Structural Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
ECOTECH ENGINEERS LIMITED
About the Role
<p>Ecotech Engineers are excited to share that we are looking for a Degree Apprentice to join our team and begin a career in residential structural engineering. This role combines practical experience with a fully funded university degree, giving you the chance to work on real housing projects while developing strong technical skills.</p>
As an Engineering Apprentice at Ecotech Engineers, you will be involved in diverse projects and will help to deliver innovative design solutions across a broad range of clients, with our senior engineers supporting you along the way.
You’ll be involved with our engineers in:
- Foundation design and structural assessments
- Producing foundation schedules, zoning plans and CAD mark-ups
- Supporting Senior CAD Technician with drafting duties
- Reviewing site investigation information and technical data
- Attending site visits with senior staff
- Problem solving and designing simple structural engineering tasks
- Supporting senior engineering team to prepare design outputs for architects, developers and housebuilders
The post will offer the successful applicant an interesting, challenging and varied workload in a fast-paced environment, as well as allowing them to develop personally and professionally, as an engineer.
Your responsibilities will grow as your knowledge develops. We will also guide you through any elements of the course that aren’t typically part of our day-to-day work.
- The degree will set the candidate into the engineering profession with the aim to forward them into a Masters in Structural Engineering and then support to become a chartered structural engineer
About the Training
- You’ll be enrolled onto a Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship which starts in September 2026, working towards a BEng (Hons), with one day per week spent at Derby University for your off-the-job learning
- We will support your professional development with IStructE or ICE throughout your training
About the Employer
Ecotech Engineers has consecutively, year after year, continued to deliver high quality and well executed projects which has cemented our position in the industry with an expanding Client base and increased project size. We specialise in the UK residential sector collaborating with large scale Developers to deliver new housing schemes across the UK with innovative designs, promoting economic designs and always striving to look around problems and find the best solutions to suit our clients. Ecotech is an award-winning consultancy highlighting our success over the past five years of practice and demonstrating the importance of all our individual employees contributions to the team with recognised for the Outstanding Growth 2023, Small Business of the Year in 2024 and managed by Entrepreneur of the Year 2024. Therefore, we are not the standard structural engineering consultancy.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Self-motivated
- Positive attitude
- Willingness to assist
- Independent working
- Curious, eager to learn
Training Provider
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
Course/Training
Civil engineer (level 6)