Kier is on board to build the £10m academy in Canley, which has been designed for 640 students from years 10 to 13 from September 2014.
The university technical college is to be built as a place for budding young engineers in the Coventry, Warwick and Solihull area to explore engineering outside a traditional classroom setting.
Planning permission was granted to project promoter the Warwick Manufacturing Group, which is part of the University of Warwick Partners include Jaguar Land Rover, National Grid and SCC.