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Training course: Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm with one hour for a lunch break.
36.5 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 07 September 2026
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
Below are some of the activities you will be involved in:
- Learn how to plan and undertake the project workload and allocate specific tasks to other appointed individual personnel associated with the project in conjunction with directions from the Project Leadership tea
- Assist in ensuring the projects are operating in and efficient and profitable manner
- Understand the preparation of operational project programmes in line with main project programme and identify labour and material procurement deadlines
- Undertake the required tasks to ensure identified deadlines are met and monitor on a daily or weekly basis as appropriate
- Learn how to prepare major material and master material procurement schedules and identify and check proposed procurement dates are in line with the appropriate programme dates, ensure materials and equipment are available on site at the prescribed time
- Understand how estimates are created and packaged up at tender stage. To be able to create sub contract packages from this and compare responses back to the tender position, identifying any change or gaps in scope
- Arrange and attend sub-contract reviews, meetings and appointments and liaise with project surveyor as necessary
- Gain knowledge of reviewing and interpreting proposed designs, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with our obligations and appropriateness to the required function and recognised standards
- Develop a deep knowledge of health and safety, making sure others and yourself go home safely everyday
- Learn how to interpret technical information in specifications, appropriate standards and regulations
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
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
Your training course
Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
Your training plan
- Block release learning at Leeds College of Building (1 week attendance every 5 weeks)
- Regular progress reviews to discuss expected progress v actual progress/interventions/additional support
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Five GCSEs including Maths, English and Science (grade 4/C or above)
- in a relevant subject (grade Level 3)
Desirable qualifications
BTEC in:
- Building Services Engineering (grade Level 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Works well under pressure
Other requirements
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
About this company
Dalkia Engineering deliver mechanical and electrical technical solutions across the UK’s built environment from initial design to project completion. Harnessing a value-engineering approach across our projects, we optimise your environment to deliver cost savings and carbon efficiency.
https://www.dalkia.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a market-leading company pension scheme, 26 days paid holiday rising after service to 28 and a range of flexible benefits such as health cover, cycle schemes and a flexi holiday purchase scheme.
After this apprenticeship
- Ongoing employment
- Further learning and development opportunities and continuous growth within the engineering function
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DALKIA ENGINEERING LIMITED
Dalkia Engineering Limited
[email protected]
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043316.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 24 July 2026
