Trainee Electrical Engineer Data Center Rotterdam Den Haag
The internet runs on power that must never fail. And that power? We take care of it.
At First Case you don't work on just any installation. You work on the physical layer beneath the digital world: the power in data centers. Netflix, your banking app, ChatGPT, it all runs on power that must never go down, and we keep it running. As a Trainee Data Center Engineer you learn the trade from the ground up. No diploma needed. You work four days alongside experienced engineers at real sites and spend one day a week at school. Within three years you'll be working independently in data centers across the Netherlands.
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.
You ride along with an experienced engineer to a data center just outside Amsterdam. Together you replace battery modules in a UPS system that companies like Microsoft and Google depend on.
Maintenance at a site in The Hague.
You pull cables, take measurements and see how an emergency power system is commissioned.
You're back at school for your apprenticeship.
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
- Electrical Engineering apprenticeship (BBL, level 2 or 3), fully paid by First Case
- Guidance from a dedicated practical trainer
- VCA Basic and NEN 3140 VOP certification within 6 months
- Training on UPS systems from Eaton and Schneider Electric
- Metal & Engineering CAO, including ADV days and travel allowance
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 data centers across the Netherlands.
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 three 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 three days.
Talking about the work is one thing. Seeing it is another. That's why we invite you to ride along for three 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.
- Three days on site, simply paid
- 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.