2026 Security Engineer Apprenticeship
LAING O'ROURKE SERVICES LIMITED
Recruiting nationally
Closes on Sunday 1 March 2026
Posted on 4 December 2025
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Summary
This apprenticeship will see you working with designers, suppliers, and installers to engineer building solutions using a systems approach. By leveraging digital tools from concept to handover, we improve cost, quality, programme, and safety.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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Annual salary increases throughout the duration of the apprenticeship
Support for those working away from home - Training course
- Fire emergency and security systems technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 8.00am to 5.00pm. As a project-led business, the location of our work can vary depending on project needs. This role may require you to be prepared to work away from home at project sites across the UK.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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
Key Deliverables and Accountabilities of a Security Engineer Apprenticeship
- To learn to design, install and commission electronic security systems to protect people and property from risk and danger
- To be able to read a specification and apply principles associated with the design to create engineering documentation
- Understand communications technology and standard industry protocols
- Understanding the requirements for the installation of electrical wiring systems
- To learn, understand and manage the production of system software
- Carry out point to point testing and commissioning
- Adhere to all company policies & procedures, particularly to health & safety
We partner with our design consultants, suppliers, and installers to take a systems approach to engineering solutions for buildings. We harness digital tools and capability to design and deliver solutions efficiently from concept to handover. This ensures greater predictability of cost, quality, programme, and safety for our clients. Through the provision of smarter engineering-led solutions – focused on whole-life value and long-term performance - our technical team ensures the full benefits of this approach are realised for our clients.
A Trainee Security Engineer will provide valuable support to our technical function and project delivery teams as we achieve our business priorities and client requirements. You can expect to be involved with a range of our technical and operations activities. For example:
- Design development and management
- Procurement
- Sub-contractor management
- Installation activities
- Commissioning activities
- Planning and project controls
- Knowledge sharing and industry best practice
- Assurance and compliance
- Throughout your career with us, you can be assured of support from our experienced teams and will work within an environment which will encourage and allow you to achieve your full potential
Where you'll work
As a project-led business, the location of our work can vary depending on project needs. This role may require you to be prepared to work away from home at project sites across the UK.
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GROUP HORIZON LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
The training schedule has not been agreed yet.
More training information
Laing O'Rourke collaborates with Group Horizons to ensure that our apprenticeships are given the best experience on site and in the classroom.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Our Technical Apprenticeship programme is developed for individuals with a passion for construction and engineering. It combines college and work-based training, allowing you to build your skills and gain a recognised qualification while working on some of the most exciting projects in the UK.
https://careers.laingorourke.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Private Medical Insurance. Life Insurance. Personal Accident andInjury Insurance. Income Protection Enhanced Pension. Discount Portal.
After this apprenticeship
On completion of this apprenticeship you will remain within the business and progress within your career.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GROUP HORIZON LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003920.
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Closes on Sunday 1 March 2026
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