Degree Apprentice - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

Dorset Councils

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Dorchester, United Kingdom

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Description

Organisation

Dorset Council
Location
Dorchester, United Kingdom
Reference
Occupational group
Apprenticeship
Salary details

- £23,500 - £23,89

Job term
Full Time
Appointment type
Fixed Term
Contact
Joseph Rose
Contact

telephone

Closing Date
17 March :30 PM

Degree Apprentice

37 hours per week - Fixed term until 29 March 2030

£23,500 - £23,893

County Hall, Dorchester

What's in it for you:

We have two opportunities for degree apprentices in the Highway Improvements design team. One focussing on highway engineering projects and the other on Intelligent Transport Systems and traffic signal design.

These posts offer a debt free route to a university education whilst gaining considerable on the job experience, allowing you to achieve Incorporate Engineer accreditation with the Institute of Civil Engineers.

This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join the team designing and delivering highway improvement schemes from inception to completion of construction.

Maintaining a great county for people to live, work and visit, depends on the infrastructure and environments that we improve and create.

Join us and you could play a major role in enhancing the infrastructure of this beautiful rural setting, home of the famous Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

These posts present an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills and experience within a successful, supportive, and collaborative team with a wealth of experience.

We prioritise support, learning, development, and wellbeing across our workforce. We also offer hybrid and flexible working that promotes a healthy work-life balance.

What you will be doing:

Based in Dorchester, close to the beautiful coast and countryside, this role provides an exciting opportunity to design and deliver highway improvements schemes for the communities of Dorset.

You will be working on a range of Local Transport Plan (LTP) and externally funded schemes from initial concept through all stages of design, construction supervision, to post completion reviews.

You will develop and utilise your civil and highway engineering design skills, working collaboratively with a range of both internal and external partners, stakeholders and the client team to ensure high quality schemes are delivered both on time and budget.

Dorset Council offer a wide range of training and support and are embracing a hybrid working culture that allows a mix of home and office working.

Occasionally, you may be required to attend meetings out of hours either in person or online.

The highway design role will focus on design and construction standards, procedures, techniques and health and safety in construction. Current schemes include new junctions, active travel schemes, public realm enhancements, and drainage schemes.

The Intelligent Transport Systems and Traffic signal design role will focus on the design and implementation of traffic signals and Intelligent Transport System projects, such as variable message signing, from initial concept through all stages of design, construction supervision and post-construction processes.

About you:

Desirable

Some awareness of the Highway service
Awareness of the importance of Health and Safety with the construction environment
Some relevant experience within a design organisation
Able to demonstrate some knowledge in highway engineering, transportation engineering or relevant function
Some experience in dealing with the public and/or public consultation
Ability to use AutoCAD Software

Dorset Council:
A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Additional Information:

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate written and spoken English is essential for the post.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

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