Degree Apprentice Civil Engineer

Oxfordshire

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Contribution towards professional development fees and further training opportunities provided

Generous pension contribution/ Reward & Recognition Scheme/ Cycle2work scheme

Competitive family friendly and special leave policies

Employee discount platform

£21,860.80

Application deadline: 7th January 2025

Start date: Monday 1^st September 2025

Milestone Infrastructure is the UKs leading highways maintenance provider. Looking after 48000 km of roads, 300,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities. Milestone Infrastructure sits within M Group Services Transport Division, positioned to support transport clients across the UK. As a business, people are at the heart of everything we do, whether they are our people, our clients, or the communities they serve. We are committed to behaving with integrity and in a sustainable manner, being mindful to the needs of our communities and the environment.

Working as an Apprentice Civil Engineer at Milestone Infrastructure you will learn alongside our experienced engineers about how to be responsible for the daily control, management, and coordination of construction activities on site to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the required safety, environmental and quality standards. With the support of your work-based mentor, your responsibilities will increase as your skills and technical knowledge develop. You will be part of our Engineering Solutions team who are responsible for helping to design maintenance and improvement schemes for highway infrastructure including roads, bridges, signs and safety barrier across the country. 

Training and Qualifications

• You will complete the level 6 BEng Civil Engineering degree apprenticeship- which will include one day a week study at Coventry University
• You will work towards your professional accreditation with the ICE
• You will experience a rotational training programme across the business
• You will have specific operational and professional additional training, gaining professional cards, certificates as appropriate to the role
• You will have a mentor or delegated engineer and be expected to gain your ICE professional accreditation

• What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship? 

  As a Milestone Degree Apprentice you will be recruited on a permanent contract and after completing your apprenticeship and professional accreditation with the ICE, becoming an Incorporated Engineer, you will have the knowledge, experience and professional membership to progress and be rewarded with a great career at Milestone. There will also be the opportunity to work towards chartered engineer (CEng) status if that is your chosen career path with us. 

  Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Rotate across several of our design, construction and operations teams within our partnership contract delivering highways and structures maintenance projects.
• Work closely with teams across projects to help plan and implement these projects from ‘start to finish’ within budget and to programme, and in compliance with quality, safety and environmental objectives.
• Assist in supervising the construction of our highways/structures projects, including on site setting out, quality checks and H&S supervision/management of company processes
• Assist in the planning and completion of site visits, surveys and investigations.
• When place with our design teams, help prepare scheme designs, drawings and documents using a range of design software.
• Review how innovations can be incorporated into our projects/operations to work towards our carbon reduction plan.
• When placed with our bridges team, help undertake inspections and structural assessments to help maintain the safety of the county’s bridges.
• Work towards successful completion of your degree apprenticeship, both in the academic modules, as well as recording of ‘on-the-job’ experience and ‘off-the-job’ development activities to work towards your End Point Assessment.
• Actively participate in the company apprentice development programme activities.

  Skills and Experience

• Good problem-solving skills.
• Proficient IT skills including MS Office software.
• Some experience of AutoCAD or similar CAD software would be an advantage.
• Driving License compulsory

An offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory DBS Check. Such checks will be requested once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.