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Building Services Asset Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
Location: Berkshire (RG7 4PR)
Employer: AWE PLC
Closing Date: Sunday 20 December 2026
Posted On: 12 October 2026
Summary
As a Building Services Asset Apprentice, you will learn how the building systems that support AWE’s important facilities are maintained, improved, and kept safe, reliable, and available. You will develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to become a Building Services Asset Engineer within AWE’s Asset Engineering function.
Wage: £24,500 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab): A starting salary of £24,500 yearly, increasing to £26,000 in Year 2, with further annual salary increases throughout your apprenticeship, subject to satisfactory performance and achievement of apprenticeship milestones.
Benefits:
- Market-leading contributory pension scheme
- Generous paid holiday entitlement of 270 hours per year, inclusive of Bank Holidays, plus every other Friday off as part of AWE’s flexible working pattern.
Training
Training Course: Building services engineer (level 6)
Hours:
- 9 day fortnight
- 33 hrs on the short week, 8hrs 15 mins per day
- 41 hrs on the long week, 8hrs 15 mins per day Monday to Thursday and Fridays 8hrs
Start Date: Wednesday 1 September 2027
Duration: 6 years
Positions Available: 6
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What You'll Do at Work:
As a Building Services Asset Engineering Degree Apprentice, you will learn how the building systems that support AWE’s important facilities are maintained, improved, and kept safe, reliable, and available. You will develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to become a Building Services Asset Engineer within AWE’s Asset Engineering function.
This is not a generic building services design role. It is focused on maintaining, improving, and assuring the performance of complex building services and facility systems that support national security operations within a licensed nuclear environment. You will work alongside experienced engineers responsible for ensuring that building services plant and infrastructure remain safe, reliable, compliant, and available throughout their operational lifecycle.
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Through an approved provider, structured placements, and workplace experience, you will learn how engineering decisions support:
- Nuclear safety and safe facility operation
- Facility reliability and asset availability
- HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning), ventilation, LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation), heating, cooling, water, and electrical building services performance
- Building management systems and energy performance
- Engineering change, commissioning, handover, and configuration control
- Maintenance optimization, asset information quality, and lifecycle renewal
- Regulatory compliance, SQEP (Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person) development, and continuous improvement
- Nuclear safety-related equipment and environmental protection systems in high hazard facility infrastructure
- Heat exchangers, pressurized gases, lifting equipment, and handling systems
Where You'll Work:
Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 4PR
Requirements
Essential Qualifications:
- A Level in: Chemistry or Physics (112 UCAS points) (grade Merit)
- Maths and English (grade Merit or above)
Skills:
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
Other Requirements:
- A Levels: BBC, including maths and a science subject in either Chemistry or Physics. Equivalent to 112 UCAS points
- T Level: Merit or above in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning. Equivalent to 120 UCAS points
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDM in an Engineering subject area, with a minimum of Merit in Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Equivalent to 128 UCAS points
- BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD in an Engineering subject area, with a minimum of Merit in Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Equivalent to 112 UCAS points
Due to the security requirements associated with this apprenticeship, applicants must be British Nationals and be aged 18 or over by 31 August 2027.
About This Employer
We’re a team of remarkable people, united by one extraordinary mission: keeping the UK safe and secure. The UK’s independent nuclear deterrent has existed for 75 years to deter the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life, helping to guarantee our safety, and that of our NATO allies. Our work is critical. We’re delivering Astraea, the next warhead for the UK’s nuclear deterrent and pushing the boundaries of nuclear science and technology. But that’s just part of the story. We support the UK government in a range of vital areas – from counterterrorism to global nuclear test monitoring to building a world-class community of experts in nuclear science. This is work that protects lives and strengthens national security.
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Company Benefits:
- Access to employee discounts portal - everyday savings on retail, hospitality, and leisure
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
After This Apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
Following successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will complete your training as an Asset Engineer (Building Services) with longer-term career pathways that may include:
- HVAC/Ventilation Asset Engineer
- Facilities and Infrastructure Engineer
- Building Services Systems Engineer
- Reliability or Maintenance Strategy Engineer
Longer-term pathways into Senior Asset Engineer, Engineering Manager, Principal Engineer, or specialist building services roles.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AWE PLC Early Careers
earlycareers@awe.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058053.
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