Building Services Degree Apprenticeship

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
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Training course: Building services engineer (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

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

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

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Building services engineer (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).

Your training plan

Building Services Engineer Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard
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

https://tfl.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=047054

About this company

At TfL, our work goes beyond transport. We keep London moving – day in, day out. We’re about building stronger connections, and helping people do more of what they love. From sustainable futures to post-pandemic economic recovery, we’re constantly breaking new ground, and taking innovation to new heights. For our people, this is more than just a job. Our apprentices are pioneers, frontrunners, and mentors. And, with a culture built on support and flexibility that puts wellbeing first.

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Company benefits

Free travel on the TfL network for you and a nominee who lives in the same household. Discounted national rail and Eurostar travel  . Minimum 29 days annual leave (pro rata dependent on role) plus public and bank holidays and more!

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

Upon successful completion of this scheme, you could roll-off into a Junior Engineer position in one of our E&M sub-teams. From here, you could have the opportunity to continue developing into one of our resident technical discipline experts, an experienced Senior Project Engineer or even a Senior Leader. The current Technical Director of Engineering and the Chief Capital Officer for TfL both started their careers as apprentices demonstrating that our apprentices can aspire to senior leadership positions or anything else in between
The qualification you will earn is accredited by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

earlycareerscampaigns@tfl.gov.uk

0203 005 1680

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000308994.

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