Summary
Discover what it takes to design building services for brand-new premises, or maintain an 18th Century embassy. With the chance to be based overseas once qualified or take on ad-hoc projects around the world, we’ll provide you with the skills you need to support our Engineers, Surveyors and Architects across a huge variety of construction projects.
Wage
£29,110 a year
Salary includes location allowance.
Training course
Building services design engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, between 8.30am - 4.30pm.
37 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
6 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Keeping people and information safe.
Solving unique problems.
Broadening your horizons.
It all matters.
Discover what it takes to design building services for brand-new premises, or maintain an 18th Century embassy that’s perfectly suited to the needs of its occupants. With the chance to be based overseas once qualified or take on ad-hoc projects around the world, we’ll provide you with the skills you need to support our Engineers, Surveyors and Architects across a huge variety of construction projects. Along the way, you’ll discover exactly what you’re capable of as you study for a Level 6 Degree in Building Services Design Engineering, and forge a path to becoming a fully-qualified professional.
You'll have opportunities to improve your CAD drawing skills.
You will learn how to use specialist building services design software e.g. IES and Amtech.
You'll learn how to work with a multidiscipline team to deliver the most ambitious projects worldwide.
You may have opportuntities to travel overseas.
Before you start your application, check that you meet the minimum entry criteria.
Next, complete your application form - it’s time to let us know why you’d be the perfect person for your preferred role. So complete your application form confirming your current qualifications (or predicted grades).
Don’t forget to complete a letter of application too, showing us how you meet the essential criteria for the programme.
Sit back and wait for us to do our application sift. You don’t need to do anything at this stage. We’ll assess your application against the essential criteria for the programme. We progress applications based on merit and who best fits the relevant criteria.
Complete our assessments. If you’re shortlisted, we’ll ask you to complete some assessments that are aligned to our apprenticeship schemes. These may include psychometric testing and group exercise.
Through to the next stage? We’ll invite you to attend a strengths-based interview. We’ll ask specific questions so that we can get an understanding of your basic knowledge of the subject area for the programme you’ve chosen. Plus, it’s a great chance for us to see your passion for your chosen scheme.
We’ll make a conditional offer and complete the relevant vetting.
You’ll then go through our pre-employment enquiries, including checking your references and asking you to attend a medical assessment. Due to the secure nature of our work, we’ll need to vet you. This means you’ll be background checked for national security purposes.
Where you’ll work
Hanslope Park
Hanslope
Milton Keynes
MK19 7BH
Training
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.
College or training organisation
To be confirmed
Your training course
Building services design engineer (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Use a sound, evidence-based approach to problem solving to develop building services engineering design solutions which maintain and enhance the quality of the environment and community and meet client, financial and safety objectives. Examples included: Use feedback from previous projects, and in use data from operational buildings, and incorporate lessons learnt into building services designs and management systems with cost benefit analysis
* Identify, review and select techniques, procedures and methods best suited to undertake the design of complex building services systems and components. Examples included: comparison and selection of methods for equipment sizing for power systems; assessing the suitability of computational fluid dynamics for understanding thermal and ventilation dynamic characteristics in complex scenarios
* Promote the continuous improvement of the design of building services systems and components. This includes using market intelligence and best practice and participating in design reviews and evaluation. Examples include: maintaining awareness of technical developments in equipment such as chillers, boilers and generators; and good practice methods for system configurations and control. Participating in design critiques for the building services strategy at the concept design stage
* Manage and apply safe systems of work including responsibility for own obligations for health, safety and welfare issues, assessing and controlling risk, working with health, safety and welfare legislation and best practice. Examples include: Undertaking hazard identification and risk assessment for building services systems involving electricity, gas, rotating plant, refrigerants, hot surfaces, testing and commissioning. Planning suitable access and facilities for operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment
* Managing the planning, budgeting and organization of tasks, people and resources through the use of appropriate management systems, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, within legal, contractual and statutory requirements. Examples include: Use employer's quality management system for stage-by-stage project delivery; assessing required person-hours for design, site visits, inspections and witnessing in relation to fees
* Manage teams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs. Examples include: Provide team briefings and guidance on interpretation and application of new energy regulations or employer/institutional design guidance on lighting design
* Communicate effectively through reports, drawings, specifications, presentations and discussions with both technical and non-technical people. Examples include: Presenting building services design concepts and proposals to a client using diagrams, data in context and interactive discussions on the intended operational performance and user benefits
* Carry out and record the continuing profession development needed to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a building services design engineer. Examples include: Learning and evidence records from project activities, such as mechanical/electrical systems design calculations; heating, cooling and power load assessments; lighting calculations; equipment capacities and selection; schematic and layout drawings for mechanical and electrical services; witness reports from commissioning; writing reports; and attendance at seminars, lectures and workshops
Your training plan
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* 5 including Maths and English (grade 9-4)
A Level in:
* 3 including Maths and Chemistry or Physics (grade BBC)
Desirable qualifications
T Level in:
* Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning (grade Merit)
BTEC in:
* BTEC National Diploma (grade DDM)
Other in:
* Building Services Design Technician (grade Pass)
* Maths and Physical Science credits (grade 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits)
* Maths and Physicis or Chemistry (grade 128 UCAS points)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Patience
Other requirements
You must be a British Citizen, Lived in the UK for the last 3 years before the 1st day of the apprenticeship and for at least 5 of the last 10 years. You must be at least 16 years old by 1 July 2025. You will need to do a colour blind test during the recruitment process. You will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) before your start date.