Apprentice Maintenance Technician

We’re offering an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Maintenance Technician to join our team and grow with us. As an apprentice, you’ll work alongside experienced technicians, learning how to maintain, repair, and improve equipment and facilities.

What you'll do at work

• To ensure all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks are completed safely, cost effectively, on time and to a satisfactory standard. And that the relevant PPM documentation is completed accurately and on time
• Observing, learning and understanding a wide range of engineering skills and processes while under the instruction of skilled technical staff
• To be able to demonstrate these skills and processes as the training period progresses by working independently or with a team
• To maintain and to ensure general good housekeeping of the engineering workshop
• Following common processes and standards within the engineering department including Safety, Quality, Environment and Security
• To attend workshops and participate in any learning opportunities
• Achieving and maintaining a high standard of quality for all tasks
• To understand and promote health and safety awareness with all Northwood Hygiene Ltd Associates and contractors
• To maintain a logbook over the duration of the apprenticeship period, recording projects that have been undertaken and the skills learned
• Working closely with third party engineers and OEM representatives, when required
• To undertake and successfully complete suitable coursework / examinations ensuring yearly progression to end point assessment
• Attending offsite training facilities punctually and keeping up to date with coursework

Where you'll work

Unit 1, Woodstock Business Park
Meek Street, Royton
Oldham
OL2 6HL

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations.
• Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
• Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables.
• Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.
• Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined.
• Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks.
• Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures.
• Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH.
• Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets.
• Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
• Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste.
• Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.
• Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance.
• Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures.
• Apply foreign material exclusion procedures.
• Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage.
• Reinstate the work area.
• Apply team working principles.
• Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
• Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
• Record information.
• Produce or update documents. For example, handover notes and reports.
• Identify and highlight issues (red pen) with technical drawings.
• Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
• Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.