Building Services Engineering Apprentice
| Posting date: | 18 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,074.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £30074.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 December 2025 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | C9200-25-1258 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities Carries out routine maintenance, inspection and non-routine repairs on a range of engineering plant and equipment. Carries out plant room and equipment inspections including taking readings from gauges and completes log sheets including reporting defects. Assists maintenance craftsmen with the less technical aspect of their work including calorifier and boiler strip downs and cleaning and drain clearance. Cleans and tidies plant rooms and workshops, as well as shadowing engineers and technicians to build the necessary skillset for progression. Records plant data and meter readings and enters onto paper log sheet. Prepares and uses equipment, materials and fine tools for assembly, inspection, maintenance and repairs, for example use of hand tools, electric drills, pillar drill and grinding wheels. Liaises with and assist other trades and specialist contractors where work requires multiple persons or multiple trades. Liaises with and assist other facilities staff and contractors where work involves other services such as capital works, cleaning, emergencies and mechanical isolations. Liaises with supervision on planning of work, work progress, state of repair, procedures, safety, equipment, spare parts and tools. Work may be interrupted by supervision to leave one job to go to another. Receives and communicates routine and some non-routine information, some of which requires tact and diplomacy sometimes dealing with persons with poor interpersonal skills or language difficulties, for example gaining access for maintenance or explaining work to patients and visitors. Carries out the work at the request of supervision or, in the absence of supervision, at the request of management. Uses initiative to carry out minor repairs or essential emergency work without being told, provided it is safe to do so. Prioritises own work during maintenance visits to community premises weekly away from base.