Apprentice Building Services Engineer
INGLETON WOOD SERVICES LIMITED
Witney (OX28 4GE)
Closes on Tuesday 30 June 2026
Posted on 12 May 2026
Contents
Summary
Ingleton Wood are looking to take on an Apprentice Building Services Engineer at their Oxfordshire Office. The successful candidate will work alongside like-minded engineers and work to complete their degree, while gaining vital experience.
- Wage
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£21,255 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Role is based at our Oxford office based in Witney (OX28 4GE). Office hours are Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm. The position will require attendance in the office and on site.
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
The selected candidate will:
- Ensure all projects are completed to a high technical standard, on time and on budget
- Carry out fee earning work, getting involved in design of schemes where appropriate and particularly where high-level technical expertise is required
- Complete tasks as assigned by the team leader including assisting in the formation of sound engineering, providing cost effective solutions
- Meet with clients to establish project brief and budget costs for client consideration
- Draw up detailed specifications and drawings against client’s briefs
- Review tenders received and prepare tender reports and recommendations
- Project manage site works from commencement to completion
- Monitor site works against specification requirements and agree contractor’s final accounts
- Carry out inspections of existing installations and submit condition reports
- Write technical reports and design presentations as well as preparation of tender drawings and specifications
- Develop Energy Strategies to adopt appropriate sustainable and low carbon mechanical design systems
- Use drafting software such as CAD including AutoCAD and Revit
- Select appropriate plant and equipment to develop mechanical plantroom configurations
- Detail analysis of pipework and ductwork distribution systems and co-ordination with other disciplines
- Complete site visits, surveys, and witness system commissioning
- Familiar with relevant legislation, codes of practice, CIBSE guides, building regulations and best practice
- Complete tasks as assigned by the team leader including assisting in the formation of sound engineering, cost effective solutions
- Help prepare specifications and documents to enable projects to be tendered and to gain accurate costs from contractors
- Draw up detailed specifications and drawings against client's briefs
- Assist in the preparation of any necessary building regulation or planning applications and monitor and deal with as necessary through discussions with the necessary authorities
- Assist with the assessment of tenders and make recommendations to project leaders
- Assist Project Managers on projects by attending site for Project Progress Meetings. To learn from the M&E team, and other disciplines how to understand and clearly define clients’ expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress on projects and make them aware of technical and financial implications
- Administer the construction contract as required, ensuring that acceptable quality standards of workmanship and performance are achieved
- Assist in checking contractors’ valuations for M&E work
- Learn how expenditure is controlled and how to ensure that schemes are completed within budget and on time
- Understand how final accounts are agreed with contractors
- Ensure professional competence through attendance at university to complete professional competence and for continual professional development
- Ensure that time spent on projects is recorded on daily timesheets and that fee invoicing is carried out at appropriate stages
- Carry out inspections of properties to produce survey reports
- Endeavour to promote the practice to obtain new projects and new clients by being aware of and promoting Ingleton Wood’s values and objectives to external stakeholders
Where you'll work
Unit 16
Thorney Leys Park
Witney
OX28 4GE
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
The successful candidate will study and work towards achieving a BA (Hons) Building Services Design Engineering Degree.
The course provider is London South Bank University with the successful candidate working from our Oxford office four days a week and have one day a week day release to attend University.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A-C)
- Math (grade A-C)
A Level in:
- Any subject (grade A-C)
- Chemistry or Physics (grade B)
- Math (grade B 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Literacy skills
- Data analysis skills
- Full clean driving licence
Other requirements
Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK (where the role and apprenticeship is based).
All applicants must meet or exceed the above entry requirements and that of the entry requirements of LSBU.
Skills, Experience and attributes:
- Ability to use ladders and scaffolding and access restricted spaces
- Willingness to work outside in inclement weather conditions and attend building sites
- Ability to interpret and apply legislation and technical standards
- Strong numeracy and literacy ability and data analysis skills
- IT skills and the ability to learn relevant discipline software
- Have a genuine interest in Building Services Engineering
- Have enthusiasm to drive your own career development and a motivation to learn
- Communicate well across all areas of the business
About this employer
Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work. Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more. We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise.
After this apprenticeship
- The successful candidate will work alongside like-minded engineers and work to complete their degree, while gaining vital experience
- As a successful Building Services Engineer, you will accept advice and training in order to provide an efficient and effective service in the engineering design discipline in the built environment, to the Practice, and its clients
- To accept direction with the view to be able to deliver, design, develop, plan, co-ordinate, supervise and project manage design schemes
- Once qualified there are opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment, including studying towards a Master's Degree and working towards obtaining CIBSE Chartership
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
recruitment@ingletonwood.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000031314.
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Closes on Tuesday 30 June 2026
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