Transportation Engineering - Apprentice

SLR have a fantastic new opportunity for an Apprentice to join our collaborative and growing Transport Engineering team.

About us

SLR are global leaders in sustainability solutions, helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with more than 4,000 employees across 6 regions in over 125 countries. Our ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.
 
Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 days' annual leave, with additional flexible bank holidays, we offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, with family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and home life.

The role

Your key duties will involve supporting new colleagues in the preparation of detailed design, feasibility studies and scheme reports on a variety of projects. Alongside this, you will also have the opportunity to gain experience and take responsibility for project management, budgeting, producing bills of quantities, and costings. 

• Provide assurance that scheme designs comply with specification and agreed programme

• Work to ensure designs comply with health and safety regulations and CDM requirements

• Alongside colleagues, ensure designs are assessed for environmental impacts

About you

We are looking for an Apprentice to develop consulting experience around the design and management of the Section 278/38 process, as well as:

• Knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and Manual for Streets

• Ability to engage with colleagues and and build towards conducting effective negotiations with client, stakeholders, subcontractors and third parties

• Understanding of Health & Safety legislation

• Knowledge of CAD and ability to to learn Vehicle Tracking, PDS Sign design and Civil 3D

You will be enrolled onto Civil Engineering (Civil Engineer Degree Apprenticeship) | University of Salford and therefore you must meet Salford's entry requirements of 104 - 112 points including mathematics at grade C. (Numerate science at grade C). A Pass in the practical element of science A levels must be achieved.

 
Culture & Inclusion at SLR

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive.
 
We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent.
 
Should you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process with us, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.

You need to be available for interview w/c 27th July .