Apprentice - Design Engineer
SIEMENS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Hampshire (GU14 7BF)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 10 June 2025)
Posted on 20 May 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice Fire & Security Systems Designer, you’ll help create plans for safety and security systems used in buildings - such as alarms and CCTV. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and project teams, learning how to design systems that are safe, compliant, and cost efficient.
- Wage
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£23,810 a year
- Training course
- Fire emergency and security systems technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 26 August 2025
- 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
Assisting in designing fire detection and alarm systems, public address and voice alarm (PA/VA) systems, aspirating smoke detection systems, disabled refuge systems, access control systems, CCTV surveillance systems, and intruder alarm systems.
Helping to prepare and maintain accurate lists of materials and equipment needed for pricing and ordering (known as a Bill of Materials or BOM).
Supporting the creation of design documents, including drawings, diagrams, and layout plans.
Learning how to understand and apply key safety and electrical standards.
Taking part in design reviews and meetings with fellow team members and stakeholders.
Assisting in putting together Operation & Maintenance (O&M) manuals that explain how systems work and how to look after them.
Following company procedures and any specific documentation requirements from clients.
Helping to manage technical questions and requests for more information from the team or clients.
Where you'll work
Pinehurst 2 Pinehurst Road
Farnborough
Hampshire
GU14 7BF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BANHAM ACADEMY LIMITED
Your training course
Fire emergency and security systems technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with safety legislation, codes of practice, risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during commissioning systems.
- Apply and implement system design, planning and installations including additional components to existing systems.
- Carry out takeover procedure, diagnose and repair faults.
- Operate ICT equipment and systems to store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive digital data and electronic information.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability, regulations and standards.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during handover of systems.
- Carries out risk assessments.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as part of a team. Consult and engage with occupants or others who are or could be affected by work (for example vulnerable, older, and disabled people) and respond appropriately.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
- Plan and install systems cabling.
- Carry out maintenance activities on fire detection and alarm systems and their components.
- Carry out maintenance activities on intrusion alarm, access control, video surveillance (CCTV) and their components.
- Comply with safety legislation, codes of practice, risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during commissioning systems.
- Apply and implement system design, planning and installations including additional components to existing systems.
- Carry out takeover procedure, diagnose and repair faults.
- Operate ICT equipment and systems to store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive digital data and electronic information.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability, regulations and standards.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during handover of systems.
- Carries out risk assessments.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as part of a team. Consult and engage with occupants or others who are or could be affected by work (for example vulnerable, older, and disabled people) and respond appropriately.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
- Plan and install systems cabling.
- Carry out maintenance activities on fire detection and alarm systems and their components.
- Carry out maintenance activities on intrusion alarm, access control, video surveillance (CCTV) and their components.
Your training plan
Fire Emergency and Security Systems Technician Level 3.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4 or above)
- Mathematics (grade 4 or above)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
About this company
Our technology empowers customers to transform the industries that form the backbone of economies: industry, transportation, buildings and grids. Our solutions accelerate the digital transformation of multiple industries, to scale sustainability impact.
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
Subject to a good training record, you will progress into a permanent Design Engineer position.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BANHAM ACADEMY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321803.
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Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 10 June 2025)
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