Digital Engineering Technician Apprenticeship

• Job Title:
  
  Digital Engineering Technician Apprentice
• Location:
  
  St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Salary:
  Starting salary of £10,159
• Apprentice duration: 36 Months
• Apprenticeship level:
  Advanced (A level)

Apprenticeships at Churchill Retirement

Apprenticeships are in our DNA here  have a track record of developing our apprentices from A level equivalent qualifications all the way to degree education if that is the path you want to take. Many of our senior leaders started out their working lives as apprentices, including our Chairman and CEO.

We are a growing company and apprentices are an important part of our growth plans. We want to set you up for success, not only in your apprenticeship, but in your future career. So regardless of which apprenticeship you are taking with us, you can expect.

• To gain a recognised qualification in the profession of your choice, all fully funded from your apprenticeship training provider.
• To join a network of other apprentices, in other departments across the business, to learn together and support one another.
• A day a week to focus on your qualification, attend lectures with your training provider, or spend time working on assignments or projects.
• A workplace mentor who supports you day to day, and helps you apply your learning and develop your skills in the workplace.
• Additional training from our Training Academy team to provide you with the skills you will need as you progress you career.
• A workplace buddy, who is an additional friendly face to support you, that has been through an apprenticeship programme with us, and knows, first hand, what it is like.
• A permanent role on successful completion of the apprenticeship

We'relooking for a Digital Engineering Apprentice to join our team in our offices at St Albans in Hertfordshire. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity

to help us deliver retirement living schemes.

This role will be on a multi-disciplinary basis and has an Architectural and Structural design bias.

You will learn the digital skills used to develop our planning application and technical project designs, creating Sketchup and AutoCAD models / drawings, working with building engineering data, all whilst collaborating with a team of Churchill Retirement Living’s Design and Construction professionals. Below is a list of some of the activities you can expect to be doing when you join our team :

• Production of architectural and engineering drawings, using computer generated 3D or 2D models
• Contributing to finding solutions to design challenges
• Taking part in design meetings, site visits, presentations, workshops, etc.

Alongside

your formal education at one of our local partner colleges, you will develop

your skills via on-the-job trainingwhilstworking

alongside other members of our team who will work with you day-to-day to provide you with the support and guidance you need to progress your career.

You’ll gain experience of working in the three core areas of design in the business on rotation during the first year. These being :

• Eastern Regional Architectural Design Team
• Eastern Regional Technical Design Team

During these years there will be the opportunity to specialise in two of the areas rotated during the first year.

Exposure and overview understanding will be provided throughout the apprenticeship to aide with studies and to enhance collaborative working practice.

Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll have access to our multi-disciplinary approach to design and construction. You’ll also be able to learn through webinar training and have the opportunity to receive knowledge and understanding of wider construction disciplines, providing a respect and appreciation for this enriching and diverse industry.

An apprenticeship with Churchill Retirement Living also offers a professional, friendly and family values working environment where vital ‘soft’ skills such as report writing, communication, teamwork and effective and efficient working practices will be developed.

You will gain 3 qualifications as part of this programme :

• Digital Engineering Technician Apprenticeship
• BTEC…