Maintenance Apprentice

We are recruiting for a Maintenance apprentice and welcome applications from individuals with a strong interest in understanding how things work and ideally some experience in design, assembly, or repair at a hobbyist level. The successful candidate will join our maintenance team and undertake a L3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician

• Gaining a full working knowledge in all aspects of maintenance, including learning to diagnose faults leading to repair as well as maintaining facilities process equipment
• Assisting and supporting with planned and reactive maintenance, as well as consult with internal stakeholders and subcontractors
• Complying with statutory, quality and organisational and health and safety regulations whilst carrying out manufacturing techniques
• Ensuring that plant and equipment perform to the required standard to facilitate production targets regarding Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost within a high value manufacturing environment
• Working on a broad range of activities including installation, testing, fault finding and the on-going planned maintenance of complex equipment
• Using and interpret a range of engineering data sources and supporting documentation
• Using lean techniques to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Where appropriate, supporting installation, testing and commissioning of a wide range of equipment
• Conducting complex fault diagnosis and repair on high technology engineered systems
• Maintaining mechanical/electrical equipment
• Minimising machinery downtime by conducting preventative planned maintenance
• Confirming testing and subsequent smooth hand over of equipment and plant
• Reading mechanical/electrical schematics
• Using basic hand tools

• The training will take place at The Sheffield College's Olive Grove Training Centre, 1 day per week