Assistant Civil Engineer Leicester, England
Job description
Our Opportunity
Are you a talented student looking to join a supportive, engaging Civil Engineering team in the heart of Leicester?
Pick Everard are now recruiting a Civil Engineer Apprentice to join our expanding engineering team in Leicester for our September 2023 intake.
This role will provide you with the knowledge, qualifications, and valuable support for a career in civil engineering. You will have support to achieve your Chartered status once qualified, with mentors for both IStructE and ICE, and access to regular workshops and seminars tailored to signing off the core objectives as part of the Chartership process.
Our civil engineering discipline delivers for a multitude of schemes to include; Highways, Urban Infrastructure, Water, Environmental and Transportation. You will have the opportunity to work on an array of projects across a variety of sectors to include residential, commercial, leisure and defence.
As an Assistant Civil Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Work as part of the design team to produce drawings utilising 3D design software, based on Engineer's sketches and briefs, for a range of highways/public realm, infrastructure/drainage projects (including residential, education, commercial, MOJ, leisure) and/or infrastructure projects in the regulated Water Sector.
- Undertake vehicle tracking to determine the viability of design layouts.
- Carry out project administration tasks, including issuing drawings, arranging site surveys, checking supplier invoices, utility searches, diversity applications.
- Assist with on-site survey and inspection work when required
- Responsible for ensuring that they understand and comply with all Health & Safety requirements, practices and procedures.
Interested to find out more? We would love to hear from you today!
About You
We are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking student who is open to pursuing a career within Civil Engineering and growing with us as a company.
Key Requirements:
- 3 x A-Levels or equivalent, preferably in subject areas such as math's/science/geography/design.
Other knowledge and skills we’d like you to have:
- Confident verbal communicator
- Strong communication skills
- Self-motivated and driven for progressive and continued learning
- Enthusiastic team player, with the ability to build relationships with others in the team
- Flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage time with multiple tasks
- Good eye for detail
- Willingness to learn and develop their skills
About Us
At Pick Everard, we work together to make the extraordinary a reality. We are looking for exceptional new talent to be a part of our journey as we move forward through our ambitious five-year Business Plan.
We are an independent award-winning property and construction consultancy firm, operating within the industry, providing complete integrated service delivery to help our clients deliver better solutions across real estate, infrastructure and the natural environment.
We are at the forefront of the industry and enjoy a culture that is centered around being creative, professional, compassionate, client-oriented and fun.
Our recent successes include:
- Listed as an NCE100 Consultancy and AJ100 Practice
- Named a Top 150 Consultancy by Building Magazine
- Recognised as a leading Financial Times Consultancy
- Winners of the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) Awards, Best Business Performance of the Year – Large Consultancy
- Winners at the RICS Awards – Infrastructure category
- An Investors in People and Investors in Excellence accredited business
- Winners at the Enterprising Women Awards
Through our remarkable history we have already established the sound principles of success and we have the vision and ambition to be even better, as we move forward into a very bright future. We’re growing and we need more experts onboard. Join us and we will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you’ll be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.
To learn more about why it is good to work here please visit our website and follow us on social media. Be part of it.
Remuneration and Benefits:
We value and promote a positive work-life balance and encourage every member of our team to get involved with charity, sports, community, and company events. Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. We are also a responsible employer and Investors in People accredited business.
You will receive an attractive salary that will match your skills and experience, as well as the following benefits:
- Stakeholder pension
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Childcare benefits
- Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
- Long service awards
- Annual BeingPickEverard awards
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare
- 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
- Discount Scheme
- Professional subscriptions
- Season ticket loan or car loan
- Cycle to work scheme
Please note we are not accepting speculative CVs or approaches from recruitment agencies.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.
