Apprentice - Engineering Services & Maintenance Apprenticeship in London

Estates & Facilities Engineering Service and Maintenance Engineer Apprentice (4 Years)Starting September 2026Salary: £26,436.80 per annum 40 hrs per weekBased in: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. We are one of the busiest theatres in the world, delivering more than 400 performances each year and our backstage teams are some of the best theatre craftspeople in the world. We want to encourage fresh, passionate new talent into the building and our apprenticeship scheme plays a big part in that! An apprenticeship gives you the practical skills and knowledge that will underpin your professional development and access to a network of people who can guide and support you during your career. What our apprentices say:"It has taught me invaluable on-the-job experience to start my career in a unique job role." The role is on a fixed-term contract for 4 years, full-time (40 hours per week) and based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.During the Apprenticeship you will work within the Estates & Facilities team in Covent Garden. You will work towards a Building Services Engineering Service and Maintenance Engineer Level 3 Apprenticeship which will be delivered by Choice Training in Dagenham. Will I be paid?Yes! You will earn National Living Wage, after successfully completing your first year this will rise by 2.5%. Apprentices are expected to use this to pay for their own travel to work and college. College fees will also be paid by the Royal Ballet and Opera. Am I eligible? You must be 18 years old or over by 7th September 2026. You must have work authorisation for the UK. You must have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for at least the past three consecutive years prior to the start of the programme. This is a mandatory requirement in line with apprenticeship funding regulations. You must have work authorisation for the UK. This is a Level 3 apprenticeship; therefore, applicants must be suitable for study at that level and NOT: You must not have completed a degree or equivalent level qualification in the UK or elsewhere, regardless of subject. You must not have experience (over six months) of working in a similar role as your skill level will be above the apprenticeship level. How to apply:To apply, please click on `Apply' and answer the application questions outlining how your experience demonstrates the essential criteria in the job description.Download and read the Job Description, as well as the full Job Pack, it includes some handy guidance for submitting your application. Please read these in addition to the guidance document; for example, our job pack emphasises the need for demonstrating interests/experience in the question section of the online application and the guidance document notes that the shortlisting panel is not able to view covering letters or CVs and that a CV is only used to pre-populate parts of the application form.