Apprentice Plumbing & Heating Engineer
Company: Compass Home Energy
Location: Liverpool / Merseyside and surrounding areas
Job Type: Full-time Apprenticeship
Salary: Competitive apprentice rate, dependent on age and experience
About Compass Home Energy
Compass Home Energy is a growing domestic heating and renewable energy company working across Liverpool, Merseyside and the surrounding areas.
Our work includes:
- Air source heat pumps
- Gas heating systems and boilers
- Plumbing and bathrooms
- Air conditioning
- Hot water cylinders
- Radiators and heating upgrades
- Renewable and low-carbon heating systems
- Servicing and maintenance
We are looking for an Apprentice Plumbing & Heating Engineer who wants to learn the trade properly and develop into a skilled, multi-skilled engineer.
The Most Important Thing: Attitude
Experience is not the most important thing to us — attitude is.
We can teach you plumbing, heating and renewable technologies. What we need from you is the right approach to work.
We are looking for someone who:
- Turns up on time, every day
- Is reliable and dependable
- Wants to learn
- Listens and takes instruction
- Isn't afraid of hard or physical work
- Takes pride in doing a job properly
- Is willing to get stuck in
- Looks for ways to help rather than waiting to be told everything
- Respects customers, their homes and other members of the team
- Looks after tools, materials and equipment
- Accepts that mistakes are part of learning but is willing to learn from them
- Wants to build a genuine career in the trade
We would rather take someone with no experience and an excellent attitude than someone experienced with the wrong attitude.
The Role
You will work alongside experienced engineers on domestic installations while completing your apprenticeship and developing your practical skills.
The role is varied and will give you experience across traditional plumbing and heating as well as newer technologies.
Typical work will include:
- Assisting with plumbing and heating installations
- Installing and altering hot and cold-water pipework
- Installing radiators and heating systems
- Assisting with air source heat pump installations
- Assisting with boiler installations
- Installing hot water cylinders
- Bathroom plumbing and installation work
- Assisting with air conditioning installations
- First and second fix plumbing
- Removing existing heating equipment
- Preparing properties for installations
- Pressure testing and flushing systems
- Organising tools and materials
- Keeping vans and work areas clean and organised
- Learning servicing, commissioning and fault finding
- Working safely and professionally in customers' homes
Travel Requirements
You must either:
- Hold a driving licence and be able to travel independently, or
- Have reliable transport to get yourself to our agreed meeting / collection location each morning.
You must be able to get yourself to the meeting location reliably and on time.
Being unable to get to work cannot become a regular issue.
Experience & Qualifications
Previous plumbing experience is not essential.
We are happy to consider someone starting from the beginning if they have the right attitude and are committed to learning.
You should be willing to:
- Complete the relevant college apprenticeship
- Develop both practical and technical knowledge
- Work across plumbing, heating, bathrooms, heat pumps and air conditioning
- Undertake further training as you progress
What You'll Learn
The aim is to develop you into a well-rounded engineer capable of working across modern domestic heating systems.
You will gain experience in:
- Domestic plumbing
- Heating systems
- Boiler installations
- Air source heat pumps
- Low-temperature heating
- Hot water cylinders
- Radiators
- Underfloor heating
- Bathrooms
- Air conditioning
- System flushing
- Commissioning
- Servicing
- Fault finding
- Customer service
- Renewable heating technologies
What We Offer
- Full-time employment alongside your apprenticeship
- Real hands-on experience
- Training across several areas of the trade
- Experience with heat pumps and renewable technology from an early stage
- Support from experienced engineers
- Manufacturer training opportunities as you develop
- Opportunity to progress into a fully qualified engineer
- Increased responsibility and earning potential as your skills improve
- Genuine long-term career opportunities within Compass Home Energy
Career Progression
We are not looking for someone who simply wants a temporary job.
We want someone who wants to learn a trade, become a good engineer and build a long-term career with Compass Home Energy.
For the right person, there will be opportunities to progress into areas including:
Plumbing & Heating Heat Pumps Air Conditioning Gas Renewables Heating Design Servicing & Commissioning
How to Apply
Please send your CV along with a short introduction telling us:
- Why you want to get into plumbing and heating
- Why you think you would be a good fit for Compass Home Energy
- Whether you drive or how you would reliably get to the meeting location each morning
Compass Home Energy
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07701 342224
Pay: £20,000.00-£25,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
