Apprentice Mechanical Building Services Engineer
ARCADIS HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED
Manchester (M1 3BN)
Closes in 23 days (Friday 13 March 2026)
Posted on 17 February 2026
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Summary
Our mechanical engineers are part of the MEP team in the Arcadis Places Design Practice, delivering elegant and efficient MEP design solutions on exciting and challenging projects for key clients across all sectors, including data centres, industrial manufacturing, commercial, education, healthcare, government, custodial and defence.
- Wage
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£24,800 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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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
- Take responsibility for your own safety and understand Arcadis Health and Safety Principles
- Develop awareness and understanding of the contribution of the wide project community in the successful delivery of projects
- Develop awareness of the business benefits derived from Global Design
- Work as a project resource to support the successful delivery of specific outputs individually or as part of a team
- Build analytical and design skills as well as developing communication skills including technical writing
- Deliver work that meet client and Arcadis requirements
- Work under close supervision
- Use available expertise on routine tasks
- Contribute to designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams, schematic drawings and final working drawings and input to the production of technical reports – all under the close supervision of an experienced engineer
- Build an understanding of the design of individual elements of a project and how it ultimately interfaces with the client
- Undertake document management including drawing registers.
- Check own work ahead of production checking
- Check and verify that quality requirements have been achieved in accordance with Arcadis systems
- Collect data under the close supervision of an experienced engineer
- Successfully complete assigned technical tasks within allotted time frames
- Sign up to training plan for professional development. Attend appropriate events
- Develop skills including engineering skills, project management, client relationship management and commercial skills
- Commit to receiving on the job technical training by performing tasks, which are under the direct supervision of more experienced staff within well-defined limits
- Attend knowledge network to support Arcadis knowledge sharing
- Contribute to internal CPD by presenting elements of First Friday sessions
- Work with a Mentor to develop technical excellence at the start of a structured training programme
Where you'll work
1st Floor Suite 1a 4 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 3BN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES 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
On this apprenticeship you will complete the BEng (Hons) Building Services Engineering Degree Apprenticeship standard on a day release basis through our agreed training provider Liverpool John Moores University.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4 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
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this employer
Arcadis is a fantastic place to begin your career. It’s why we’re embracing a culture that puts people first. Where everyone has the opportunity to own their careers and transform their world. Where you can come together to work on industry-defining projects. And where your given the space to grow personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you. Wherever you work, whatever you do, as an Arcadian you have the chance to Improve Quality of life.
After this apprenticeship
Following the apprenticeship, the apprentice can either develop further in their specialism or explore other routes and opportunities across our business
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015635.
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Closes in 23 days (Friday 13 March 2026)
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