Engineering Maintenance Technician Apprentice

Working for a family-run business, you will become a skilled Engineer in the Garage Equipment Industry. You will work towards a Level 3 Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard.

Requirements

• GCSEs in English and Maths (grade 4)
• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Initiative
• The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Hone your skills in Engineering and Maintenance of all types of equipment to become a highly skilled Engineer.
• Maintain, service, and repair all equipment supplied and used by customers in the maintenance/service department.
• Learn the business and carry out tasks such as steam cleaning of equipment, tidying the workshop, and spray painting repaired equipment.
• Progress to helping skilled engineers by stripping equipment down, turning, welding, and milling.
• Help service engineers on site to install pipework, lifts, and air compressors.
• Repair all types of workshop garage equipment.
• Comply with industry health, safety, and environmental working practices and regulations.
• Locate and rectify faults on plant and equipment.
• Communicate with and provide information to stakeholders.
• Read, understand, and interpret technical specifications and supporting documentation.
• Prepare work areas and reinstate them after work.
• Inspect and maintain appropriate plant and equipment.
• Assess and test the performance and condition of plant and equipment.
• Communicate and confirm that engineering processes have been completed to specification.
• Position, assemble, install, and dismantle electrical plant and equipment (e.g., motors, switchgear, cables).
• Carry out planned, unplanned, and preventative maintenance on electrical plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair, or remove components in electrical plant and equipment.
• Position, assemble, install, and dismantle mechanical plant and equipment (e.g., pumps, valves, gearboxes, pipework).
• Carry out planned, unplanned, and preventative maintenance on mechanical plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair, or remove components in mechanical plant and equipment.
• Position, assemble, install, and dismantle plant and equipment including instrumentation and control of temperature, pressure, and flow systems.
• Carry out planned, unplanned, and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair, or remove components in plant and equipment.
• Calibrate and configure instrument and control systems.
• Install, assemble, and dismantle wind turbine plant and equipment (e.g., pitch systems, yaw systems, switchgear, control systems).
• Carry out planned, unplanned, and preventative maintenance on wind turbine plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair, or remove components in wind turbine plant and equipment.
• Position, assemble, install, and dismantle integrated electrical apparatus, systems, and process control equipment.
• Carry out planned, unplanned, and preventative maintenance on integrated plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair, and/or remove components within integrated plant and equipment.
• Calibrate and configure integrated electrical apparatus, systems, and process control equipment.
• Position, assemble, install, and dismantle integrated electromechanical power and control systems.
• Replace, repair, or remove components within integrated plant and equipment.
• Safely and efficiently carry out routine and non-routine operating procedures on plant and equipment.
• Monitor and control the operation and performance of plant and equipment.
• Handover and accept responsibility for plant and equipment.
• Evaluate and solve complex problems within energy conversion plant and systems.
• Respond rapidly and correctly to contingencies and abnormal conditions.