Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Founded in 1989, Keystone Lintels is an innovative, industry-leading steel lintel manufacturer. We offer a supportive, inclusive culture where ideas are shared freely. Join us for a civil engineering apprenticeship with expert mentoring and great benefits that give you the tools and encouragement to grow your career and thrive.

Wage: £20,000 a year

Training course: Civil engineer (level 6)

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 8.00am - 4.30pm or 8.30am - 5.00pm.

Start date: Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration: 4 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

You will come together with a team of proficient and experienced Engineers to work on industry-defining projects. You will be given the space to grow personally and professionally, building a career that works for you. Our Technical teams are involved in some of the UK’s most high profile, complex and stimulating projects that are diverse and technically demanding. We have an enviable reputation in the delivery of some of the UK’s most prestigious and challenging projects.

Key Responsibilities include:

• To prepare accurate, competitive and detailed technical quotes based on information received from customers.
• Prioritise work appropriately to deliver quotes within set deadline or 5 working days to maintain company’s customer service targets.
• Load assessment on lintels using ‘BS5977-1: Method for assessment of load’ based on Architect’s and Structural Engineer’s drawings.
• Specify standard products, and custom-made items designed specifically for relevant projects.
• Design special production drawings for manufacture using AutoCAD or other Drawing Tool.
• Prepare lintel calculations at the customer’s request to satisfy building control authority.
• Periodic office and site visits to develop customer relationships and to measure up/ solve technical issues.
• Collate information and prepare clear and structured technical reports on findings from site.

Where you'll work

Cadley Hill Industrial Estate Ryder Close Swadlincote DE11 9EU

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

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 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).