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Service Support Engineer - Apprentice (Cardiff)

Employer:
Dacoll Group
Location:
Velindre Hospital, Whitchurch, CF14 2TL, United Kingdom.
Pay:
Under 21 - £19,500 (NMW) + company vehicle. 21 and over - £24,570 (RLW) + Company vehicle
Hours of work:
31-40 hours per week
Training provider:
Gower College Swansea
Level:
Apprenticeship (Level 3)
Sector:
Digital Technology
Pathway:
Digital Infrastructure Engineer
Possible start date:
02 February 2026
Closing date:
31 January 2026
Positions available:
1
Vacancy ID:
6776

Joy.Son@gcs.ac.uk


About the apprenticeship

Duties

Support Customers onsite within the hospital environment representing Philips to ensure the delivery of service excellence. Working across multiple sites across Wales as part of an allocated install base
• Supporting the remote team in fault diagnostics
• Capturing System Logs and undertaking first level review
• Gain baseline architectural understanding of the deployed Radiology informatics Solution to ensure clear understanding to aid and assist fault diagnosis
• Work with Hardware vendors to deploy new infrastructure (Clinical Workstations)
• Support Workstation Clinical Quality Assurance activity
• Undertake proactive maintenance of deployed workstations

Provide Eyes and Hands support onsite for the remote L1, L2 and L3 engineering teams

Additional information

Application and product training will be undertaken at Philips European Training Centre in Italy.

Company vehicle
22 holidays plus 8 statutory days
Pension, workplace auto enrolment
Employee benefits platform

Digital Infrastructure Engineer Apprenticeship (Level 3)

After completing the Apprenticeship scheme, suitability would be assessed for full time employment as a Philips Informatic Support Specialist.

Requirements

Skills

Be part of a dedicated team of engineers working within the Radiology Informatics sector across Wales. Delivering a mission critical informatics system to all Health boards and Trust across Wales. As a Service Support Engineer (Apprentice), your role underpins our technical future, you will be assisting Engineers, learning in real life situations and gaining life skills which will develop you towards a future in medical systems.

Strong communication and customer focus
An ability to demonstrate logical thinking and a desire to begin a career in a 'hands on' software engineering role, problem solving
An interest in IT, networking and system connectivity, a good communicator, confident speaker and team player
Fluent in both spoken and written English
Desirable written and spoken Welsh

Qualifications

Education to GCSE standard, minimum of 5 GCSE including Maths, English and Physics Grades A-C or equivalent.

Minimum of 2 A levels, BTEC or equivalent, including Information Technology related study

An interest in pursuing a career in IT, networking and system connectivity

Full, valid driver's licence essential

Language

Welsh Spoken Skills:
No
Welsh Written Skills:
No

Course details

Training provider:
Gower College Swansea
Training provider course:
Digital Infrastructure Engineer apprenticeship (Level 3)

About the employer

Dacoll Group
Velindre Hospital
Whitchurch
Cardiff
Cardiff
CF14 2TL

Disability confident

No, we are not part of the Disability Confident Scheme from the UK Department for Work and Pensions.

Please note that all apprenticeships are open to everyone. However, some organisations have worked to achieve Disability Confident accreditation. You should always apply for the apprenticeship you feel best suited to.

Interview arrangements

Initial interview in person followed up by a MSTeams interview

How to apply

Email the address below to apply for this vacancy

Joy.Son@gcs.ac.uk