Apprentice Engineer
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Company: SWANN ENGINEERING GROUP LTD.
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Location: Essex, CM7 2YN
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £23,100.00 per year
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Sector: Construction and the built environment
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Ref: NAS-2000004560
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Application Deadline Date: 31/03/2026
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Start Date: 01/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm.
Brief Description
An exciting opportunity to develop the necessary skills and confidence to work as a highly competent Engineer within Swann Engineering Group, undertaking work-based secondments within a structural steelwork engineering and manufacturing environment to support and enhance the academic work being done as part of a degree apprentice programme.
Training to be Provided
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
- Delivered via a day release model at Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford campus
Future Prospects
- Graduate Engineer status and opportunity to be supported in further academic studies
Vacancy Detail
CAD Team:
- Contribute to production engineering and liaise with the manufacturing department, producing high quality dxf files for programme input to the CNC/Plasma machine
- Undertake a wide range of design work, producing reinforced concrete foundation drawings, steelwork fabrication drawings and 2D and 3D elevation design drawings
- Create design drawings using the companies BIM software ‘Tekla’
- Create accurate material schedules for material ordering
Engineering Team:
- Undertake steel tower (GDC) assessments using MSTower/TOADS and existing appraisal spreadsheets
- Undertake site and client visits as required
- Undertake steelwork structural design including steel member design checks and connection design, using analysis software STaad Pro, design spreadsheets and hand calculations
- Undertake foundation design
Projects/Sales Team:
- Co-ordinate telecoms/tower project work, liaising with client, design and site teams
- Monitor and track project budgets and deliver steelwork projects within budget
- Ensure steelwork works orders (WO) are successfully issued into the factory and that programme milestones are understood and agreed
- Co-ordinate project deliveries to site to ensure construction work is started and completed on time
- Sequencing and programming of site works with third parties and service providers
- Managing CDM and H&S obligations through life cycle of a project
- Estimating and quoting projects
Other Information
TO APPLY: Please email a CV and cover letter to hr.department@swanngroupltd.com. 1st round – Teams interview. 2nd round – Face to face interview and project and site tour. Please also consider how you would travel to work due to the nature of the job.