Building Services Maintenance Engineer Apprentice London - Houses of Parliament contract.

Summary

You'll be supporting our mechanical and engineering teams providing reactive and regular maintenance services to the parliamentary buildings. You'll be paired with our highly skilled engineers so they can share their knowledge. Daily tasks will include electrical inspection testing and commercial plumbing maintenance/repairs and college attendance.

Wage

£19,011 a year

Training course

Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 4.30pm with a one hour lunch break. You will attend college on a day release basis during term time only.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

3

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

Dalkia is fully committed to ensuring all apprentices have the best experience as this is the starting point of your career which we pledge to nurture and support throughout your course. 

The apprentice will be paired with an engineer every day and will be expected to  assist in carrying out routine tasks such as inspections, electrical testing, mechanical fault finding and general building maintenance. We are a maintenance service provider and the focus will be on a wide range of building services for you to gain a good understanding of these. We have a fantastic enthusiastic team who can support you every step of the way into your career in building services. Coupled with management support and oversight we will ensure you will be successful in completing your apprenticeship course and portfolio of work. 

Examples of daily tasks include:

• To understand safe practices of working and always work in accordance with Inviron's health and safety policies and procedures for your protection and the safety of others and follow our ABCD principles (further information is available on our website on these principles)
• Supervised and assisted maintenance of electrical / mechanical equipment such as pumps, boilers, hot and cold-water systems, drainage systems, heating systems, air handling and air conditioning units etc
• To carry out reactive works and repair faulty equipment within contractual agreements and timelines
• To always act professionally, including when on customer premises and dealing with customers
• To play a part in site visits and inspections and support getting the sites ready for client inspections, working with the Health and Safety team to ensure site documentation is understood and up to date
• Ensure our client’s equipment remains operational and complies with current safety documentation and legislation
• Take part in all apprentice activities planned by the company (e.g., annual apprentice event / training review etc)
• To take a proactive approach to their learning while on site and be vocal in what they would like to experience and want more exposure to

The designated college will be in Dagenham, London and you will be given release time to attend plus protected study time.

Where you'll work

Houses Of Parliament
London
SW1A 0AA

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
• Comply with current company policies and procedures.
• Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
• Produce a risk assessment.
• Produce a method statement.
• Plan work activities.
• Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
• Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
• Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
• Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
• Minimise delays to planned work.
• Amend and replan work activities.
• Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
• Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
• Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
• Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
• Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
• Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
• Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
• Isolate building service engineering systems.
• Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
• Replace components.
• Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
• Handover completed maintenance activities.
• Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
• Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
• Provide internal feedback.
• Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
• Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
• Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
• Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
• Repair components.
• Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
• Comply with current company policies and procedures.
• Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
• Produce a risk assessment.
• Produce a method statement.
• Plan work activities.
• Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
• Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
• Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
• Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
• Minimise delays to planned work.
• Amend and replan work activities.
• Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
• Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
• Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
• Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
• Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
• Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
• Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
• Isolate building service engineering systems.
• Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
• Replace components.
• Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
• Handover completed maintenance activities.
• Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
• Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
• Provide internal feedback.
• Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
• Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
• Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
• Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
• Repair components.

Your training plan

Level 3 Building Services Engineering Service and Maintenance Engineer Apprenticeship Standard:

• You will attend college on a day-release basis and receive on-the-job training from our on-site engineers
• Functional skills in English at level 2 will have to be undertaken if required
• You will also get full support from our HR and Learning and Development Head Office as well as being allocated a mentor and buddy

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths (grade 4-9 (A*-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
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Number skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness
• Committed to learning
• Polite and professional
• Takes pride in appearance

Other requirements

If shortlisted you will be invited to a group assessment centre and will receive a telephone call from us. Feedback is always given after interviews and assessments. If you don't hear from us but would like feedback please email [email protected] after the closing date has passed.