Building Services and Maintenance Engineer Apprentice Level 3, London. September start.

Summary

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Building Service and Maintenance Engineer Apprentice to join our dynamic team at Imperial College London. You will play a key role in supporting routine maintenance tasks and compliance, while gaining valuable skills and experience in a professional environment.

Wage

£19,011 a year

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We offer a range of benefits including shopping discounts and a pension scheme.

Training course

Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm With an hour for lunch

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years

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

We have a fantastic team of skilled engineers who collectively have a wealth of experience and knowledge to pass on to an apprentice candidate. During your apprenticeship you will be paired with various engineers to ensure maximum exposure to tasks ranging from a small amount of installs to lots of ongoing maintenance and repairs tasks.
Many of our maintenance tasks are routine and planned in advance. We also offer a reactive service whereby we could be called upon to fix equipment at short notice. We are a maintenance service provider therefore we have little install requirements.

We have a fantastic team of Apprentice Ambassadors who assist our managers in ensuring you will be successful in completing your apprenticeship course and portfolio of work

Examples of daily tasks include:

Maintenance of mechanical equipment such as pumps, boilers, cold and hot water systems, drainage systems, heating systems, air handling units
Being reactive to repair faulty equipment
Understanding safe practices of working and always working in accordance with Dalkia Facilities' health and safety policies
Acting professionally at all times, including when on customer premises
Attending site visits and inspections, supporting with getting the sites ready for inspections
Ensuring our client’s equipment complies with current safety documentation and legislation
Taking part in all apprentice activities planned by the company (e.g. annual apprentice event)
Taking a proactive approach to learning while on site and being open to what they would like to have exposure to as part of their studies

Where you'll work

111 Huxley Building
South Kensington
London
SW7 2AZ

Training

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

College or training organisation

NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

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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.

Your training plan

As well as guided on the job training specific to our organisation you will study towards your Building Services and Maintenace Engineer Level 3
You will attend college on day release during term time
A tutor will be assigned to you and you will receive protected study time within the workplace
You will also get support from our apprenticeship team through mentoring and buddying
Functional Skills level 2 in English and maths if required

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4-9 (A*-C))
Maths (grade 2-9 (A* - E ))

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Physical fitness
Mechanically minded

Other requirements

Our Client, Imperial College London, is a large and prestigious university, comprising of 3 main campuses. The university is a world top ten with a leading global reputation and is world renowned for its pioneering research facilities. The role will be supporting multiple Imperial College sites in London.

About this company

EDF Energy is a British integrated energy company, wholly owned by the French state-owned EDF, with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of natural gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom. Dalkia Facilities Ltd is a subsidiary of EDF Energy Ltd. Everything we do is in service to our clients and their customers. We continuously find new and better ways of working to help our clients overcome the challenges of today and tomorrow. We partner with our clients and are committed to realise their ambitions and deliver solutions to meet their needs. We are upfront, honest and act with integrity. By staying curious and pushing ourselves to find new and better ways of doing things, we’re constantly innovating, creating quality and adding value for our clients at every stage.

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After this apprenticeship

Dalkia is fully committed to ensuring all apprentices have the best experience as this is the starting point of your career which we pledge to nurture and support throughout your course and progression
We really value our people and pride ourselves on our loyal team. We genuinely see this as a career opportunity for the right candidate and have an excellent apprenticeship track record

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED

Sarah Cripps

sarah.cripps@saladskills.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321141.

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