2025 Apprenticeship - Quality Assurance – Infrastructure - London (Heathrow)

MACE LIMITED

London, EC2M 6XB

Closes in 16 days (Sunday 1 December)

Posted on 6 November 2024


Summary

Our impact can be seen everywhere from the skylines that form cities around the world to vital infrastructure that communities depend on to live, work and play. We are involved with the design, supply, installation and commissioning of all MEP systems whilst studying for the Building Services Engineering Senior Technician level 4 apprenticeship.

Annual wage
£22,200 a year

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Training course
Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 5.30pm and Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm. Due to the nature of construction you may be expected to work additional hours. Whilst working on site the typical start time is at 8.00am instead of 9.00am.

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

4 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

Responsibilities will include:

  • Manages the Quality Assurance process on site (Uploading checklists and reporting)
  • Training of supply chain on Quality Systems (e.g. Autodesk Construction Cloud)
  • Develops and supports of simple reporting BI and analytics solutions based on Microsoft Power BI.
  • Analyses progress of site Quality Assurance and creates Dashboards and Reports for Project Director’s review
  • Works alongside Package Managers and Programmer Manager to produce lookahead Quality programmes for upcoming Quality Checks and sign-offs
  • Support internal and external quality audits and inspections with records uploaded on engage

Where you’ll work

155 Moorgate

London

EC2M 6XB

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 engineering senior technician (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems.
  • Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts.
  • Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Produce and interpret building services engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used.
  • Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
  • Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation.
  • Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks.
  • Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work.
  • Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against building services engineering project plans.
  • Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes.
  • Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales.
  • Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
  • Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
  • Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.
  • Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems.
  • Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts.
  • Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Produce and interpret building services engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used.
  • Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
  • Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation.
  • Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks.
  • Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work.
  • Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against building services engineering project plans.
  • Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes.
  • Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales.
  • Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
  • Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
  • Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.

Your training plan

  • Our structured training programme will teach you technical and business skills to help you succeed in your career
  • The Quality Assurance Assistant apprenticeship will work towards the Level 4 Quality Practitioner apprenticeship

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • 5 subjects including Maths and English (grade 4/C)
  • any subjects (grade 96 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

  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this company

At Mace, we are global experts in shaping the built environment. From development and consultancy, to construction and operations, we connect expertise across the entire property lifecycle to help our clients, people, communities and society achieve more than they believe is possible. You can see our impact everywhere: from skylines that form cities around the world to the infrastructure that communities depend on to live, work and play.

https://careers.macegroup.com/gb/en/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • We’ll also support you in gaining professional membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

emerging.talent@macegroup.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286022.

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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 1 December)

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Company’s application instructions

Our recruitment process comprises an online application form where we'll ask some initial questions about you and your motivations, a video interview so that we can find out more about you, and a virtual assessment day where we get to meet and learn more about each other. If you need any reasonable adjustments to be made at any point in the recruitment process, please let us know and we'll be more than happy to accommodate.