Title: Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice
Requisition ID: 10221
Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice - Highways
Gloucester
Starting Salary: £26,352
Hours: 40 per week, Mon–Fri
Start Date: September 2026
Build the future. Shape the world. Start your career with Amey.
Ready to kick‑start a career where you can genuinely make an impact? At Amey Consulting, we design, deliver and improve the infrastructure that keeps the country moving — from bridges and highways to essential environmental and sustainability projects.
As a Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice, you'll earn a salary, gain hands‑on experience, study towards a fully funded degree, and work alongside industry experts who are passionate about helping you grow.
Why an apprenticeship with Amey?
As an apprentice, you'll receive structured training, personalised support, and hands‑on opportunities to contribute to meaningful work from day one. You'll be part of teams delivering challenging and important projects, all while building a strong foundation for a long and successful career.
Real responsibility from day one
Industry-recognised qualifications
A fully funded Civil Engineering Degree
Support from mentors, lecturers and coaches
Experience on meaningful, high‑profile projects
What you'll be doing;
We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice to join Amey Consulting within our Drainage Infrastructure Practice. National Highways have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner to support the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme that National Highways have ever launched. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network for the next 2 years. Amey is the design partner from National Highways in their Southwest and Midlands regions. In addition to National Highways projects, Amey are on the Midlands Highway Alliance framework, winning improvement schemes across many local authorities.
During your apprenticeship, you'll work across key areas of Highways Infrastructure, including:
Structures (e.g., bridges and major assets)
Highway design
Drainage engineering
You'll spend around 5 years completing your degree through a combination of:
Classroom learning
E‑learning materials
1‑to‑1 coaching
Real project experience with our engineering teams
You'll learn from some brilliant minds — and they'll be ready to learn from you, too
Why join Amey?
At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That's why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life's ups and downs. It's the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers. Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life.
Career Growth: Throughout your programme, you will receive first-class mentoring and a structured learning and development programme to enable your professional and personal development.
Training Opportunities: Unlock your potential with comprehensive training for both personal and professional development
Holidays - Enjoy 24 days leave plus bank holidays and the opportunity to buy more
Pension - Generous pension scheme, with additional contributions from Amey
Flexible benefits – Customise your benefits with options such as insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership.
Exclusive Discounts - Access our online portal filled with discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services, and more, helping you save on the things that matter.
Give Back to community - You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.
Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
We want to hear from you if you have
Amey Consulting are looking for individuals who demonstrate clear communication, strong teamwork, and a genuine eagerness to learn. The ideal candidate will be adaptable, and proactive in their approach, showing professionalism and integrity in everything, they do. To be considered for the programme we require the following.
Minimum Qualifications Are
Three A Levels at grade C or above including Maths and a Science (104+ UCAS Points) or;
BTEC National Diploma or Extended Diploma Civil Engineering (Applicants must gain Merit grades or above in both the Mathematics for Technicians AND Further Mathematics for Technicians units and provide evidence/ transcripts of this) or;
L3 Civil Engineering Technician Available to commence employment with Amey in September 2025
T-Level in Construction – with Civil Engineering as the specialism and
The commitment and drive to complete your Apprenticeship and final end point assessment.
Application Guidance and Diversity & Inclusion
At Amey we constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We believe everyone deserves an opportunity to shine.
As a disability confident leader, we're proud to guarantee applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Please contact our recruitment team at to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.
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