We are offering an exciting opportunity for sensible, hardworking individuals to join our production teams as a groundwork apprentice. This is a great chance to build your knowledge and experience in a sought after trade learning fundamental and transferrable practical skills whilst gaining work experience and life lessons.
Annual wage: £16,640 a year
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Training course: Groundworker (level 2)
Hours
You will be working on a construction site Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:30pm.
40.0 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 28 September 2026
Duration: 1 Year 2 Months
Positions available: 15
As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
Groundworkers are the first contractors to begin work on a construction site. They work closely with all construction trades, such as bricklayers, and plant operatives, to prepare the site ready for building works to begin.
You will receive a site safety briefing and a schedule of work for the day and be expected to work as part of a team to complete tasks set for that project.
You will undertake a variety of tasks such as:
In order to work on site you will be required to sit a Health and Safety Operative test to gain your CSCS card. This will be organised by M. Lambe.
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
SALUTEM LIMITED
Groundworker (level 2)
You will be trained on site by our staff and also attend up to 10 weeks of training at Salutem in Aston, B6 5RS to gain a Level 2 Groundworker Apprenticeship standard.
GCSE in:
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
The apprenticeship will be based outdoors and will require you to be physically fit. You must be able to get to site for 7:30am every morning. We are looking for individuals with an excellent work ethic, motivated and willing to learn, flexibility and resilience with a positive attitude.
Founded in 1983, M. Lambe Construction — or Lambe's, as our friends call us — is a groundworks and civil engineering partner for forward-thinking housebuilders.
We believe making groundworks more transparent and predictable helps housebuilders deliver more value to their customers.
We help you eliminate risk with proactive updates, clear tenders, live site data and staged handovers.
https://www.mlambe.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
After successful completion of the apprenticeship we would hope to employ you within our business as a groundworker with the potential to progress to team leader, site supervisor and beyond.
You could also specialise to become a machine excavator operator or continue with your education to become an engineer.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
M Lambe Construction Ltd
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314484.
Closes on Tuesday 16 June 2026
