Electrical Maintenance Apprentice: Learn & Diagnose Faults

Chiltern Recruitment; Princes Risborough; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Chiltern Recruitment is assisting a client in Princes Risborough to recruit a Trainee/Apprentice Engineer to support maintenance of production machinery and site facilities. This is suitable for someone studying electrical topics or recent graduates seeking an entry-level electrical position.

You will work with a lead engineer, perform planned maintenance, diagnose faults and attend workshops and training sessions as required.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained engineering background required.
• Experience with planned preventive maintenance.
• Ability to read electrical and mechanical drawings.
• Logical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with inverter, servo and DC drives.
• Power and control circuits knowledge from 415V to 24VDC.
• Facilities management experience within a continuous improvement environment.
• Self-motivated with attention to detail.
• Flexible to undertake workshops and training.

Responsibilities

• Assist with maintenance and repair of production machinery alongside the lead engineer.
• Complete scheduled preventive maintenance tasks and inspections.
• Service production machinery and associated equipment.
• Record maintenance procedures in logs and reports up to date.
• Monitor machinery to identify failures, safety risks or quality issues.
• Diagnose faults and carry out remedial work where possible.
• Provide handover notes with issue, cause and solution when work incomplete.
• Develop preventive maintenance tasks using manuals and fault histories.
• Complete corrective actions to restore output, quality and waste standards.
• Carry out risk assessments and ensure safe working practices.

Skills

Fault finding

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Apprentice-trained engineering background

Job description

Chiltern Recruitment is assisting a client in Princes Risborough to recruit a Trainee/Apprentice Engineer to support maintenance of production machinery and site facilities. This is suitable for someone studying electrical topics or recent graduates seeking an entry-level electrical position.

You will work with a lead engineer, perform planned maintenance, diagnose faults and attend workshops and training sessions as required.