Civil Engineering Apprenticeship - Highlands; Scotland

Civil Engineering Apprenticeship
- Highlands (Scotland)

Job Title:

Civil Engineering Apprenticeship
- Highlands (Scotland)

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Role:
Civil Engineering Apprenticeship
- Highlands (Scotland)

Start date:

September 2027

Additional information:

• Site-based role
• Based in Highlands/Alness to Wick for the duration of 2-year programme
• Block release at the University of Highlands and Islands

Murphy is a leading international, multi-disciplined engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, energy and natural resources. We also have a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering;
Utility Connections;
Plant;
Process Engineering;
Pipeline Testing Services;
Specialist Welding Services and Electrical Services. Murphy employs more than 4,700 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as ‘One Murphy’ by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

The Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) upgrade framework includes a programme of overhead lines, underground cables and substations in order to redevelop the transmission network in the north of Scotland between now and 2030.

The allocation of work for Murphy includes the design and construction of two new 400 kV substations in Spittal and Loch Buidhe and the delivery of 85 km of Overhead Line (OHL). Additionally, the conceptual design phase of our design contract was pivotal in supporting SSEN’s Planning Consent submission to the Scottish Government.

Our contributions in this framework are integral to SSEN’s broader Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) Pathway to 2030 programme, which aims to bolster green energy production, enhance our national network resilience, and upgrade the transmission infrastructure by the end of the decade.

Murphy are looking to recruit the next generation of civil engineers. We are looking to appoint highly motivated apprentices with strong aspirations to pursue an engineering career within a leading UK civil engineering & construction organisation. Our civil engineering works cover a wide range of engineering activities, such as tunnelling, rail projects, heavy civils, drainage works, bridge repair and replacements.

Working as an apprentice civil engineer you will learn 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. Your responsibilities will increase throughout the duration of the apprenticeship programme as your skills and technical knowledge develop.

You will be supported throughout by your assigned apprenticeship mentor, in conjunction with your university apprenticeship tutor, to ensure you gain the right mix of skills and experience to successfully complete your apprenticeship.

As a Civil Engineer apprentice, you will be placed on the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) upgrade framework, where you will be exposed to:

• Dimensional control of site works.
• Understanding engineering requirements of a project.
• Planning of site activities.
• Reading of site documents:
  Site drawings, specifications, standards.
• Working alongside our project engineers and construction managers to learn how to develop and produce construction strategies and sequences.
• Assisting with quality control checks.
• Learning how to…