Introduction

Kickstart your career in building services engineering with us as a Trainee Engineer (Mechanical)! Working on impactful projects in clean energy, healthcare, life sciences, and infrastructure, you'll contribute to energy-efficient solutions and support projects using advanced technologies and engineering methods. Apply today!

About the Employer

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.

What You'll Do

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

Training Outcome

Ongoing employment
Further learning and development opportunities and continuous growth within the engineering function

Skills Required

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

Qualifications

Essential - GCSE - Five GCSEs including Maths, English and Science - 4/C or above
Desired - BTEC - Building Services Engineering - Level 3
Essential - BTEC Diploma/Level 3 Apprenticeship/1 or 2 ALevels - in a relevant subject - Level 3

Course Information

Course: Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)

Level: 4

Route: Construction and the built environment

Apprenticeship Level: Higher

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm with one hour for a lunch break.

Expected Duration: 3 Years

Training Provider: LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING

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