Building Services Engineer apprenticeship
Powering Up Britain Ltd
Wanstead (E11 1QQ)
Closes in 23 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 November 2025
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Summary
Building, Engineering & Maintenance Services apprentice - You will carry out building, engineering, and maintenance works, ensuring high standards, safety, and compliance across retrofit projects.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday with one hour lunch break
09:30am to 06:00pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 20 January 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
This role involves:
Carrying out building, engineering, and maintenance services across retrofit and energy-efficiency projects
Daily tasks include:
- Performing inspections
- Diagnosing issues
- Delivering repairs and improvements to domestic and commercial properties
- Responsibilities include ensuring all work complies with health & safety and industry standards, working as part of a multi-trade team, and maintaining high-quality workmanship
- You will contribute to the smooth delivery of projects, customer satisfaction, and ongoing compliance with regulations
Where you'll work
1st Floor Saxonbury House
High Street
Wanstead
E11 1QQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Training course
Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
- Comply with current company policies and procedures.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
- Produce a risk assessment.
- Produce a method statement.
- Plan work activities.
- Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
- Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
- Minimise delays to planned work.
- Amend and replan work activities.
- Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
- Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
- Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
- Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
- Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Isolate building service engineering systems.
- Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
- Replace components.
- Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
- Handover completed maintenance activities.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Provide internal feedback.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
- Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
- Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
- Repair components.
- Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
- Comply with current company policies and procedures.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
- Produce a risk assessment.
- Produce a method statement.
- Plan work activities.
- Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
- Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
- Minimise delays to planned work.
- Amend and replan work activities.
- Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
- Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
- Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
- Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
- Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Isolate building service engineering systems.
- Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
- Replace components.
- Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
- Handover completed maintenance activities.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Provide internal feedback.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
- Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
- Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
- Repair components.
Training schedule
- Building Services Engineering Service and Maintenance Engineer Level 3
- Off the job training at Newham College's apprenticeship centre
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Reliability and responsibility - delivering tasks on time and taking ownership of work. Strong attention to detail - ensuring accuracy and compliance with standards. Adaptability and flexibility - able to adjust to changing priorities or environments Clear communication skills - professional with colleagues, customers, and supervisors. Team player - supportive and cooperative in a group setting. Problem-solving ability - proactive in identifying and resolving issues. Strong work ethic and initiative - motivated and self-driven. Professionalism and integrity - honest, respectful, and committed to high standards. Customer focus - attentive to client needs with a positive attitude. Health and safety awareness - responsible approach to maintaining a safe workplace.
About this employer
Powering Up Britain Ltd, trading as Britain Energy, is a UK-based energy-efficiency and retrofit company dedicated to helping households and communities reduce energy costs, improve comfort, and cut carbon emissions. We specialise in the installation of insulation, heating systems, ventilation, and renewable technologies, working in full compliance with PAS 2030:2023 and PAS 2035:2023 standards. As a TrustMark-registered and accredited provider, we deliver high-quality measures under government-backed schemes such as ECO4 and GBIS, ensuring our customers benefit from safe, compliant, and effective home improvements. Our team combines technical expertise with a strong customer-focused approach, ensuring every project is completed to the highest standards. We are committed to building a sustainable future, supporting vulnerable households, and driving the UK’s transition towards net zero.
After this apprenticeship
Apprentice will be supported throughout their training and have a great opportunity to continue with the company once completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Andrew Marriott
andrew.marriott@newham.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349920.
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Closes in 23 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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