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Maintenance Engineering Apprentice

We have an exciting opportunity for an eager, ambitious & organised individual with a practical aptitude who shows a strong interest in how things work. Being on the frontline of plant maintenance & engineering activities, maintaining all capital plant, equipment, buildings, and services to ensure safe and effective operations.

  • What will the apprentice be doing?
    • Developing maintenance procedures, and methods
    • Carrying out preventative maintenance (PPM), routine scheduled maintenance work, lubrication & cleaning
    • Responding to equipment faults and plant breakdown to minimize production downtime
    • Reactive repairs, diagnostic support & fault finding
    • Fitting new parts and making sure equipment is working correctly
    • Installation & commissioning of new machinery
    • Liaising with internal departments, and other engineering and production colleagues
    • Arranging specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings, engineering spares and components
    • Controlling maintenance tools, stores, and equipment
    • Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs
    • Dealing with emergencies, unplanned problems, and repairs
    • Compliance & safety; following strict health & safety regulations including risk assessments, and “lockout tagout” procedures
    • Working with specialist equipment, such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), which control machinery on factory assembly lines
    • Maintaining accurate logs of maintenance work, parts used and equipment performance
    • Control of Factory Security including fire and intruder alarm
    • Liaising with contractors to ensure the smooth and continuous performance of the buildings, services and equipment

  • What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
    • You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession
    • You will experience a blended learning model
    • This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Engineering Campus
    • This attendance is required during term time only

  • What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?
    • Full time employment, progression to Plant Maintenance Engineer

  • Desired skills and personal qualities
    Communication skills, IT skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Problem solving skills, Logical, Team working, Initiative

  • Qualifications
    GCSE English (Grade 4) Essential
    GCSE Maths (Grade 4) Essential

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