Apprentice M&E Maintenance Engineer

Apprentice M&E Maintenance Engineer Location: Medway, GB, ME4 4UG Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Apprentice Multi Skilled Facilities Maintenance Engineer
Location: Gibraltar Barracks – Camberley or Brompton Barracks - Chatham
Compensation: £15,500-17,500
Role Type: Full time
Role ID: 51288

Work for the world you want to live in.

Babcock is an international defense company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy.

We have sites all-round the UK, that do loads of exciting and important things to make the world safer and more secure. We defend nations, save lives and protect communities around the globe.

For more than a century, Babcock Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering and training support services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability, and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure, and specialist training.

As a Babcock Apprentice Maintenance Engineer, in the Land Defence sector, you will receive hands-on training and valuable experience in a wide range of maintenance activities including but not limited to:

Assisting in the maintenance, repair, and operation of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems.

Conducting routine inspections and preventive maintenance tasks.

Carrying out reactive works and repair faulty equipment within contractual agreements and timelines.

Carrying out fault finding, fault diagnosis, de-commissioning, component replacement, testing and re-commissioning of existing industrial and commercial ventilating, heating, water supply, waste (effluent discharge), drainage, and related electrical systems.

Assisting with troubleshooting and resolving equipment issues.

Supporting asset management activities, including inventory management and condition assessments.
Collaborating with experienced engineers and mentors to develop your skills.

Planning, organising and undertaking activities in ways which use resources effectively to complete work, with consideration for cost, quality, time, safety, security and environmental impact, within relevant legislative requirements, specifications, codes of practice and industry recognised practices.

Applying relevant safety legislation, codes of practice and safe working practices to themselves and others.

The tasks are challenging and varied in an exciting environment, producing work which ensures our customers, specifically the Army’s Royal Engineers, have first class infrastructure they can depend on.

The role is based on a military Camp near Aldershot, which is the home of Combat Engineer Training for the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers (RE) support field army engineering, their capabilities and history is too magnificent to sum up in a few sentences so please access more information in this link: Royal Engineers - Wikipedia. Suffice to say the opportunity to become part of the enabling workforce within Defence is hugely interesting and differs considerably from standard HGV driving.

Qualifications you’ll get:

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.

What you’ll need:

A passion for building maintenance and a desire to pursue a career in facilities engineering. GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4-9 (A*-C)) Desired. Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level before taking the end-point assessment.

Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Physically fit.
Be non judgmental.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
Motivation to learn, with the ability to be trained.
Strong work ethic with a can do attitude.

What you’ll get:

• Generous benefits including:

o Very competitive starting salary
o Personal development training and opportunities
o Pension scheme with employee contributions matched up to 8% of salary
o 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
o Flexible working (by local arrangement)
o Discounted shopping and half-price cinema tickets
o Cycle to work scheme
o Access to extensive fitness facilities such as gymnasium, and swimming pool, squash, badminton, and tennis courts etc.

An apprenticeship with Babcock is a great career opportunity and can lead to becoming a Building Services Engineer with the following progression opportunities: Supervisor, Contracts Manager, Account Manager.

Babcock International
Work for the world you want to live in. Work to leave a positive legacy that is felt for generations. Work as one team, one Babcock and create a safe a secure world, together.

For over 130 years, we have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world.

To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate, and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Application Guidance
All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at the interview.

For help with your application and advice on your CV please visit https://www.babcockinternational.com/careers/apprenticeships/

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