Degree Apprenticeship - Building Services Engineering
MZA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED
LONDON (EC3M 8AA)
Closes on Sunday 15 February 2026
Posted on 21 November 2025
Contents
Summary
As a degree apprentice you will be working closely with our engineers, receiving on the job training and being involved in all aspects of the work we undertake. Our programme is industry leading, forward thinking, and our package is unmatched in industry when achieving the goals and milestones set out.
- Wage
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£24,800 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 24 September 2026
- Duration
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5 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
- Working as part of our project teams to assist in the development of sustainable and cost-effective design solutions.
- Undertaking electrical calculations.
- Assisting in the development of designs and the production of drawings.
- Developing skills in using engineering software including AutoCad, primarily for 2D drawings, and Revit, primarily for 3D modelling.
- Preparing specifications.
- Attending meeting with project teams.
- Site visits, surveys and inspections – monitoring progress on site and seeing first-hand the designs and projects being brought to life.
- Overseeing the construction and testing & commissioning phases.
Where you'll work
10 PHILPOT LANE
LONDON
EC3M 8AA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
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
You will attend London South Bank University for 1 day per week during term time for the taught element of your degree apprenticeship in Building Services Engineering. Four days per week will be spent working for MZA with at least three days per week working from the London office.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Level 9 - 4)
- Mathematics (grade Level 9 - 4)
- Other x 3 subjects (grade Level 9 - 4)
A Level in:
BTEC in:
- Extended Diploma in an Engineering subject area (grade DDM - Maths & Further Maths M)
- National Diploma in an Engineering Subject (grade D*D* Merit Maths Further Maths)
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
- Creative
- Initiative
- Presentation
Other requirements
Travel into London, genuine interest in developing a career within the sector, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
MZA Consulting Engineers is a building services and acoustic design consultancy based in London, and we work with clients throughout the UK and Ireland across a wide range of industry sectors.
http://www.mzaconsultingengineers.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, pension scheme, professional subscription fee paid, life cover of 3x salary, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, £300 annual sports allowance, nine-day fortnight working pattern option.
After this apprenticeship
This is a permanent position and during your apprenticeship, after completion of your degree, MZA will be committed to your development and career progression, supporting you as you work towards becoming a fully Chartered engineer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350587.
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Closes on Sunday 15 February 2026
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