Apprentice Engineer
SERCO LIMITED
Derby (DE24 8AN)
Closes in 5 days (Wednesday 11 June 2025)
Posted on 28 May 2025
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Summary
At Serco Rail Technical Services, we're recruiting for an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Engineer to support in the growth of the technical consultancy team in a wide range of rolling stock consultancy projects, whilst acquiring the necessary knowledge, skills and qualifications to grow within our business.
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
- Training course
- Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm, flexible (can be discussed at interview).
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 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
- Develop an understanding of railway system engineering
- Complete a Level 6 engineering apprenticeship
- Assist in on-site condition assessments of rolling stock and associated components, as well as the completion of failure, optimisation investigations and the production of rolling stock, on-track plant and on-track machine standards compliance reviews.
- Attend any training courses deemed necessary by the team lead
- Represent Serco RTS during placements within partner supplier and customer premises
- Support business development initiatives globally by assisting on bids and proposals, ensuring Serco remain competitive and securing further work
- Interface with domain specialists and other disciplines within Serco, including testing, training, operations, and engineering teams, to ensure cohesive project delivery
- Support the Technical consultancy engineers in all delegated responsibilities
Where you'll work
Rail Technical Services
Derby
DE24 8AN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
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Your training plan
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
BTEC in:
Engineering (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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
About this company
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
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 your Level 6 Apprenticeship, you have a full-time job at RTS.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SERCO LIMITED
Stephen Jarvis
stephen.jarvis@serco.com
07718 195 027
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322977.
Apply now
Closes in 5 days (Wednesday 11 June 2025)
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