Apprentice Project Engineer - Oakenshaw
NG BAILEY GROUP LIMITED
Bradford (BD12 7HW)
Closes in 22 days (Sunday 8 March 2026)
Posted on 9 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Join NG Bailey’s Offsite Manufacture team at our industry leading facility in Oakenshaw, where we design and manufacture modular and prefabricated engineering solutions for some of the UK’s biggest projects - from hospitals and data centres to energy and infrastructure projects. Every day is varied, technical and rewarding.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, working hours are between 07:00 to 17:30, dependent on the project.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 26 August 2026
- Duration
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4 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
- Learn to read and understand engineering drawings
- Understand how the different modules and packages are built from start to finish, including checking quality
- Attend project meetings and support engineers to meet client requirements
- Help identify risks, solutions and opportunities during design and build
- Provide input for progress reporting and weekly production reviews
- Build relationships with clients, internal teams and supply chain partners
- Support quality checks in the factory and help resolve technical issues on the shop floor
- Gradually take ownership of smaller OSM packages as you progress
- Promote excellent health and safety in a manufacturing environment
- Work collaboratively with colleagues from different disciplines
- Be proactive, organised and self-motivated
- Represent the NG Bailey values: Passion, Integrity, Responsibility and Excellence
Where you'll work
Unit A
Kingsmark Freeway, Oakenshaw
Bradford
BD12 7HW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
Training course
Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
- Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems.
- Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
- Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined building services engineering problems.
- Produce and interpret building services engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used.
- Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work.
- Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against building services engineering project plans.
- Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes.
- Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.
- Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
- Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems.
- Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
- Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined building services engineering problems.
- Produce and interpret building services engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used.
- Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work.
- Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against building services engineering project plans.
- Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes.
- Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.
Training schedule
Level 4 Building Services Engineering Senior Technician apprenticeship standard:
- You will train at one of the top performing colleges or training providers in the country
- Block release at college
- You will regularly attend in-house training and development as part of the programme
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 or above)
- Other (grade C/4 or above)
- Other (grade C/4 or above)
- Science (grade C/4 or above)
A Level in:
- STEM (grade C or above)
- STEM (grade C or above)
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Excellent timekeeping
- Are keen to learn
- Safety Conscious
Other requirements
- Work indoors, outdoors and occasionally at height
- Be prepared for early starts and travel away from home when necessary
About this employer
NG Bailey is the UK's leading independent engineering and services business. Our vision is ‘to be the best – creating exceptional environments for present and future generations’. We work across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, and our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects. Our company has two divisions, Engineering and Services, which together we bring buildings and infrastructure to life.
https://www.ngbailey.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Pension and employer contribution
- Personal Wellbeing/Volunteer days
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted gym memberships
After this apprenticeship
Once qualified there is the potential of a permanent position within the company. If you're successful, you may gain a permanent position, there are many opportunities to advance your career.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000010026.
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Closes in 22 days (Sunday 8 March 2026)
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