Find an apprenticeship
Maintenance Engineer Apprentice
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Maintenance Engineer Apprentice
LIMBS & THINGS LIMITED
Bristol (BS2 0RA)
Closes in 12 days (Saturday 17 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 October 2026
Wage £23,000 a year
Training course Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
Hours 37.5 hours/week. Monday - Friday. Core hours are 9.30am - 3.00pm.
Start date Monday 26 October 2026
Duration 4 years
Positions available 1
Summary
Start your engineering career with a hands-on apprenticeship at Limbs & Things. You will learn how to maintain, repair and improve production equipment while working alongside experienced engineers. Gain recognised training, practical skills and valuable experience supporting products used by healthcare professionals worldwide.
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience. What you'll do at work
During your apprenticeship, you will combine formal training with practical, supervised experience in our Engineering and Operations teams. As your knowledge and confidence develop, your responsibilities will gradually increase. An average day or week could include:
- Assisting with planned maintenance and repairs to production machinery
- Helping to identify equipment faults and their root causes
- Updating maintenance and service records
- Supporting the installation and removal of machinery
- Helping to manage spare parts and maintenance supplies
- Assisting with engineering projects and general site maintenance
- Following health and safety, COSHH and company procedures at all times
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
Training course Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
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 amend 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.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
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. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
- Remove and replace electrical parts.
- Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
- Set up and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
- Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
- Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
- 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 deisolation.
- 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. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
- Remove and replace electrical parts.
- Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
- Set up, align, and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
- Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
- Conduct functional testing.
- Check condition and operation of mechanical aspects of plant and equipment. For example, pumps.
- Remove and replace mechanical parts.
- Examine mechanical parts for defects. For example, pump seals.
- Set up, align, and adjust mechanical aspects of plant.
- Lubricate mechanical assemblies.
- Apply bench fitting techniques.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Training schedule
Training and Qualification Level. What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
Engineering Maintenance Technician - Dual Discipline
Engineering maintenance technicians work in a range of industries that use plant - machinery, apparatus and fixtures - and equipment. This includes energy, leisure entertainment, manufacturing, processing, and utilities companies. The working environments vary across the industries
City of Bristol College (Advanced Engineering Centre) Day Release
Requirements
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in: English and Maths (grade 4+)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Over the past 30 years, L & T has become a global player in the medical simulation education market. It has ambitious plans for further growth in the next 5 years across the globe, through investment and new product development.
Multi award-winning and still privately owned, the £25M business has grown from a tabletop start-up, to a multinational business with its head office and manufacturing in Bristol, along with sales offices in the USA, Australia and Sweden.
The vision of the business remains as it always has: to design and manufacture medical task trainers which through deliberate clinical practice help improve patient outcomes.
People are at the heart of L & T, they comprise the expertise, contribute to and deliver the vision, in this fascinating and growing market sector.
Take a look at what we are all about. https://limbsandthings.com/
Company benefits
- 25 days of holidays + bank holidays.
- Guaranteed Christmas off every year.
- Early finish on Friday (2.00pm) if you make up the hours during the week.
- Up to 5% Employer Pension Contribution + NI rebate.
- Cycle to work Scheme.
- Cash Plan.
- Free online GP service.
- Our Wellbeing App that’ll give vouchers and retail discounts (Amazon, Apple Store, M & S, Tesco, etc).
- Casual dress code in the office.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Full time employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000057021.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Saturday 17 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Sign in or create an account
Support links
- Get help (opens in new tab)
- Give us feedback (opens in new tab)
Lower footer links
- Accessibility
- Cookies
- Privacy
- Terms and conditions
© Crown copyright
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location