Job Description
Are you looking for an exciting, interesting job role which can turn into a successful career helping shape the world we live in?
If you’re ambitious, innovative, and practically minded? We may be able to help.
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting services with experts across a wide variety of disciplines from project managers, engineers, surveyors and town planners to environmental specialists, asset management professionals and more.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do! They help our clients succeed, our business prosper and the communities we work in thrive.
We need the very best people to maintain our position as a market leader. This includes those taking their first steps onto the career ladder – after all you are the future of our industry and if you’ve got ideas and ambition we want to hear from you!
If you join Tetra Tech as an Apprentice not only will you get to work on exciting, ground-breaking projects from day 1, you will also be given support to grow in your chosen discipline as well as training to develop the core skills needed to succeed in the corporate world. This is all part of our early careers programme – as is the chance to connect with others also starting out in their career, access to mentoring, Chartership support & bonuses and more.
Job Description:
We have opportunities in our Belfast office for Apprentices with a keen interest in developing skills in building services engineering to become part of a team working on a variety of high-profile projects throughout Ireland, the UK & beyond. The post will offer the successful applicant an interesting, challenging and varied workload as well as allowing them to develop personally and professionally, as an Engineer.
The team undertakes a wide variety of major and challenging projects for the private and public sector, across a range of development sectors including infrastructure, healthcare, education, commercial, industrial and residential. We provide Mechanical & Electrical services, which includes low/zero energy buildings, energy modelling and analysis, 3D design and calculations, site inspection and witnessing. You will get a chance to discover all facets of engineering design across the full range of engineering systems, including ventilation, hot & cold water, medical gases, HV/LV distribution, lighting etc.
This position will include day release 1 day per week during term time to attend a local University to complete a fully funded accredited BEng Hons or MEng degree in Building Services Engineering.
Your Role:
Delivery of scheme and concept designs of a wide range of engineering projects across a variety of sectors
Provide technical assistance to the members of the Engineering team
Assist in the delivery of projects on time and to budget
Use of some of the latest engineering design software, including AutoCad, REVIT and technical design software
Assist in design reviews and verification checks
Undertake site visits and surveys
Ensure compliance with all legislation, regulations and site procedures or instructions
Liaise with clients, architects, contractors, stakeholders and utility companies
Making everybody feel welcome at Tetra Tech is important to us – because everybody is welcome! We are working hard to be a business where people can not only be themselves but can celebrate who they are and what they bring to our organisation. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or any other individual need, we'd be happy to talk to you about making reasonable adjustments to our application and selection process that will enable you to be your best.
We are one of the only consultancies to have adopted a fully flexible working arrangement where employees have the choice of how, when and where they work caveated only by the requirement to fulfil our clients’ requirements. The focus on our people doesn’t end there though, with mental health first aiders, wellbeing & fitness challenges, diversity & inclusion interest groups and lunch and learns sessions from guest speakers as well as a comprehensive flexible benefits selection and a day off for your birthday we want all our employees to be proud to work for Tetra Tech.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Skills:
A minimum of three A levels at Grades A*-C including Mathematics and Physical Science or their equivalent or will have completed a Level 3 Apprenticeship in a related Building Services Engineering subject
A minimum of Five GCSE’s at Grades 9-4/A* - C including Maths, English and Science or their equivalent
A keen interest in Building Services Engineering
Have good interpersonal and communication skills
Team player displaying enthusiasm, flexibility and versatility.
MS Office skills
Self-motivated
Desirable - Full, clean UK driving license and ideally access to a vehicle