Apprentice Plumber Heating Engineer NCCHS

Role: Plumbing/Heating Apprentice (Level 3)

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 54 months

Working Hours: 37 Hours Monday - Friday

Worker Type: Mobile worker

Salary: Age-related national living wage

Location:Harvey Road Bilborough Nottingham NG8 3BB

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Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Councilhere.

About the Role

The successful candidates will complete a plumbing/heating apprenticeship in a specified timeframe and gain on the job knowledge and experience. You will develop and apply characteristics of the NCC agreed behaviours and values in all activities and actively and effectively promote the Councils vision values aims objectives and priorities putting our citizens first through the delivery of best value services.

Key accountabilities:

To undertake on-site training alongside and under the supervision of a qualified plumber/heating engineer in all aspects of electrical work including:

• The installation accurate measuring marking cutting bending and jointing metallic and non-metallic pipework.
• Develop the knowledge and skills to ensure that both thesystem and appliances are appropriately selected and correctly installed and done so in a safe efficient and economical manner to minimise waste.
• Support with the installation of new and exciting environmental technologies like heat pumps solar thermal systems biomass boilers and water recycling systems.
• Support with servicing repair and installation of appliances and equipment including gas oil and solid fuel boilers as well as pumps heat emitters bathroom furniture or controls as part of a cold water hot water and central heating or above ground drainage and rainwater systems.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working in a team and individually.
• The ability to demonstrate capacity to organise self/materials/tasks use own initiative prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
• The ability to understand measurements and carry out calculations including formulae.
• Good interpersonal skills - to listen and respond to instructions and questions clearly and logically.
• Is customer-focused and show a desire to deliver excellent customer service

You can find the job description for this posthere.

When will my apprenticeship start

You will need to be available to commence your apprenticeship 7^th September 2026

Entry / eligibility requirements:

• You will need to be able to provide evidence of Maths and English qualifications at grade C/5 or above upon request - Please ensure you specify these grades in your CV/supporting statement. If you do not hold these qualifications already you must be willing to work towards completing functional skills level 2 in addition to the apprenticeship. If these certificates are not UK based please also provide the UK ENIC statement of comparability Statement of Comparability.
• You must be willing and able to start work anywhere within the Nottingham City boundary for 8am as required by the organisation.
• Successful candidates must be committed to attend college in person at a location of NCC choosing to obtain the Warehouse level 2 apprenticeship.
• You will need to be a minimum of 16 years old by August 31 2026. There is no upper age limit.
• You cannot hold a qualification of the same level and subject already.
• To show commitment to gaining a driving license before completion of the apprenticeship.
• Non-UK nationals must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years and not resident for the purposes of education to be eligible for this role.

How do I apply

When completing the application form you will be required to upload a CV and a personal statement of no more than 500 words outlining why you would make a great Apprentice.

Closing Date: 30 March 2026 (11:59pm) - Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicationsso we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Functional skills assessments Likely to take place w/c 13^th April 2026 - Dates to be confirmed

Interview dates and group assessments: Likely to take place in June 2026- Dates to be confirmed

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