Apprentice Project Engineer Electrical - Washington /Newcastle – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Project Engineering is the direct management of the projects assigned to you by the Senior Manager. Direct and coordinate the activities associated with running projects in accordance with identified company goals and procedures to obtain optimum efficiency.

Wage

£24,000 a year

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The starting wage depends on current experience & entry level qualifications You must already be a qualified Electrician or have and HNC in Building Services or similar and 3 A Levels Grade C/4 or above 3 years site experience is desirable

Training course

Building services design engineer (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Your working week on site and in a local office will be between Monday and Friday from 08.30am to 17.00pm. You will attend college a day release during the academic year. Site start times may vary from 7.00am to 8.30am depending on the project

36 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Sunday 7 September

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

Provide engineering and management resource to direct, supervise and support all project related operations
Ensure that company standards for health and safety associated with all project activities are maintained as identified in the company health and safety policy
Initiate and monitor all site health and safety inspections either by us in-house H&S
Plan, develop and implement all activities associated with the efficient and profitable running of the assigned projects
Ensure that project operations are undertaken in compliance with all relevant standards
Consider the overall M&E working relationships to ensure all resources, materials and plant is shared and appreciate the requirements of both trades

Where you’ll work

Swallow House

Parsons Road

Washington

Tyne and Wear

NE37 1EZ

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 NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE

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

Block Release - Dalkia Cohort appriox 4 times during the academic year.

Travel and Hotels provided.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level or equivalent in:

Another (grade C or Above)
Another (grade C or Above)

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4 or Above)
Maths (grade 4 or Above)
Science (grade 4 or Above)

Other in:

Building Services (grade C or Grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Electrotechincal (grade Electrcian)

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
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

DO NOT APPLY IFC YOU DO NOT HOLD THE CORRECT QUALIFICATIONS You MUST have an HNC in building services or similar Sucessful candidates will be invite to an interview during May - July You will be required to deliver a presentation at this interview about something you are passionate about

About this company

Dalkia Engineering Services delivers mechanical and electrical technical solutions across the UK’s built environment from initial design to project completion. Harnessing a value-engineering approach across our projects, we optimise your environment to deliver cost savings and carbon efficiency.

http://www.dalkia.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

We offer a range of flexible benefits which will be discussed with you, including holiday purchase, reduced gym membership, private health care, voucher scheme, salary sacrifice pension.

After this apprenticeship

At the end of 4 years you will hold a Degree
Routes into CIBSE Eng. following on from scheme completion

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Dalkia Engineering Services

Jacqui Cook

recruitment.deng@dalkia.co.uk

07775685676

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299723.

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Closes on Sunday 30 March 2025

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