Engineering Apprentice

This is an exciting opportunity to begin a career in engineering working at Albert Bartlett. The role offers the opportunity to learn, develop, and gain a broad range of skills to become a multi-skilled Engineer. You will undertake installation, routine, preventative, and reactive maintenance work on a wide range of electrical systems. Most of your apprenticeship is spent working, learning on the job through hands-on experience.

Requirements

• Essential Qualifications:
  • GCSE in any subject (grade Grade 3/D)
  • GCSE in any subject (grade Grade 3/D)
  • GCSE English (grade Grade 3/D) or equivalent
  • GCSE Maths (grade Grade 3/D) or equivalent
• Desirable Qualifications:
  • GCSE English (grade Grade 4/C) or equivalent
  • GCSE Maths (grade Grade 4/C) or equivalent
• Skills:
  • Consideration for transport is needed for this role's location.
  • The role requires working in a workshop/factory environment.
  • Willingness to complete a one-day work trial if invited to a second interview.
• Other Relevant Qualifications: Share any other relevant qualifications and industry experience, as the apprenticeship can be adjusted.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all college assignments are completed on time.
• Assist shift maintenance engineers with breakdowns, repairs, and planned maintenance as instructed, documenting all supervised work for your portfolio.
• Carry out projects as instructed and according to the apprentice plan.
• Adhere to health and safety policies and carry out all works within your guidelines of competence.
• Learning and Development (as part of the Engineering Maintenance Technician - Dual Discipline (Level 3) course):
  • Review and use information (e.g., work instructions, drawings, design specifications, plant configurations).
  • Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
  • Identify and organise resources to complete tasks (e.g., consumables).
  • Respond and adapt to work demands (e.g., adapt working methods, re-prioritise workloads).
  • Identify equipment to work on and check plant configuration.
  • 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 (e.g., signage, barriers, working at height, confined spaces, COSHH).
  • Follow security procedures (e.g., site access, document classification, securing assets).
  • Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
  • Apply sustainability principles (e.g., 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 (e.g., handling, storage).
  • Reinstate the work area.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate with others to give and receive information (e.g., colleagues, customers, stakeholders).
  • Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
  • Record information.
  • Produce or amend documents (e.g., handover notes, reports).
  • Identify and highlight issues on technical drawings.
  • Use digital and information technology (e.g., databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, word processing), following cyber security and GDPR requirements.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
  • Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
  • Electrical and Control and Instrumentation:
    • Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
    • Select, check, and use electrical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
    • Select, check, and use control and instrumentation maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
    • Use electrical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
    • Use control and instrumentation diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
    • Apply problem-solving and critical reasoning techniques.
    • Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant (e.g., visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, voltage levels).
    • Remove and replace electrical parts.
    • Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
    • Set up and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
    • Clean parts (e.g., removal of dust and debris).
    • Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and de-isolation.
    • Conduct functional testing.
    • Inspect and test control and instrumentation systems.
    • Check calibration and make adjustments.
    • Check loop function.
    • Set up and adjust control and instrumentation systems.
    • Remove and replace instruments and sensors.
    • Re-connect instrumentation power supply, cables, pipework, and services.
  • Electrical and Mechanical:
    • Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
    • Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and de-isolation.
    • Select, check, and use electrical and mechanical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
    • Use electrical and mechanical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
    • Apply problem-solving and critical reasoning techniques.
    • Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant (e.g., visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, voltage levels).
    • Remove and replace electrical parts.
    • Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
    • Set up, align, and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
    • Clean parts (e.g., removal of dust and debris).
    • Conduct functional testing.
    • Check condition and operation of mechanical aspects of plant and equipment (e.g., pumps).
    • Remove and replace mechanical parts.
    • Examine mechanical parts for defects (e.g., pump seals).
    • Set up, align, and adjust mechanical aspects of plant.
    • Lubricate mechanical assemblies.
    • Apply bench fitting techniques.