1. Job Title:Digital Engineering Technician Apprentice
2. Location:Ringwood, Hampshire
3. Salary:Starting salary of £10,159
4. Apprentice duration: 36 Months
5. Apprenticeship level:Advanced (A level)
Apprenticeships at Churchill Retirement
Apprenticeships are in our DNA here at Churchill. We 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.
Why join an apprenticeship with Churchill Retirement?
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.
6. To gain a recognised qualification in the profession of your choice, all fully funded from your apprenticeship training provider.
7. To join a network of other apprentices, in other departments across the business, to learn together and support one another.
8. A day a week to focus on your qualification, attend lectures with your training provider, or spend time working on assignments or projects.
9. A workplace mentor who supports you day to day, and helps you apply your learning and develop your skills in the workplace.
10. Additional training from our Training Academy team to provide you with the skills you will need as you progress you career.
11. 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.
12. A permanent role on successful completion of the apprenticeship
About the role
We'relooking for a Digital Engineering Apprentice to join our team in our offices at Ringwood in Hampshire. 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:
13. Production of architectural and engineering drawings, using computer generated 3D or 2D models
14. Contributing to finding solutions to design challenges
15. Taking part in design meetings, site visits, presentations, workshops, etc.
16. 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.
Year 1
You’ll gain experience of working in the three core areas of design in the business on rotation during the first year. These being:
17. Group Construction and Commercial’s Technical and Structural Engineering Design teams
18. Southwest Regional Architectural Design Team
19. Southwest Regional Technical Design Team
Year 2 & 3
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.
What Qualification do I get?
You will gain 3 qualifications as part of this programme:
Digital Engineering Technician Apprenticeship
BTEC level 3 in Construction and the Built Environment
NVQ level 3 Diploma in Built Environment Design
What opportunities are there for progression?
If you do well on this apprenticeship you could follow on to apprenticeship qualifications at level 4, and degree level to further your career as an Architect or Architectural Technologist or Structural Engineer
About you
To be successful in the role you will need to demonstrate the following:
20. Good communication skills and the ability to develop strong and positive working relationships with both colleagues and external suppliers
21. You will have excellent time management and organisation skills
22. Attention to detail
23. Problem solving and logic skills
24. Analytical skills
25. An ability to work as part of a team
26. An interest in digital design
Upon joining the programme you will need the following qualifications:
27. GCSE or equivalent English (Grade C/4/5) Essential
28. GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade C/4/5) Essential
29. GCSE or equivalent Science (Grade C/4/5) Essential
How you’ll be rewarded:
30. Starting Salary of £10,159
31. Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days + Bank Holidays
32. Group Personal Pension Plan
33. Health Screening
34. Life Assurance
35. Day off on your birthday
36. Gain industry recognised qualifications
We have Excellent Colleague benefits including:
37. Ongoing investment into your personal development
38. Training Courses and Professional Memberships paid
39. Colleague well-being initiatives and ambassadors
40. Peer recognition programme
41. Colleague referral bonus
42. Access to Employee Assistance programme
43. Eyecare reimbursement
44. Land introduction bonus
45. Friends & family discount against the cost of a new Churchill apartment
46. Charitable match-funding programme for Colleagues wishing to raise money for their chosen charities
47. Free Pizza on the last Friday of every month.
About Churchill
We’re a family-run, privately-owned business and we’re going places. We’re proud of what we do and the people we work with. We have ambitious growth plans for the future, now employing over 700 people and growing all the time.
We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality, and purpose-built one and two bedroom apartments in desirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independent lifestyle in later life. Our developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears that can be experienced by older people and provide security, peace of mind and independence.
We’ve won a host of awards; most recently we have been recognised by The Sunday Times as the 3rd Best Company to Work For and in 2016 we became the first ever retirement living specialist to have been named overall ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ by the WhatHouse? Awards
Next steps
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, click Apply for this job.
Selection Process: July 2023
Start Date: September 4th 2023
Please note, your details will be shared with our partner Learning Skills Partnership to check eligibility for the programme.