Trainee Mechanical Engineer

Kickstart your career as a Trainee Mechanical Engineer with our three year degree apprenticeship. Working from our Birmingham office 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!

Who we’re looking for

• GCSE (GCSE) Five GCSEs including Maths, English and Science (Grade 4/C or above)essential
• Other (BTEC Diploma/Level 3 Apprenticeship/1or 2 A Levels) in a relevant subject (Grade Level3) essential
• BTEC (Level 3) (Building Services Engineering) Building Services Engineering (Grade Level 3) desirable

What’s on Offer

• Competitive annual salary
• Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm with one hour for a lunch break. 36.5 hours a week
• Travel expenses will be covered when traveling to sites other than your designated office base.
• Medical Health Cover & Life Assurance
• 25 days of annual leave, plus 1 additional day for your birthday
• Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies
• Flexible benefits, retail discounts, technology and bikes and much more.
• Discretionary annual salary reviews
• Mentorship and support from experienced professionals

Your Training Plan

Building Services Engineering Senior Technician Equal to Level 4 (Higher national certificate)

• Block release learning at Leeds College of Building (1 week attendance every 5 weeks)
• Regular progress reviews to discuss expected progress actual progress/interventions/additional support

What you’ll be doing

As a Trainee Mechanical Engineer, you’ll be involved in a variety of key activities, including:

• Learn how to plan and manage project workloads, including allocating specific tasks to appointed personnel associated with the project, in coordination with guidance from the Project Leadership team.
• Understand the preparation of operational project programmes in alignment with the main project programme, and identify key labour and material procurement deadlines.
• Undertake required tasks to ensure that identified deadlines are met, monitoring progress on a daily or weekly basis as appropriate.
• Learn how to prepare major material and master procurement schedules, ensuring proposed procurement dates align with the relevant programme milestones, and confirm that materials and equipment are available on-site at the prescribed times.
• Understand how estimates are created and packaged during the tender stage, enabling you to create subcontract packages and compare responses against the tender position, identifying any changes or gaps in scope.
• Arrange and attend subcontractor reviews, meetings, and appointments, liaising with the project surveyor as necessary.
• Gain knowledge of reviewing and interpreting proposed designs, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with contractual obligations, functionality requirements, and recognised standards.
• Develop a thorough understanding of health and safety practices to ensure that everyone involved goes home safely every day.
• Learn to interpret technical information in specifications, relevant standards, and regulations.

About us

Dalkia UK is a leading provider of energy and technical services, delivering efficient and sustainable solutions across a wide range of sectors. As part of the EDF Group, we are committed to the principles of sustainability, innovation, and people development. At Dalkia, we focus on delivering value to our customers through advanced engineering and energy solutions.

Our strength lies in the diversity and expertise of our people. We prioritise safety in everything we do, taking a proactive approach that ensures the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone we interact with.