Summary
Help provide our customers with a bright, clean, functional and welcoming environment that is safe and accessible. You’ll help us retain and develop the in-house knowledge of Electrical & Mechanical assets, upgrade our legacy assets to become safer, more reliable, automated and energy efficient.
Wage
£29,281 a year
Training course
Building services design engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours
The role will be based in London. Hybrid working (typically working from home no more than 50% of the time) will be the default arrangement going forward, although some courses and placements will require full-time attendance. TBC.
35 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 8 September
Duration
6 years
Positions available
4
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
* Become familiar with the development of technical scopes, design preparation and installation/commissioning support for small scale local infrastructure performance renewals on London Underground stations & associated infrastructure.
* Support the development of technical scopes for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) infrastructure
* Support in the supervision of external design and installation
* Commissioning support for medium scale performance improvements on the DLR system.
* Preparing designs and installing or commissioning support for medium scale infrastructure performance enhancements.
* Gain experience improving e.g. new station ticket halls, upgraded retail provisions in stations, substation ventilation and mid tunnel ventilation fans.
* Understand the technical scopes development and preparation of designs for a varying range of commercial development projects, in particular provision of retail units across the TfL estate.
* Design preparation and installation of TfL’s street and road lighting infrastructure, focusing on performance improvements.
* Assist in the preparation of technical work scopes or designs for major tube line capacity upgrade works.
Where you’ll work
197 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8JZ
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
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
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
* The qualification you will earn is accredited by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English Language (grade 4 (C))
* Maths (grade 4 (C))
A Level in:
* Any (grade B (or equivalent))
* Any (grade B (or equivalent))
* Maths (grade C (or equivalent))
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
* Open
* Caring
* Adaptable
Other requirements