Building Services Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
SMITH CONSULT LIMITED
Clevedon (BS21 6UP)
Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
Posted on 7 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Join a dynamic friendly team of expert building services engineers - based in Clevedon, North Somerset. Learn what makes buildings function and how building services engineers are fundamental to the built environment and sustainability. Feel supported as you progress your career and knowledge, through degree level and onward to future chartership.
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
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Starting salary dependent on education level. Structured salary increase during apprenticeship.
- Training course
- Building services engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm but flexible working available. Weekly day placement at Uni.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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5 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
- Work alongside architects, structural engineers and the wider design team to design the high performing, sustainable buildings of the future.
- Work is a mix of office and site-based duties, including computer modelling and simulations, 2D and 3D CAD designs, concept sketches and detailed design work. Site duties can include construction monitoring, survey works, snagging and inspections.
- Learn to report findings
- Support engineering team in producing design documents and drawings using AutoCad and Revit
- Attend meetings and work in teams, alongside MEP Engineers, Building Users, Architects and Structural Engineers
- Use modelling software to examine building thermal properties and help visualise schemes
- Attend uni to further qualifications
- Carry out uni coursework and assessments/exams
- Read up and self-learn to help support your development
- Record your continued professional development to support industry membership progression
Where you'll work
Smith Consult Limited, Unit D St. Davids Court
Windmill Road
Kenn
Clevedon
BS21 6UP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
Training course
Building services engineer (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
- Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
- Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
- Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
- Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
- Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
- Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
- Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
- Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
- Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
- Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
- Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
- Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
- Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
- Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
- Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
- Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
- Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
- Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
- Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
- Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
- Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
- Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
- Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
- Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
- Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
- Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
- Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
Training schedule
- BEng(Hons) Buildings Services Degree Apprenticeship Level 6 with UWE, Bristol
- Courses are day release. Usually, one day a week at uni
- Depending on the level of qualification already held, degree course is 3 or 5 years
- A Level students will need to get a C or above in A Level maths to gain entry to UWE, with another A Level and minmum of 112 tariff points.
- Uni modules will cover all aspects of building services engineering through written assignments, group work, site visits, calculation work, design software assessments, dissertation in year 4, technical design project in year 5, and continued self-motivated learning to support your off the job experience.
- On completion of the academic side, UWE provides a route and support to gain IEng, ACIBSE accreditation, through engineering competency analysis and an in person presentation to the certifying professional body.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
- Another subject (grade Pass)
- Maths (grade C)
Other 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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Confident
- self motivated
Other requirements
You'll need a genuine interest in the built environment and a committed attitude to developing a career in building services. This is a mainly office based design role using 2D and 3D design software. Having a strong Maths understanding will help you to understand the theory behind the software and enable you to spot anomalies when software outputs don't look right. You will be expected to visit site and meet clients in meetings so confidence, good manners and self awareness is important. Great written work will be required in order to present strong reports and specifications. You'll need to pass a DBS check. This is a requirement of many of our sites. Being able to drive is ideal as you'll be meeting engineers on sites which may not be near public transport routes. Site visits may include roof tops and basement plantrooms. Being comfortable with heights and confined areas will help you to be successful in the role.
About this employer
Smith Consult are a friendly & progressive team of design engineers based in Clevedon, south of Bristol. Our company started in 2012 working with many varied clients like schools & universities, police, offices, gyms, hospitals and residential projects. See our website for more info. We have a great opportunity available for an Apprentice Engineer to join and support the team, build a fantastic future for themselves and positively impact construction projects for future users.
http://www.smithconsult.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Paid Uni fees and expenses. Paid professional membership fees. Generous annual leave allowance.
After this apprenticeship
Following a successful apprenticeship, the candidate will be degree qualified, have several years project experience and on the way to become a Chartered Engineer CEng.
Engineers follow the industry professional route set out by CIBSE which takes them through from Apprentice, Graduate, Engineer and Senior Engineer onwards to become an Associate and hopefully a company Director in their future career path.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SMITH CONSULT LIMITED
Melanie Smith
m.smith@smithconsult.co.uk
01934832445
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341627.
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Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
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