What you need to know
* Location: East Midlands Airport
* Start date: August 2025
* Contract Type: Permanent
Our apprenticeship
A BAM apprenticeship is a full-time earn and learn position where you will be involved in delivering multi-million projects, leaving a lasting legacy and positive change in our communities.
You will be enrolled onto an L3 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Heat Pump Engineering Technician Apprenticeship with a local college.
Training is delivered through a blended method including block release at college, work-based assessment, and online learning, which includes reflective accounts, witness statements, activity-based workbooks, presentations, professional interviews/discussions, and work-based projects.
What you'll be doing
As an HVAC Apprentice, you'll work alongside experienced engineers to learn how to:
* Maintain, service, and repair heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
* Carry out routine inspections and performance checks
* Identify and resolve faults in HVAC equipment
* Work safely in a live airport environment with strict compliance standards
* Support planned preventative maintenance and emergency response tasks
You'll combine real-world, on-site experience with structured learning delivered by an approved training provider.
What you'll need
Entry Requirements:
* 5 GCSEs including Maths, English, and Science (Grade 4/C or above)
* Must be able to pass enhanced background checks for airport access
* Driving license (desirable)
Who are we looking for?
We're looking for someone with:
* An interest in mechanical/electrical systems and engineering
* A practical mindset and problem-solving attitude
* Good communication skills and attention to detail
* Willingness to work as part of a team in a live operational environment
What's in it for you?
In addition to a competitive salary, living away allowance, and benefits package, we provide continuing development opportunities within a creative and considerate work environment. BAM is committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices and to developing family-friendly policies that support work-life balance.
* BAM benefits (online shopping discount platform)
* Volunteering days
* Wellbeing days
* Generous holiday allowance including additional holiday purchase scheme
* Annual salary review
* Living away allowance where appropriate
* EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
* Mental health & wellbeing programme
As well as working in alignment with our values of being collaborative, reliable, inclusive, and taking ownership of your work, we will look to understand your personal values, your potential, and development areas for the role.
Who are we?
The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.
Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.
Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable, and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow, and every day.
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