Trainee Design Engineer Apprentice

Summary

Power up your career with an electrical design apprenticeship! Earn while you learn, gaining hands-on experience in cutting-edge technology. Travel to different sites, work on real-world projects, and develop in-demand skills for a stable, high-paying future.

Wage

£17,000 a year

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Training course

Engineering design technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Thursday 8am- 4:30pm Friday 8am- 1pm

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 15 September 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

1

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

Experience all areas of Protection Engineering under the guidance of an appropriate Principal, Senior or Design Engineer
Work to develop knowledge and understanding of other job functions
Gain product and site knowledge through visits to UK sites, attending training courses in the UK
Key areas to develop knowledge and understanding are:
- i) General protection application design
- Scheme design
- Interface Engineering
- Secondary cable design
- Protection Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) configuration, application and specification
- Current and Voltage transformer application and specification
- Primary plant- overview only
- Ensuring adherence to Design Specifications
- Associated Health and Safety Legislation and requirements
- Attending Design Reviews, Site Meetings and Technical Meetings with Client, site or office based with appropriate
- Engineers to ensure Client satisfaction
- ii) Production of Engineering and Test Specifications and product specification
Factory and site acceptance testing of the above systems
Ensure compliance with customer technical specifications and design intent documents
Be responsible for technical issues on allocated projects
Demonstrate compliance with the department processes and procedures
Abide by all Business Compliance requirements in line with Company policies, for example Business Conduct Guidelines & Confidential Information
Actively support the continuous improvement of Engineering systems and processes

Where you’ll work

The Eco Centre
Windmill Way
Hebburn
NE31 1SR

Training

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

College or training organisation

SUNDERLAND ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering design technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
Select materials and parts.
Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
Provide feedback on engineering designs.
Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
Read, interpret and establish design intent.
Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
Option 1. Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
Option 1. Identify cable types and application.
Option 1. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
Option 2. Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
Option 2. Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
Option 2. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
Option 3. Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
Option 3. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
Option 4. Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
Option 4. Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
Option 5. Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
Option 5. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
Select materials and parts.
Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
Provide feedback on engineering designs.
Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
Read, interpret and establish design intent.
Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.

Your training plan

You would be based at company full time with day release at Seta for the first two years of the apprenticeship

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Predicted or achieved 4)
Maths (grade Predicted or achieved 4)
Science (grade Predicted or achieved 4)

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
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

This is an office based engineering role which excellent career prospects.

About this company

Transmission Engineering Services Ltd (TES) are based in the North East of England, the power engineering capital of the United Kingdom. We work across the United Kingdom’s Transmission Network providing services such as Project Management, Protection and Control Engineering, Interface Engineering, CAD, Protection Settings, Factory Acceptance Testing, Principal Designer and Principal Contractor duties.

https://www.tes-limited.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SUNDERLAND ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Nathan Lyle

nathan.lyle@seta.co.uk

0191 416 2860

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313329.

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Closes on Monday 26 May 2025

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