Trainee Heating Engineer

Certas Energy UK Ltd; Horsham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Trainee Heating Engineer in Horsham. The role offers full training to service and maintain oil-fired boilers, with a focus on sustainability in the energy sector. Candidates should have a full driving license, with plumbing or heating qualifications being desirable. The position provides opportunities for further training, a competitive salary, and uncapped bonuses, making it ideal for those starting their careers in engineering.

Benefits

Competitive salary + Uncapped Bonus

Apprenticeship opportunities

Full and ongoing training and support

Company van and tools provided

Qualifications, including OFTEC certificate

Shopping and cinema discounts

Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence is required.
• Experience or a qualification in plumbing/heating is desirable.
• Self-motivated and reliable candidates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Service/Breakdown visits.
• Maintain Oil Fired Boilers & Systems.
• Respond to Breakdown & Emergency calls.

Skills

Self Motivated

Reliable

Methodical

Practical

Education

Qualification in plumbing or heating

Job description

Are you looking to start a new career and develop new skills? Have you recently left education and are looking to start your career in an engineering role? Are you an experienced engineer looking for a company that is able to support you working within sustainability? Do you want to be part of a business that is planning for the future, today and thinking about sustainability and the zero carbon transition?
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Heating Engineer working in the Horsham area.

Benefits for this role include:

• Competitive salary + Uncapped Bonus
• Apprenticeship opportunities
• Full and ongoing training and support
• Company van and tools provided
• Qualifications, including OFTEC certificate
• Opportunities to train and gain additional qualifications in sustainability led projects
• Additional employee benefits package, shopping, cinema discounts

We are ideally looking for a candidate with experience or a qualification in plumbing / heating. However, full training will be provided to enable our Trainee Heating Service Engineers to service, maintain and repair oil fired boilers and systems in accordance with recognised standards and gain the relevant qualifications required.

Responsibilities as a Trainee Heating Engineer:

• To undertake Service / Breakdown visits.
• To maintain Oil Fired Boilers & Systems in accordance with recognised standards and company procedures.
• To attend Service Calls as per work schedule covered by contractual agreements, manufacturer’s instructions and current regulations & requirements.
• To maintain Oil Fired Boilers & Heating Systems.
• To respond to Breakdown & Emergency calls promptly to investigate faults, carry out remedial work and to ensure that Boilers and Systems are tested, operational and safe.
• To advise customers on the correct and safe use of their appliance and system.

Application requirements for a Trainee Heating Engineer:

• Full Driving Licence
• A qualification in a plumbing or heating is desirable
• Self Motivated and reliable
• Methodical
• Practical

Certas Energy is the largest independent distributor of fuels and lubricants in the UK and a subsidiary of DCC. Operating across multiple sectors, employing in excess of 2500 people, we have locations spread across the UK mainland, the Scottish Islands, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and the Isle of Wight.
As a business we are committed to supporting our customers achieve their zero carbon aspirations and as a result our Heating engineers will also gain the opportunity to train and develop within areas that will be at the forefront of environment sustainability, including Air source heat pumps, EV Charge installation, Tank and Boiler installation, HVO and many more.

Working for Certas Energy as a heating engineer provides opportunities to qualify and work for today while developing for the future. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you Get in Touch.

Company Information

Certas Energy is the leading independent distributor of fuels and lubricants in the UK. With a national network of over 130 depots, over 900 tankers, countrywide retail forecourts, and fuel cards usable at over 2,000 sites, it is our 2,500 hard working colleagues who keep our business moving each day.

Our employees play an essential and valued role in delivering billions of litres of high-quality fuel and associated services to homes and businesses all over the UK each year. We recruit sales people to promote our products, as well as drivers to deliver them to our customers. Also crucial to our business are our management teams, service engineers, logistics staff, and all of our staff in central functions.

The key to our success is our people. So at Certas we make sure our learning and development team nurture our talent and support colleagues with their aspirations and growth, through training initiatives such as our Inspire programme, our WOW training courses and apprenticeships. We also have a strong culture of safety and compliance principles, driven by our dedicated safety initiatives.

At Certas Energy we want to be at the forefront of embracing positive change. We do this by investing in global climate change projects that actively reduce the carbon in the atmosphere, such as offering all our domestic customers the opportunity to carbon offset their heating oil and by providing cleaner burning fuels that lower harmful emission.