Emperor House 35 Vine Street
London, EC3N 2PX

URBANEST UK LIMITED - Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship

Salary: £25,000 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Closing Date: Wed 10 Sep 2025 - 11:59 pm UTC
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URBANEST UK LIMITED - Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship

Summary

Kickstart your career with our hands-on Level 2 Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship in London! No experience needed – just bring your enthusiasm. Learn valuable skills in property maintenance including carpentry, plumbing and decorating. Build your future, take pride in your work, and get paid to learn.

Annual wage: £25,000 a year
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Training course: Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm.
37.5 hours a week

Possible start date: Monday 29 September 2025

Duration: 2 Years

Positions available: 2

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

  • Learning the fundamentals of painting, decorating, and general finishing work
  • Conducting routine inspections and reporting maintenance issues
  • Supporting our residents with general maintenence queries including snagging, light bulb changes, shower head replacements and floor repairs whilst providing great customer service
  • Collaboarative work with other departments and contractors

Where you’ll work

Emperor House 35 Vine Street
London
EC3N 2PX

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

NEW CITY COLLEGE

Your training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Your training plan

Property Maintenance Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

You will be based in our student accommodation:

  • Urbanest Battersea - 5 Palmerston Way, Nine Elms, London SW8 4AQ
  • Urbanest City - Emperor House, 35 Vine St, London EC3N 2PX

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

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
  • Team working

Other requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

About this company

urbanest is London’s leading purpose-built student accommodation provider, with nine unique communities housing more than 4,500 students in prime locations across central London. We work closely with the capital’s major universities, local authorities and award-winning architects & constructors, to deliver the highest quality student accommodation and an unrivalled student living experience.

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After this apprenticeship

  • A permanent position may be available upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

URBANEST UK LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000081535.

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Closes on Wednesday 10 September 2025

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