Are you eager to learn and ready to kick-start your career? Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council are looking for the next generation of talented individuals that can deliver quality services to the residents of Blackburn and Darwen and help us grow into a prosperous borough.
We know that studying at college and university isn’t for everyone. An apprenticeship offers you a great opportunity to gain a qualification whilst earning a wage and without accumulating the debts associated with study. Real work experience is crucial as you start to build your career and by the end of your apprenticeship you will have at least two years’ of working in a nurturing environment. We also have an excellent record of retaining our apprentices beyond their apprenticeship course, securing permanent roles for those wanting to stay in the council.
Here at Blackburn with Darwen we aim to treat all of our employees equally and fairly, and to reflect this we recently launched our new values, Trust, Respect, Ambition, Collaboration, and Kindness; TRACK! By incorporating these values throughout our working lives our employees, managers, and teams can work in a supportive and enjoyable workplace.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing a more diverse workforce that reflects our local demographics.
Working for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has a number of benefits and rewards which range from additional annual leave, hybrid and flexible working, wellbeing network, to a fantastic pension scheme, and everything in between whilst studying for a relevant qualification. Discussions will be held with candidates depending on their current skill set to agree the right qualification at Level 5 or above.
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Your starting salary will be £11.44 an hour in your first year. During your second year you will remain on this amount or the minimum wage for your age, whichever is higher. We can also offer you 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, an excellent pension and a number of discounts including gym membership.
About the role
We are looking to recruit an Engineering Trainee to join our Highways and Transport Service, based at Duke Street in Blackburn Town Centre and part of the Growth and Development Directorate.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy and friendly office dealing with all aspect of Highways and Transport, including Network Management – how we managing the traffic, including pedestrians, cyclists and public transport, on our highway network, Asset Management – how we manage our highway assets including the roads, bridges, structures, street lighting, Highway Inspections – a statutory duty to ensure the network is safe for all road users, Drainage and Flood Risk Management – how we managing the water on the network and reduce the flood risk to properties and businesses, Programme Management – the management of a highways capital programme of improvements worth in excess of £15million and Design and Development – design of highway improvement schemes.
The role will be a mixture of office/site based work, which will allow you to enhance and build on the technical skills required for this position. Giving you the breadth of knowledge needed for a foundation in highways and transport related career. It is an opportunity, for someone who has a level 4 qualification in a related field to develop their career further through being involved in shaping the highway and transport infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen.
We are open to discussions around which engineering qualification is best suited to your existing qualification and the needs of the Council.
This advert may close early if a high number of applications are received.
