Electrical Apprentice
DESCO (DESIGN & CONSULTANCY) LIMITED
Sunderland (SR3 3BE)
Closes in 20 days (Thursday 8 May 2025)
Posted on 9 April 2025
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Summary
You will join an established team of building services engineers working under the supervision of a Senior Engineer. You will be expected to work on the building services elements of complex or highly technical projects and assist with delivery of projects within the construction sector. There will an opportunity to complete apprenticeship degree.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Building services engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, working hours TBC
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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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
- Assist in developing mechanical and electrical design solutions
- Assist in the production of drawings using AutoCAD and Revit MEP software
- Assist in carrying out design calculations
- Assist in the production of specifications and schedules
- General design office duties
Where you’ll work
Azure House
2 Azure Court, Doxford International Business Park
Sunderland
SR3 3BE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
TEESSIDE 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.
The right candidate will be based our Sunderland office and have the opportunity to continue their studies at degree level on a part time, day release basis.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
- Maths (grade c)
Other in:
- Electrical Engineering/Installation (grade Level 3)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
About this company
Desco is one of the leading MEP Engineering Consultancies in the UK with offices in the UK, Middle East and Far East. We have been in the industry for over 25 years and pride ourselves with being experts in our field, providing excellent quality mechanical and electrical building services design on projects and client satisfaction. We work on a wide range of sectors from Education, data centres, commercial, residential, and healthcare. Our multi-skilled team of trusted engineers bring experience, critical thinking and design knowledge and work with state-of-the-art design tools and with effective support systems. We have a genuine passion for what we do. It’s this combination that sets us apart and it’s why Desco has developed an excellent reputation for delivering a high quality, professional service, and as a result, enjoys long term relationships with an established client base.
After this apprenticeship
After completion of this degree the candidate will be able to have career progression in Electrical Engineer in the Building Services and will get an opportunity to go down the Chartership route.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DESCO (DESIGN & CONSULTANCY) LIMITED
Natalie El Araby
naraby@rsbguk.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314643.
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Closes in 20 days (Thursday 8 May 2025)
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