Apprentice Mechanical & Electrical Building Maintenance Technician – 2025 - London
General information
City/town: London
Job field: Other Operations
Type of contract: Permanent
ID: 4798
Description and requirements
Apprentice Mechanical & Electrical Building Maintenance Technician – 2025 - London
We are excited to launch our Apprentice and Trainee roles, starting in September 2025!
Are you ready to kickstart your career in a team where you can make a difference?
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Our apprentice and trainee programmes will help you build and establish a career where you will have the freedom to learn, achieve your ambitions and leave your mark on the communities in which we work.
Our Building Services Facilities Management team provides mechanical and electrical maintenance services to hospitals, schools, MOD sites and other commercial buildings across the UK to make sure they are safe. We are now looking for enthusiastic Apprentice Mechanical & Electrical Building Maintenance Technicians to join our 2025 development programme and help us shape the future.
As an Apprentice Mechanical & Electrical Building Maintenance Technician, you will be working as part of a team of engineers ensuring safety and comfort of building users by carrying out planned and emergency break down maintenance to electrical and mechanical plant & equipment.
What you'll do:
1. Work alongside a Mechanical Engineer and learn to complete general plumbing tasks such as fixing sinks, taps, toilets, showers and baths.
2. Learn to maintain and service heating, water, waste, drainage, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
3. Work alongside an Electrical Engineer and learn tasks such as carrying out small electrical installation works, generator testing, rectifying power loss, emergency light testing, finding lighting faults and changing plug sockets and switches.
4. Learn to understand and complete building maintenance-related documentation.
5. Understand the value of excellent customer service.
6. You will be on your feet most of the day and use tools to carry out maintenance tasks.
7. Due to the nature of the facility, you will be required to undergo a DBS check.
What you'll bring to the role:
1. You should hold 5 GSCEs including Maths and English grade 4 or above for us to successfully enrol you on the apprenticeship.
2. An eagerness to work in a team.
3. Curious and enthusiastic to learn.
4. Reliable.
5. You must have lived in the UK in the last 3 years and have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for an apprenticeship. We are not able to proceed with applications that require visa sponsorship.
6. We are not able to proceed with applications from candidates that have already achieved a degree in any discipline.
What we offer:
1. You will be a part of a community of 100+ graduates and apprentices.
2. Funding and support to help you achieve a formal qualification.
3. We want you to do well and will support you to have a meaningful career beyond the apprenticeship.
4. Support and guidance from experienced leaders and teams.
5. Professional and social events.
6. Opportunities to volunteer in the local community at least one day per year.
7. Support to achieve your professional accreditation and expenses covered for the professional membership of your choice.
8. Access to our employee networks - these include: Womxn’s, Ability, Pride, O.N.E (Origins, Nationalities & Ethnicities), Military, and Mental Health & Wellbeing.
9. My Rewards – an array of retail, dining, well-being and travel discounts.
10. Cycle to work scheme.
11. Flex-It programme to achieve a work life balance where possible.
12. You would be joining a mental health aware organisation where we offer wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme; mental health ambassador network and awareness discussions.
What qualification will you be studying towards?
You will attend college 1 day per week to study a Level 3 in Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer. You’ll learn service and maintenance techniques associated with industrial and commercial mechanical and electrical systems such as heating and ventilation, air and water systems. You will work with our experienced technicians for the remaining 4 days of the week.
At Skanska, we believe in our Purpose, we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better - together and act ethically and transparently you will enable us to deliver our purpose.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska.
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of the business.
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
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