Smart Buildings Engineering Apprentice

Summary

As a Smart Buildings Engineering Apprentice at Lloret, you will work within a team of engineers to bring buildings to life! Today's buildings need to embrace wellbeing, user experience and flexibility while minimising their impact on the planet. Enhancing the internal environment and protecting the external environment. Now and for the future.

Wage

£22,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Annual wage circa £22k; 26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Training course

Building services design engineer (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 5.30pm.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

5 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

Designing smart infrastructure found in buildings which typically include systems such as building management systems that control heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting, energy management systems, IT networks for building operational technology such as CCTV and security systems, to deliver buildings which meet the needs of the people that use them.
There will be the opportunity to work across a number of disciplines within our business, including design, commissioning, project management and software development.
Work on newly built facilities and the refurbishment of historic
premises within a variety of sectors such as commercial, residential, healthcare, education and leisure.
Understand sustainability, as this is at the heart of our business so you will get involved in designing sustainable buildings as well as the sustainability of our business.

Where you’ll work

LLORET HOUSE

20 ULLSWATER CRESCENT

COULSDON

CR5 2HR

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

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

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

Degree Apprenticeship in Building Services Engineering which includes the completion of a BEng (Hons)
You will attend London South Bank University for one day each week during term time and work the remaining 4 days of the working week. Outside the academic term, your role will be full-time.
You will undertake learning within the workplace to demonstrate the achievement of the KSB's to successfully complete the End Point Assessment (EPA).

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

5 subjects including English & Maths (grade 9-4/(A*-C))

A Level or equivalent in:

three subjects including Maths (grade BBC)

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
Number skills
Team working

Other requirements

Please ensure you are able to commute to the employer head office in Coulsdon and sites around London and South Bank University. Our head office is walking distance from Coulsdon South train station.

About this company

Lloret are an established, market leading installer of smart building technology in London and the South East. Today's buildings need to embrace wellbeing, user experience and flexibility while minimising their impact on the planet. We utilise the latest IoT technology and cloud based services, to achieve this for our clients. Enhancing the internal environment and protecting the external environment. Now and for the future.

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

After this apprenticeship

There is an opportunity to secure a permanent position after successfully completing the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Lloret

Rachel Hayes

rachel.hayes@lloret.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000298818.

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Closes on Sunday 30 March 2025

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