Join the Colas Rail to jump start your career and being the journey to realising your potential. You will be enrolled on our Surveying Technician Apprentice apprenticeship programme, and you can expect to be working closely with our experienced engineers and management to gain the skills you will need to help us improve the UK rail systems.
Annual wage: £25,000 a year
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Training course: Surveying technician (level 3)
Hours
You will be contracted to 40 hours per week. Your roster will include up to 39 out of 52 separate weekends. Applicants need to be 18+ at the start of the apprenticeship as rostered hours will include working at night and during Bank Holidays. Working hours TBC.
40.0 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 01 September 2026
Duration: 2 Years
Positions available: 2
As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
Throughout your apprenticeship journey you will work to gain relevant skills for your role and deliver against the apprenticeship schemes Route to Competence. You will receive immersive and hands-on experience within your discipline to support this development, and you will need to be motivated, curious and enthusiastic to learn.
Your role will be to make a strong contribution to your team and support your colleagues across key projects to gain and develop your experience. Through tailored experience and training you will develop an in-depth understanding and knowledge of your subject area, working on live projects on site, and getting on and off the job training and competence development.
You will have the opportunity to work efficiently and in unison within a fully muti disciplined team, operating closely with your colleagues to assist with the planning and coordination of site activities, continuously gaining experience and responsibility in all P-Way engineering delivery stages, from site survey to project completion.
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.
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Surveying technician (level 3)
Upon completion of your apprenticeship, you will receive the following qualifications:
Each apprenticeship will have a combination of learning through block release dates at a college or training provider, as well as bespoke ‘On the Job’ training - developing you through the key competencies of your specialism, which you will need to deliver on site for one of our many contracts. This will meet both the knowledge and experience requirements of your apprenticeship programme.
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.
At Colas Rail, we have over one hundred years of experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of train run on tracks built or maintained by Colas Rail. We deliver on the challenges set by a rapidly changing railway environment - constantly seeking to adapt our behaviour and culture to not only meet and exceed the expectations of our customers and stakeholders, but to also continuously develop and support our people.
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A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You'll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
We understand that your career is personal and individual to you. On successful completion of the Surveying Technician Level 3 Apprentice Programme, we will work with you to look at what your future career looks like. Maybe you are looking to undertake further study or work towards Chartership, whatever your career ambition we will support you to achieve it.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Colas Rail Limited
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000024377.
Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
