Building Services Engineering - Level 6 Apprenticeship - Bristol
Arup
Bristol, BS1 6AX
Closes on Friday 21 February
Posted on 2 January 2025
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Summary
We're looking for apprentices that are curious about the built and natural environment and are committed to their personal development. We'll teach you the skills and technical knowledge that you need for a rewarding career in design and professional services, where you'll be part of a collaborative team that delivers excellence for our clients.
- Annual wage
- Competitive
- Training course
- Electrical or electronic technical support engineer (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Shift to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Wednesday 3 September
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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
Electrical Building Services Engineers apply their specialists skills and expertise to provide safe electrical distribution in buildings. Driving the design of the electrical building systems across a range of project scales and building types, with a focus on developing, encouraging and recommending sustainable building design solutions on projects, pushing the boundaries for design.
You will work within a team of engineers to design all aspects of building services systems. Sustainability underpins everything we do at Arup and therefore your focus will be on delivering efficient, low energy and low carbon designs.
You will support a variety of different work, including production of engineering drawings and sketches, including 3D or 2D computer drawings, production of Building Information Models (BIM), undertaking virtual design reviews, preparation of simple engineering calculations, contributing to solutions for design challenges, taking part in design meetings and site visits.
Where you’ll work
EQ, Floor 2
111 Victoria Street
Redcliffe
Bristol
BS1 6AX
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
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
Your training course
Electrical or electronic technical support engineer (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
- How to comply with statutory requirements and stringent organisational safety requirements
- Producing components using hand fitting techniques
- Producing Electrical or Electronic Drawings using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) system
- Preparing and using lathes, milling and other general or specialist machines and High Tech equipment
- Wiring and testing electrical equipment, assembling and testing electronic circuits
- Using computer software packages to assist with engineering activities
- Producing engineering project plans
- Maintaining and improving electrical equipment and systems
- Project management in undertaking engineering activities
- Producing and working to engineering specifications and briefs, presenting and technical problem solving
- Scheduling and managing engineering activities
- Electrical and electronic product manufacturing and testing
- Demonstrating technical and commercial management in planning and managing tasks and resources
Your training plan
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4/5)
- Maths (grade B/5/6)
- Science (grade C/4/5)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this company
Arup is a global firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical experts. We use our skills to make a positive difference in the world. This is a brilliant opportunity to build a creative career designing and delivering exciting work in infrastructure, building design and specialist technical services.
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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
When joining us as one of our apprentices, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to study for a paid, professionally-recognised qualification in a discipline that will help you further your career.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll have access to our online network. You’ll also take internal courses. These cover technical aspects of the business, such as software, but also vital ‘soft’ skills such as report writing and working effectively.
Our apprentices are employed on a permanent basis, so you'll continue to progress with Arup once you've completed your course.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000293743.
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Closes on Friday 21 February
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