What you’ll be doing
: You are responsible for design, planning, and drawing work on all BT Tower and radio sites. These are vital connections to ensure our rigging engineers have the right detail and information to be able to install both BT and customer equipment across BT’s estate as well as clear structural faults.
You’ll work to tight schedules, delivering our customer design works to forecasted completion times in line with Service and Working Agreements. You’ll prioritise to help Engineering Services and other areas of the business meet and manage expectations.
As a radio structures design office apprentice, you’ll learn about
• Maintenance of the radio station record system
• Structural integrity of radio structures
• Safety audit of our radio structures, including climbing and surveying them
• Steelwork design drawings and national design office support for BT Technology and our customers
• Radio structures planning permission drawings for local authorities
Don’t worry if this is all new. You’re not expected to join us with any prior experience in this. We’ll teach you everything you need to know.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri 0800-1600 or 0900-1700 can be flexible
Full UK Driving licence required
The apprentice training course: You will undertake an Engineering Design Technician Level 3 apprenticeship. This will be with T3 (Training Provider)
Start date: September 2025
Duration: Your apprenticeship scheme will last 30 months, that’s 27 months on programme then 3 months in End Point Assessment. 20% of your working hours will be dedicated to studying.
The qualifications you’ll need: Five GCSE’s grade 4 or higher (A-C in old grades) including English & Maths.
The skills you’ll need:
1. Growth mindset
2. Analytical thinking
3. Proactivity
4. Emotional intelligence
Salary: £23,810
After this apprenticeship: The UK Radio Structures Design Office is a brilliant part of BT; it’s a mixture of internal and external customer work and is very rewarding. As well as on-the-job training, you’ll be put through a structured learning programme where you will gain a BTEC diploma as well as an NVQ qualification. As you gain the technical knowledge and competence required, opportunities to progress into our structural specialist team through succession may be something available over time.
It might be a bit daunting at first, but don’t worry – we’ll give you plenty of training to help with the techniques and build your confidence.