Trainee Electrical Engineer Data Center Groningen
The largest data centers in the Netherlands are in the Eemshaven. They run on power that must never fail. And that power? We take care of it.
As a Trainee Electrical Engineer you learn the trade from the ground up, on site in the data centers of the Eemshaven. You do not need a diploma: you work four days a week alongside experienced engineers and spend one day a week at school. You start with measurements, pulling cables and helping with battery swaps, and you get your own tasks as soon as you can handle them. Your dedicated mentor looks over your shoulder, explains why something has to be done a certain way and only lets go when it is right. Within three years you stand on your own in the data centers, with your papers in hand.
No day is the same.
This is what a typical week looks like. Four days on site, one day at school.
The clients change, the locations change, the tech changes.
Ride along to a data center and replace battery modules in a UPS system together.
On-site maintenance: pulling cables, labeling conductors on both ends and taking measurements under guidance.
Help with inspections and see how a backup power system works.
Off to school for your BBL Electrical Engineering programme.
What you bring, what you get
What you bring
- No diploma required. Just two hands and the will to learn a trade
- Technical affinity: you like to know how things work
- Dutch or English language
- Driver's license B is a plus
What we offer
- BBL Electrical Engineering programme (level 2 or 3), fully paid by First Case
- Guidance from a dedicated workplace trainer
- VCA Basic and NEN 3140 VOP certification within 6 months
- Training on UPS systems from Eaton and Schneider Electric
- Metal & Engineering CAO, including travel allowance and ADV
Your salary and your role grow with you
You start with full training paid by First Case. During your training you earn the youth wage, and right after your diploma you are promoted to Data Center Engineer at €3.300, growing on to €4.100.
Above that is Lead Data Center Engineer (€4.900 to €5.900). First Case is growing fast, so those with ambition grow quickly.
View the full growth ladder →Amounts shown are gross per month, excluding allowances, overtime and travel costs · those are added on top.
I had no technical training when I started. Now I work independently in the data centers of the Eemshaven.
In a few clear steps
Send a message
Via WhatsApp, no CV needed. One message is enough to start.
We call briefly
What you're after, what we're after. Twenty minutes on the phone.
Come ride along for two days
The trial. Ride along, see the work, feel if it clicks with the team.
★ TrialA good feeling on both sides?
Then we make it official. You sign, and you start.
First, come ride along for two days.
Talking about the work is one thing. Seeing it is another. That's why we invite you to ride along for two days to real data centers, with an experienced engineer. You see the work, the team and the locations from the inside. After that you'll know whether First Case suits you, and we'll know whether you suit us. Riding along is voluntary, and we cover your travel costs and workwear.
- Two days on site, your costs covered
- We arrange workwear and transport
- No obligation, but an honest picture
You're not on your own.
You get a dedicated practical trainer who guides you on site, and you're not the only newcomer: more apprentices are on the BBL track alongside you. Short lines, professionals among each other, and you learn from the people who do the work every day.