M Group Water
Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer
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Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
This role will be within our Water division. We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
You'll be joining our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer to join our Southern Water contract. You’ll have the opportunity to gain broad experience within our design office and on our construction sites. Initially, you will work within our diverse design team, supporting the delivery of wastewater projects across the Southern Water region. You'll contribute to the development of engineering solutions, assisting with design, construction and project handover activities. The role will involve producing drawings using GIS and CAD software, undertaking hydraulic, structural and geotechnical calculations, carrying out cost-benefit analyses, and preparing scopes of work for surveys. You will work closely with clients, supply chain partners and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring health and safety is prioritised throughout the design process. You will also attend site surveys and gain exposure to construction planning, commercial activities and project management systems, with travel expected across Hampshire, Sussex and Kent.
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Training and Qualification
The successful candidate will enrol onto the Level 6 Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship, with one of our partner Universities.
Over 5 years, you will work towards a BEng/BSc in Civil Engineering, as well as working towards becoming qualified as an Incorporated Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Activities you may be involved in include:
- CAD design work
- Drafting scheme documents
- Construction site visits
- Liaison with local and public authorities
Requirements
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- GCSE grade 4 or equivalent and above in Maths and English
- AND A Levels BBC minimum this must include Mathematics, and preferably a science subject or Geography (or equivalent level 3 qualification)
- Great communication skills and a willingness to learn
- A collaborative approach and a drive to make a difference
- An EU/UK Driving Licence
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
As an M Group Degree Apprentice you will benefit from our Evolve and Thrive Development Programme.
Development Opportunities
A structured development programme designed to help graduate and degree apprentices to build the skills, experience and confidence needed to become one of M Group's future leaders. Throughout your journey, you'll broaden your knowledge, develop your professional capabilities and benefit from a supportive network that empowers you to achieve your full potential.
As an M Group Graduate or Degree Apprentice, you can look forward to:
- Tailored development opportunities including face-to-face development events, virtual workshops and team-building experiences.
- A structured learning journey covering a range of topics including leadership, communication, commercial awareness, sustainability, project management and AI.
- Networking opportunities with graduates, degree apprentices, business leaders and colleagues from across M Group.
- Professional development support, with access to guidance, resources and support to help you work towards relevant professional qualifications and achieve your long-term career ambitions.
- A strong support network from our Early Careers Team, business leaders and peers across the organisation.
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About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
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For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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