About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on work and wants to build a career combining mechanical engineering, electrical systems, automation, and technology. You will gain experience supporting experienced engineers with the installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Day to Day Tasks Include:

• Assist engineers with the planned and preventative maintenance of manufacturing machinery
• Support the diagnosis and repair of mechanical and electrical faults
• Learn to identify faults with motors, sensors, drives, pumps, conveyors, and automated equipment
• Assist with the installation, testing, and commissioning of machinery
• Develop an understanding of PLCs, control systems, and industrial automation
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, and technical documentation
• Carry out routine inspections and basic maintenance tasks under supervision
• Support production teams by responding to machinery issues and helping minimize downtime
• Assist with engineering improvement projects to improve equipment reliability, safety, and efficiency
• Gain practical experience across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems
• Complete maintenance records, job sheets, and relevant engineering documentation
• Follow all company health and safety procedures, risk assessments, and safe working practices
• Attend toolbox talks, training sessions, and engineering meetings as required
• Complete apprenticeship training, coursework, and portfolio evidence
• Work towards developing the skills and competence required to progress within the engineering team

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Course Contents Include:

• Use information technology, for example, to create documentation, communication, and information management.
• Obtain, read, and interpret task-related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications, and service manuals.
• Record information for example, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, worksheets, checklists, waste environmental records, and any legal reporting requirements.
• Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
• Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity, including timescales and resources.
• Select, prepare, and use material, consumables, tools, and equipment.
• Comply with health and safety regulations and organizational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE, and applying safe systems of work.
• Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification, and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
• Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
• Manufacture, repair, and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
• Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables, and equipment to process owner.
• Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power, and control systems.
• Produce, maintain, update, record, and store documentation, including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
• Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power, and control systems.
• Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions and handover to the operational team.
• Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive, or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
• Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohm's law, power calculations, and cable sizing calculations.
• Select, use, and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
• Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
• Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents, and reports on technical matters.
• Segregate, separate, and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
• Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
• Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques.
• Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
• Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion procedures.
• Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
• Apply fault-finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six-point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution, and equipment diagnostics.