Apprentice Technician

AWP (Exeter) LLP is looking for an Apprentice Technicians to join our growing team.

Job title – Apprentice Technician
Salary – £15,600.00 starting salary
Location – Exeter, Devon

AWP is an award-winning civil engineering consultancy providing specialist development planning and infrastructure services to the property industry. This is an exciting opportunity to join the largest independent civil engineering consultancy in the south west. You will provide support in delivering these services.

As a company, we have had considerable success with our contribution to apprenticeships, working alongside Exeter College as an active committee member along with our involvement in Building Greater Exeter (BGE). We have also been presented with awards including:

Exeter College – Outstanding Contribution to Apprenticeships
National Apprenticeship Awards – Regional Winners
Investors In People – Gold
Exeter College Apprentice and Employer Awards judging panel member

As a business, we recruit from the ground up, meaning that many of our staff from technicians to project managers were once apprentices themselves.

At AWP we are proud of our culture of inclusion, our focus on health and well-being, and our approach to flexible working arrangements that ensures everyone – regardless of their background and personal circumstances – feels welcomed, supported and able to do their best.

We expect you to have good A-levels/Level 3 Engineering BTech (or equivalent) and GCSEs level 4-6 in Maths, English, Science.

• AutoCAD drafting
• Data analysis
• Highway and drainage design
• Practical office support where necessary, e.g. arranging post, phone support; attending college courses regularly.

Whilst completing your apprenticeship with AWP, you will receive formal training under the Apprenticeship programme leading to Level 3 qualification in Civil Engineering. It will also support progression towards professional qualification of Eng Tech with the Institution of Civil Engineers.

• a proactive and positive learner
• an active listener
• someone with a can-do attitude
• a team worker
• conscious of the value of time
• flexible

We expect all staff to align with the AWP Values as outlined on our website (). At this level this means:

• Trust – Respond well to direction, take clear briefs and complete work in a timely and responsible manner.
• Sharing – Be prepared to listen and share opinions in a polite and professional manner.
• Mutually Respectful – Take direction and respond appropriately respecting all policies and procedures.
• Delivering Quality Services – Understand and apply learning across all aspects of work. Apply CAD standards and best practice appropriately.
• Value for Money – Take clear briefs and ensure you work to time and on task responding quickly to requests made by others in the team.
• Informed – Attend college and other training opportunities as agreed. Hand work in on time and ask for help where appropriate.
• Sustainable Environment – Think about how your choices affect the future and wherever possible choose actions that help protect and sustain the environment.