Technician Advanced Apprenticeship (Level 3) - Three Bridges

Siemens; Crawley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens in Crawley, United Kingdom, invites applications for a Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship. The programme runs for 36 months with in-person day release, delivering an apprenticeship standard and a permanent role on successful completion.

You will train through hands-on work, mentorship, and a Business Impact Project, aligning to a real rail depot environment and major maintenance depots across the region.

Qualifications

• GCSEs grade 4 (C) or above including Maths and English Language.

Responsibilities

• Always turning up keen to learn and apply yourself.
• Perform routine maintenance and inspections.
• Diagnose and rectify complex faults.
• Work safely and efficiently within a dynamic rail depot environment.
• Collaborate with experts to ensure operational excellence.

Skills

GCSEs (Maths & English)

Job description

The Role

Imagine contributing to projects that help move millions of people every day?

Embark on your journey with us, combining hands‑on experience with structured development. Through technical training, apprenticeship development days and mentoring, you’ll built your skills working on meaningful projects. You’ll collaborate with other apprentices across the business, present your achievements and deliver a Business Impact Project by proposing a change to a business process. You’ll be aligned to a role in the business from day one, giving you clear focus for your development throughout the programme and a permanent role to move into upon successful completion of your apprenticeship.

As an Apprentice, you will be working towards the achievement of an apprenticeship standard, with defined knowledge, skills and behaviour criteria that will be developed throughout your programme with us and your training provider.

With major maintenance depots at Three Bridges and Hornsey, plus an extensive outstation network spanning Bedford to Brighton and Cambridge to Littlehampton, you’ll experience the scale and complexity of fleet maintenance first‑hand.

No two days are the same. It’s a fast‑paced, demanding environment full of opportunity, where you’ll gain exposure to real operational challenges, work with experienced teams and develop the skills needed to become a future leader within the rail industry.

As an Apprentice, you will be working towards the achievement of an apprenticeship standard, with defined knowledge, skills and behaviour criteria that will be developed throughout your programme with us and your training provider.

This role will align to apprenticeship Level 3, Rail Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard.

The anticipated delivery model is in person day release, with an estimated apprenticeship duration of 36months. The expected provider for this programme is NTAR

You‘ll make a difference by:

• Always turning up keen to learn and apply yourself.
• Being motivated to always perform at your best in a variety of scenarios.
• Being willing to apply the knowledge you have gained through your education and experience to challenging situations to get the best outcome for the project and customer.
• Performing routine maintenance and inspections.
• Diagnosing and rectifying complex faults.
• Working safely and efficiently within a dynamic rail depot environment.
• Collaborating with experts to ensure operational excellence.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

We are seeking innovative and inquisitive candidates that demonstrate the following;

• You will have achieved or be on track to achieve at least 5 GCSE's grade 4 (C) or above including Maths and English Language.

You must NOT have completed the following in order to to apply to this role

• Level 3 Engineering Diploma (BTEC)
• Level 3 AME (Advanced Manufacturing Engineering)
• Level 2 PEO (Performing Engineering Operations)

We are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

• Logical thinking, willing to self-learn and research, and take a creative approach to problem solving
• Ability to work independently, safely and responsibly; take ownership of challenges and ideas and are looking to develop your ability to drive and lead change
• Enjoy collaborating with others to find innovative solutions

Transform The Everyday with us

We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and transform the every day with us!

We are a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applications from all individuals, including those with disabilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter, who will be happy to support you.

Applicants to all Early Careers roles must have the legal, unrestricted right to work in the UK and must not require employer sponsorship now or in the future. We cannot consider applicants on Student, Graduate or other visas that would require sponsorship in the future to continue employment. Thank you for your understanding and interest in joining our team.