Trainee Engineer (Electrical) Apprenticeship
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Company: DALKIA ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Location: Birmingham, B37 7YN
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Competitive Salary
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Sector: Construction and the built environment
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Ref: NAS-2000013856
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Application Deadline Date: 15/04/2026
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Start Date: 07/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, with one hour for a lunch break.
Brief Description
Kickstart your career in building services engineering with us as a Trainee Engineer (Electrical)! 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!
Training to be Provided
- Building Services Engineering Senior Technician Level 4
- 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
Future Prospects
- Ongoing employment
- Further learning and development opportunities and continuous growth within the engineering function
Vacancy Detail
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 team
- 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 subcontract 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
Other Information
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.