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Mechanical Engineering Apprentice – Pennine Aggregates Limited
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Start your mechanical engineering career with a growing, Derbyshire-based aggregates and powders manufacturer. Working alongside experienced engineers, you'll gain the skills to maintain, repair and improve industrial machinery. This 42-month apprenticeship combines on-the-job training with a Level 3 qualification.
Requirements
- GCSE in: English (grade 4), Maths (grade 4)
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Physical fitness
- Ability to work safely on an active industrial site
- Comfortable working at height
Responsibilities
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance tasks under the supervision of a senior engineer
- Assisting with the fitting and fabrication of mechanical components and assemblies
- Supporting fault finding and diagnosis on mechanical plant and equipment
- Contributing to root cause analysis following plant breakdowns or failures
- Completing maintenance records and job documentation accurately
- Supporting reactive breakdown repairs to restore plant operations safely and promptly
- Working safely in compliance with Pennine's health and safety standards at all times
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions
- Planning component or assembly tasks – materials, tools and equipment
- Preparing work area for component or assembly tasks; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment
- Carrying out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly (e.g., using micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter)
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external)
- Completing component or assembly documentation (e.g., job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation)
- Reporting work outcomes or issues
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; recycling, re-using where appropriate
- Operating within limits of responsibility
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable
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- Competitive wage offered
- On-site parking
- Structured mentoring and professional development
- Opportunity to progress to a permanent engineering role on successful completion
- Opportunity for further professional development and career progression
Application Process
- Closes in 12 days (Saturday 18 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
About Pennine Aggregates
Pennine Aggregates is a Derbyshire-based manufacturer and supplier of aggregates and powders products, serving customers across a range of industries. With a strong track record of growth and a commitment to quality, we are investing in our people and our facilities to build a sustainable, high-performing business. Our maintenance team plays a central role in keeping our plants running reliably, and we are now building a formal apprenticeship scheme to bring on the next generation of engineers.
http://www.pennineaggregates.co.uk
Contact
PENNINE AGGREGATES LTD Matt O'Nyons M.ONyons@pennineaggregates.co.uk 07817685414 The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038066.
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