TECHNICAL Apprentice – Higher Level (Building Services)
BRIGGS & FORRESTER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Birmingham (B46 3JL)
Closes on Sunday 10 May 2026
Posted on 5 March 2026
Contents
Summary
All applicants must show a desire to continue with their education. They must be computer literate, have good communication skills, and be adaptable with good interpersonal skills. Also be enthusiastic, hardworking, self-motivated and a team player.
- Wage
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£16,000 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Contracted hours: 38.5 hours per week.
Days of Work: Monday – Friday (5 days per week).
Hours of Work:
Monday – Thursday: 08:30 – 17:00 (30-minute Lunch break)
Friday: 08:00 – 16:00 (60-minute Lunch break)
38 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- 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
A typical day for the successful candidate will include;
- M&E Estimating
- Project Management
- Quantity Surveying
- Procurement
- M&E Testing & Commissioning Management
- Health, Safety & Environmental Management
Where you'll work
Unit 10, Quartz Point
Stonebridge Road
Coleshill
Birmingham
B46 3JL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
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
The course will include both on and off job training and assessments which will take place in the workplace and /or at University College Birmingham.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Interpersonal skills
- Hardworking
- Self-motivated
- Enthusiastic
- Reliable
- Personable
Other requirements
- Busy environment
- Emphasis on accuracy and attention to detail
- Key role requiring flexibility from all staff
- Goodcommunication skills
- Willing to work within a team
About this employer
Briggs and Forrester are a market leading privately owned Building Services Engineering Company providing specialist design, consultancy, installation & facilities management to the construction sector.
Briggs & Forrester is one of the UK’s leading building services engineering companies with an annual turnover in excess of £230m. Our reputation has been achieved through a high quality, results orientated approach combined with today’s growing emphasis on energy efficiency, energy conservation and other environmental issues.
After this apprenticeship
We offer a variety of career paths and the company is structured so that those with talent and enthusiasm will get responsibility and the rewards to match. Briggs & Forrester Technical Apprentice programme offers the opportunity to experience roles within Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Planning, Procurement, Estimating & Commissioning.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
Mike O'Sullivan
Mike.O'Sullivan@briggs.uk.com
0121 379 8007
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000017461.
Apply now
Closes on Sunday 10 May 2026