1 Ensign House
Parkway Court, Longbridge Road, Plymouth, PL6 8LR

Ridge and Partners - Building Services Design Engineer Apprentice

Salary: £18,000 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Hours: 37.50
Closing Date: Sat 11 Apr 2026 - 11:59 pm UTC
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Ridge and Partners - Building Services Design Engineer Apprentice

Summary

Start and develop a career as a Building Services Engineer with a multi-award-winning property and construction consultancy, where you will be challenged daily, working on exceptionally varied and diverse projects in a team atmosphere.

Annual wage: £18,000 a year
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Training course: Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)

Hours
Monday to Friday, between 8.30am to 5.00pm.
37.5 hours a week

Possible start date: Monday 07 September 2026

Duration: 3 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

Building services engineers are responsible for ensuring that the electrical, mechanical and other systems within buildings work effectively and efficiently.  Well-designed and maintained building services systems are essential in supporting people with their busy lives and help them maximise the benefits from their built environment.

Our design approach to Building Services Engineering is to understand the client’s brief, interrogate the needs and operation of the building and use innovative methods in the design process.

As buildings are responsible for over 40% of the world’s energy consumption, Building Services Engineers have an important responsibility to minimise carbon emissions, reduce energy consumption, adapt to regulatory change and deliver on the sustainability agenda.

Duties will include:

  • Working as part of a design team delivering detailed design.
  • Assisting with the creation of specifications and schedules.
  • Using specialist computer-aided design (CAD) and BIM (Revit) software and other resources to design the systems required for the project.
  • Site surveys and monitoring.
  • Attending design workshops and client meetings.
  • Liaising closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams.
  • Report writing.
  • Producing asset registers.

Where you'll work

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

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Your training course

Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)

Your training plan

You will be studying a Level 4 apprenticeship in Building Services Engineering at the University of the Built Environment. Once complete you can progress to studying for your degree.

In addition:

  • We’ll give you the structure you need to allocate the right amount of time to your studies, and your line manager will be focused on providing the right learning opportunities.
  • You’ll become part of our Future Talent Community, connecting everyone on our programmes into a safe, supportive and enjoyable space. You’ll have opportunities to formally network with each other, as well as build your own connections on a personal level.
  • A full variety of CPD opportunities, including webinars, short courses and masterclasses.
  • Allocated mentor to act as your trusted advisor throughout your programme.
  • Tailored development plan to strengthen your soft skills and leadership.
  • You’ll become a STEM ambassador.
  • You’ll have a buddy to support you with the day-to-day aspects of working at Ridge, someone who has trodden the same path and you’ll feel comfortable talking to about the little things!

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

  • Maths (grade D)
  • Physics (grade D)

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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this company

Ridge is a Built Environment Consultancy, helping our clients to create better places for people to live, learn and work. We are enabled by great people who are inspired and proud of what they do and respected for who they are.. We continually expand our expertise and nurture our talent – with a focus on quality, innovation and growth. Our multidiscipline team of 1,400+ people is based across 14 offices.

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After this apprenticeship

We pride ourselves on a strong culture of internal development and progression. You will be supported towards becoming fully chartered and will benefit from excellent opportunities to develop yourself and your career with a variety of courses, learning and workshops.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Ridge and Partners

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020909.

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Closes on Saturday 11 April 2026

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