Working for MPS Energy you will be supporting and working with a fully qualified electrician at all times. The work is varied and you will be working on projects ranging from building management installations, controls work and standard electrical installations including some testing, this is in both commercial and industrial sectors.
Training course: Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
Hours Lunch is half an hour each day, engineers are paid from door to door including travel. Engineers will have regular times of staying away which keeps travel time down but could increase hours on site. 45.0 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 11 August 2025
Duration: 4 Years
Positions available: 1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
As an Apprentice you’ll be part of a small ambitious business working on industrial and commercial sites across the UK building management systems, energy metering and carrying out electrical installation work. Your main duties are:
Help ensure all the parts are available for each project
Help the electrician set up the working area
Help the electrician install containment, this will include drilling, fixing and engineering conduit and trunking
Help the electrician wire terminate equipment
Help with commissioning
Help with fault finding
Help with writing up documentation
Help with any other duties that are deemed necessary for the smooth running of the business
An idea of projects we work on are as follows;
Full boiler room installations
Control panel upgrades
Bespoke building control applications
Energy metering systems
Tenant metering systems
Electrical supplies
Electrical installations
Where you’ll work
SUITE 6 5 STATION YARD NEEDHAM MARKET SUFFOLK IP6 8AS
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE
Your training course
Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
Your training plan
Installation Electrician and Maintenance Electrician Standard
Electrotechnical Level 3
English and Maths (if required) Level 2
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
or equivalent in English (grade 4/C)
or equivalent in Maths (grade 4/C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Other requirements
We have a wide customer base who are spread throughout the UK, due to this, our projects often involve travelling and/or staying out overnight whilst working on the projects. Ideally the applicant will hold or be working towards a full UK Driving Licence. Whilst working away, separate rooms, and a generous food allowance is provided. We also cover travel time within the engineers paid hours. As a responsible employer we are required to carry out the appropriate checks to ensure you are legally entitled to work in the UK. Due to the nature of our works, which can range from electrical surveying, BMS installations, service visits, metering installations, each week will be different. Working at height is required, mostly this is from GRP steps, however aluminium tower and if needed we use MEWPS. Full accredited training is provided. Some of our clients require us to carry out enhanced DBS checks on any employees working on their sites, with some sites having age restrictions therefore ideally the applicant should be at least 18. PLEASE NOTE: in addition to completing the online application the employer has requested that a CV and Covering Letter are sent to [email protected]
About this company
MPS specialise in the installation of Building Management and Energy monitoring systems in the commercial and Industrial sectors We are split into two divisions: MPS Connect and MPS Energy. MPS Connect is an official Tridium Systems Integrator and we have a team of directly employed electrical/controls engineers installing BMS and IOT technology. MPS Energy installs sub metering solutions and carries out a range of metering audits. We do not sub-contract work, which ensures we are able to maintain an extremely high standard of installation work and ongoing customer service.
Our aim for all apprentices is to complete full electrical training. If you show good software, IT and logical skills, there could be an opportunity to move towards BMS engineer training.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MPS Energy
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329140.