued growth, we’re on the lookout for a Pre-Construction Apprentice.
An apprenticeship with us means real responsibility from day one, a nationally recognised qualification, and the support of experienced colleagues who want you to succeed.
Our values shape how we work: we are Personal (human, caring and accountable), Brilliant (better together), Driven (determined and always improving) and known for Sound Judgment (making intelligent, well-reasoned decisions). https://jsmgroup.com/ (opens in new tab)
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There is the opportunity to progress after successfully completing the apprenticeship.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000044821.
Closes in 11 days (Friday 7 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
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