Apprentice Energy Network Technician
BRING ENERGY LIMITED
Birmingham (B1 2EA)
Closes on Friday 11 July 2025
Posted on 4 June 2025
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Summary
Are you ready to kickstart a hands-on career in the energy industry? We are looking for a motivated and curious Apprentice Technician to join our team, someone eager to learn, take on challenges, and make a real impact in local communities.
- Wage
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£16,416 a year
- Training course
- Heat network maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 3 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- The Apprentice will be responsible for the operation, planned maintenance and reactive repair of all equipment relevant to the network
- This may involve attending customer properties - both residential and commercial, as well as distribution substations and energy centres, generating heat and often electricity
- The role can involve working under pressure and to tight time constraints, such as when responding to energy outages
- The Apprentice may also be required to support project improvement and specialist works, for example, acting as the company representative on the ground, supporting subcontractors
- Technicians are responsible for completing all operation and maintenance tasks to a high standard, whether planned, corrective or reactive
- An accurate, clear and concise record of all works will be required
- Technicians typically report directly to a site manager, operations manager or maintenance manager
Where you'll work
The ICC
Broad Street
Birmingham
B1 2EA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
Your training course
Heat network maintenance technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan and organise tasks including the selection and organisation of resources.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and guidance.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements, including safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
- Identify and document hazards and risks in the workplace and apply control measures.
- Prepare and maintain the work area.
- Apply maintenance practices and standards.
- Conduct thermodynamic calculations.
- Complete calculations for cold fill pressure of building and differential pressure across pump.
- Conduct flow, pressure and temperature measurements using portable instrumentation, including static pressure and differential pressure reading.
- Test electrical system for live and dead.
- Install and certify electrical wiring to three phase pump.
- Interpret and use engineering representations.
- Maintain water network systems, for example cleaning of strainer baskets and heat network water sampling ready for analysis.
- Repair or replace pipework.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets and task list, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturer's documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists and waste environmental records.
- Apply quality assurance procedures and monitoring processes.
- Perform remote performance diagnostics.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Communicate in writing. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Check tools and equipment including calibration. Use and store tools and equipment.
- Conduct visual inspection.
- Apply problem solving techniques.
- Apply fault finding techniques.
- Perform maintenance on distribution plant equipment.
- Operate plant equipment remotely through BMS using remote plant operation techniques, including switch duty of a duty standby pump, change lead heat source and valve operation.
- Operate plant equipment locally from control panel, including pump and heat source.
- Operate e-stop and safety circuits on equipment and return plant to normal service, including fire alarm re-activation.
- Perform maintenance on residential heat network systems.
- Conduct HIU energy balance and efficient operations calculations.
- Apply balancing and flow optimisation techniques.
- Apply techniques to remove, install, configure and set network communications for residential heat meters.
- Perform commissioning of electrical HIU and mechanical HIU and a space heating circuit.
- Plan and organise tasks including the selection and organisation of resources.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and guidance.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements, including safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
- Identify and document hazards and risks in the workplace and apply control measures.
- Prepare and maintain the work area.
- Apply maintenance practices and standards.
- Conduct thermodynamic calculations.
- Complete calculations for cold fill pressure of building and differential pressure across pump.
- Conduct flow, pressure and temperature measurements using portable instrumentation, including static pressure and differential pressure reading.
- Test electrical system for live and dead.
- Install and certify electrical wiring to three phase pump.
- Interpret and use engineering representations.
- Maintain water network systems, for example cleaning of strainer baskets and heat network water sampling ready for analysis.
- Repair or replace pipework.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets and task list, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturer's documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists and waste environmental records.
- Apply quality assurance procedures and monitoring processes.
- Perform remote performance diagnostics.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Communicate in writing. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Check tools and equipment including calibration. Use and store tools and equipment.
- Conduct visual inspection.
- Apply problem solving techniques.
- Apply fault finding techniques.
Your training plan
- You will work towards a Level 3 Heat Network Maintenance Technician apprenticeship qualification
- Training will be delivered in partnership with (South and City College Birmingham), through a combination of block release and on-site training at our facilities in Birmingham, Block training weeks at the provider's campus, with remaining learning integrated into your regular work schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
- Science (grade 4/C)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
Technology based (grade Pass)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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
• Right to Work in the UK • UK Driving License desirable
About this company
We Bring sustainable heating and cooling to people and businesses across city-scale networks. Bring Energy operates the UK’s largest portfolio of heating and cooling networks. Heating and cooling networks distribute energy from a centralised source across spaces ranging from individual buildings to whole towns and cities. At Bring, we build bespoke network solutions designed to meet the needs of diverse communities, using locally generated energy to heat homes and businesses of every scale.
http://www.bringenergy.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 Days Annual leave. 1 Well-being day per year. Flexible benefits. Car lease scheme.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful apprentices may progress to a permanent role as a Maintenance Engineer, Project Technician or even move into control systems or energy efficiency roles within our organisation
- There are also opportunities for further qualifications and professional development
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
Jade Kellegher
jade.kellegher@sccb.ac.uk
01216995066
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324229.
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Closes on Friday 11 July 2025
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