Apprentice Electrical Building Services Engineer
Ridings
Hessle (HU13 0LH)
Closes in 20 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 May 2025
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Summary
We offer the opportunity to work with a thriving business, where the candidate will work on a wide variety of electrical design projects. We invest in our apprentices' learning and development and value the ideas and innovation you could bring to the business. You will be supporting engineers and architects on construction projects.
- Wage
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£19,000 a year
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Salary will be reviewed annually based on performance.
- Training course
- Building services engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 8am to 4.30pm, Friday 8am to 2pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 August 2025
- Duration
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5 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
- Undertake design and calculations using computer software
- Create technical drawings using Autodesk Revit, a 3D drawing package
- Attend project meetings and site visits
- Regularly undertake in-house training to develop your skills
Where you'll work
West Court
Hesslewood Office Park
Hessle
HU13 0LH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Building services engineer (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
- Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
- Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
- Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
- Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
- Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
- Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
- Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
- Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
- Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
- Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
- Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
- Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
- Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
- Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
- Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
- Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
- Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
- Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
- Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
- Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
- Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
- Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
- Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
Your training plan
- BEng (Hons) Building Services Engineering
- Day-release (one day per week) at Leeds Beckett University
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
English (grade 5)GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 6)
- Science (grade 6)
Other in:
UCAS Points (grade 120 minimum)Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
- Maths (grade C)
- Physics (grade C)
Other in:
Engineering (grade Merit)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
- Problem solving skills
Other requirements
This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Baseline Personnel Security Standard clearance.
About this company
Ridings specialise in providing Building Services Engineering design and project management solutions for refurbishment and new construction projects working independently or with architects, developers, project managers, property owners, quantity surveyors, local authorities and contractors. We have significant expertise in the design and supervision of building services required by the commercial, industrial, public and private sectors. At Ridings, we provide a proactive personal service meeting the demands of our clients for responsive, yet innovative solutions. Our aim is to work with clients to achieve their aspirations in terms of quality, delivery and cost to ensure they receive expert advice from concept to completion.
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Company benefits
Bupa private health insurance.
After this apprenticeship
Progression to engineer and senior engineer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Ridings
Callum Keenan
callum.keenan@ridings.me
+441482333202
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322291.
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Closes in 20 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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