Apprentice Mechanical & Electrical Building Services Engineer

Summary

Looking for a rewarding career with a dynamic and innovative organisation that's Leading with Science® to solve issues worldwide? Tetra Tech’s early careers journey includes regular training, events & support networks. You’ll work on ground-breaking projects & develop the skills for success with access to mentoring, chartership support, & more.

Annual wage: £12,480 to £22,308 a year
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Training course: Building services design engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours: Your working week will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 7.5 hours per day. No shifts or weekends. Start and finish times can be agreed with your line manager as we offer flexible working.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 8 September
Duration: 5 years
Positions available: 1

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

Turning the shell of a building into a fit-for-purpose environment requires wide-ranging mechanical and electrical engineering solutions that actively enhance the operation, comfort and safety of a building, such as ventilation, lighting, heating, and security systems.

You will join an established team of experienced engineers working on a range of building types across all business sectors including life sciences, defence, commercial, education, industrial, residential, leisure, healthcare and retail, within both public and private domains.

Responsibilities will include:

Assist with Mechanical or Electrical Engineering designs
Assist in design reviews and verification checks
Assist in the contract administration of projects
Support in the delivery of diverse projects
Provide technical assistance to the members of the M&E Engineering team
Liaise with clients, architects, contractors and stakeholders

Where you’ll work

2nd floor, 11 York Street

Manchester

M2 2AW

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 SALFORD, THE

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

To be agreed

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 9- 4 /A*- C)
Math (grade A)
Science (grade A)

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
Initiative

About this company

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services with 27,000 associates working across the full project life cycle worldwide. Our operations in the UK and Europe include more than 2,000 employees who are Leading with Science® to solve our clients’ most complex problems.

https://www.tetratecheurope.com/ (opens in new tab)

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

Once you have completed the apprenticeship you will have gained a Civil Engineering degree.
You can work as a Civil or Structural engineer and could go on to become a chartered engineer.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TETRA TECH LIMITED

Sally Allen

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285491.

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Closes on Saturday 4 January

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Company’s application instructions

Please apply via our careers page using this link and submitting your CV. https://tetratech.referrals.selectminds.com/tetra-tech-europe/jobs/apprentice-mechanical-electrical-building-services-design-engineer-46184

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