National Apprenticeship Week with Shaun Tye and Jack Clarke
09 Feb 2024Join us this National Apprenticeship Week as we explore apprenticeships at Sir Robert McAlpine with Shaun Tye and Jack Clarke, Civil Engineer Apprentices.
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my name is Alex O'shea and i'm an
apprentice estimator for the southern
region of the business
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typically my day consists of lots of
commercial meetings
lots of collaborative work pricing
aspects of construction
interfacing with subcontractors and
preparing works packages
and the like um i've been fortunate
enough to
have worked on numerous projects some of
which include state of the art
university accommodation
to highly sophisticated research and
science facilities
currently i'm working on a tender for
the second phase of works for an
outstanding regeneration mixed-use
development at the heart reading
which is set to revitalize the area
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kovid's meant at the start of my career
has been slightly different than usual
where i was going to the office every
morning i sort of soon changed
and i was working from home and
currently still am
but i've enjoyed every bit of it
i suppose working from home
has been good in the sense that i'm able
to communicate with a wider network of
individuals regularly
um and and there's fewer there's few
distractions
um being able to sort of improve on the
detail
before sharing with a wider team is good
especially when i'm sort of
in the early stage of my career so
having that time is good
um at the same time working from home
has meant i've been able to focus on my
studying
and and degree which has been definitely
a help
and something i'm really grateful for so
so it's good
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i always wanted to go into a
professional workplace rather than doing
the typical university experience
um Sir McAlpine came across as very
welcoming and open
and of course the company is synonymous
with really building some significant
landmarks
so for me sort of McAlpine seemed like
a perfect place to both work
and achieve my degree
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i'd definitely say that this is a great
way of both learning and exploring your
future career
we're learning about different future
career paths within within the industry
while getting stuck in with work and
hands-on invaluable experience
that's probably the most the best thing
about it is the knowledge
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yeah i suppose you work at the same time
and and while you work
you can draw knowledge from a great team
people
for starters i'd 100 percent recommend
an apprenticeship with Sir Robert McAlpine
um
firstly for the reason that they're an
industry leader of construction in the
uk
you you have a chance to work in a
renowned
yet family orientated environment and
company
and you really do you really really do
learn about construction at its finest
and work on some exciting projects
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so to me stronghold McAlpine is family
professionalism and excellence
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