Engineering Technician Apprentice - Mechatronics

Biffa; Hartlepool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Biffa's Mechatronics Apprenticeship as an Engineering Technician Apprentice. This 4-year program combines hands-on experience with formal training, leading to a Level 3 qualification. You'll work on maintenance tasks ensuring health and safety compliance while gaining valuable skills in electrical and mechanical systems.

Benefits

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Life cover

Qualifications

• Strong interest in maintenance, desire to become a multi-skilled technician.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventive and reactive maintenance on plant and equipment.
• Develop and implement planned preventative maintenance to minimize downtime.

Skills

Maintenance

Electrical

Mechanical

Education

GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above in Maths and English

Job description

Engineering Technician Apprentice - Mechatronics

Engineering Technician Apprentice - Mechatronics

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Begin your journey to becoming an engineering technician with Biffa's Mechatronics Apprenticeship.

Our award nominated and IET accredited Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship, is a 4 year programme where you will learn a wide range of skills in electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems disciplines.

During year 1, you will spend term-time at Sunderland Engineering Training Association (SETA), combined with short periods of time embedding your new skills on site. Subsequent years will primarily be spent on our Teesside site, but college attendance will still be required.

Your starting salary of £25,792 will increase each year of your apprenticeship, depending on your progress through the scheme.

On successful completion, you will gain a formal and recognised Level 3 qualification. Graduates will also have the necessary experience and qualifications to obtain EngTech status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

A quick look at the role.

The role holder will efficiently carry out preventive and reactive maintenance, examination of and fault finding on plant and equipment and servicing activities on a hazardous waste site, ensuring health & safety and environmental compliance and contributing to continuous improvement in operations and plant and equipment availability.

The Biffa division you'll be supporting.

Within Resources & Energy we focus on the treatment, recycling and disposal of waste. It provides a number of treatment services for those materials that can be recovered and landfill disposal for those that are not suitable for recycling or energy recover.

Your Core Responsibilities.

• Provide high operational availability, and an efficient breakdown repair service. Diagnosis running faults and ensuring effective repairs and improvements are conducted within minimum time scale
• Carry out installation work to the required standards
• Ensure productivity and availability exceeds minimum defined standards, whilst driving best practice and continuous improvement in cost control and operations
• Develop and implement a programme of planned preventative maintenance and inspection to minimise downtime, provide records of recurrent faulting and develop engineered solutions to these issues
• Carry out minor maintenance operations to plant and equipment
• To liaise with external contractors on specific repairs/maintenance work
• Keep abreast of changes to health & safety and environmental legislation and Company policies to ensure defined standards and best practice are implemented
• Ensure compliance with all Company policies, processes and procedures
• Review maintenance activities, implementing necessary corrective actions as required
• To carry out any other such reasonable job related tasks as the Company may require
  
  
  

Requirements

Our essential requirements.

• GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above (or the equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Due to funding rules, you must NOT already have a qualification in a similar subject at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship
• Strong interest in maintenance, with the desire to become a multi-skilled electrical/mechanical technician
  
  
  

Benefits

And here's why you'll love it at Biffa.

• Ongoing career development, training and coaching - because if you don't grow, we don't grow
• Generous pension scheme
• Retail and leisure discounts
• Holiday and travel discounts
• Life cover
  
  
  

Changing The Way The People Think About Waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we're turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It's a view that's shared by our 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that's always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you'll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.

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