Service & Maintenance Engineer Apprenticeship
WATSONS BUILDING SERVICES LTD
KEIGHLEY (BD20 0HD)
Closes on Tuesday 1 September 2026
Posted on 3 July 2026
Contents
Summary
Service & Maintenance Engineers play a key role in planning and completing a range of maintenance work, including industrial and commercial building services engineering systems such as ventilating, heating, water supply, waste and drainage. They also complete planned preventative maintenance and undertake any required remedial repairs.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 20 September 2026
- Duration
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3 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 qualified engineers with planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs and general servicing of HVAC plant and building services systems.
- Support the inspection, testing and maintenance of air conditioning systems, ventilation systems, air handling units, heat pumps, heating systems, pumps, controls and associated mechanical services.
- Learn how to identify faults, diagnose issues and assist with safe and effective repairs under supervision.
- Help prepare tools, materials, equipment and access arrangements required for daily tasks.
- Assist with basic system checks, cleaning, filter changes, belt checks, visual inspections, temperature checks and operational testing.
- Support engineers in recording job information, service sheets, asset details, photographs, test results and remedial recommendations accurately.
- Follow method statements, risk assessments, permit requirements and site-specific procedures at all times.
- Work safely around mechanical and electrical services, including learning the principles of isolation, safe systems of work and reactivation procedures.
- Maintain a tidy, professional and safe working area, including responsible storage of tools, equipment and materials.
- Communicate politely and professionally with clients, building users, colleagues, supervisors and other trades on site.
Where you'll work
WATSON HOUSE
HOWDEN ROAD
SILSDEN
KEIGHLEY
BD20 0HD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
Training course
Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
- Comply with current company policies and procedures.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
- Produce a risk assessment.
- Produce a method statement.
- Plan work activities.
- Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
- Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
- Minimise delays to planned work.
- Amend and replan work activities.
- Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
- Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
- Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
- Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
- Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Isolate building service engineering systems.
- Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
- Replace components.
- Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
- Handover completed maintenance activities.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Provide internal feedback.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
- Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
- Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
- Repair components.
- Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
- Comply with current company policies and procedures.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
- Produce a risk assessment.
- Produce a method statement.
- Plan work activities.
- Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
- Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
- Minimise delays to planned work.
- Amend and replan work activities.
- Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
- Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
- Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
- Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
- Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Isolate building service engineering systems.
- Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
- Replace components.
- Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
- Handover completed maintenance activities.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Provide internal feedback.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
- Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
- Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
- Repair components.
Training schedule
The apprenticeship will provide a structured pathway into the HVAC and building services maintenance industry. The apprentice will gain practical site experience while working towards the relevant apprenticeship standard, typically covering service and maintenance of building services, engineering systems such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water services, controls and associated plant.
Training will include a combination of workplace learning, college or training provider attendance, practical assessments, technical knowledge development, portfolio evidence, regular progress reviews and preparation for end point assessment.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Team working
About this employer
First established in 1920 as Fred Watson, Watsons Building Services have earned an enviable reputation for providing specialist commercial and industrial engineering services to the building industry. Over the years the company has worked on many prestigious projects involving complex steam, water, air, heating, cooling and electrical installations specialising thus offering a full range of mechanical and electrical services.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- A structured apprenticeship and clear development pathway into the HVAC industry.
- Hands-on training with experienced engineers across a range of commercial and industrial sites.
- Support from supervisors, mentors and training providers throughout the apprenticeship.
- Exposure to a wide range of HVAC systems, clients and building types.
- The opportunity to build a long-term career in a skilled, practical and growing industry.
- Ongoing development opportunities following successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WATSONS BUILDING SERVICES LTD
Dean Peltier
mail@watsonsbs.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275943.
Apply now
Closes on Tuesday 1 September 2026