Macdermid Performance Solutions- Level 3- Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

Summary

As a maintenance technician apprentice, you will learn and apply a wide variety of skills including electrical and mechanical maintenance of industrial equipment in a chemical manufacturing setting with many opportunities to develop and improve your skills.

Annual wage

£17,000 a year

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You will start your apprenticeship on a salary between £17K- 19K, dependent on age, and you will receive annual pay increases to reflect your increase and knowledge and experience.

Training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Hours

Year 1: Monday- Thursday 8am- 4.30pm, Friday 8am- 12.30pm Years 1+: Days and shifts to be confirmed

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 4 November

Duration

3 Years 6 Months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Learn to provide maintenance support for Macdermid Birmingham’s chemical manufacturing operations and sites facilities
This will include, assisting the maintenance technician with their day-to-day upkeep of the plant and facilities and adding to the proactive approach of the maintenance
Learn from and assist the site’s maintenance technician in executing the site’s inspection and preventative maintenance programme
Learn to and assist in providing first line response to equipment failures and maintenance work requests on electrical, pneumatic and mechanical systems
Learn to and assisting with routing maintenance tasks including dismantling pumps, repairing pipework, finding and rectifying electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic faults
Ensure full and accurate records of work are retained and easily retrievable
Contribute to ongoing plant and building improvements and ensure plant and building maintenance is complete to a high standard
Ensure all work is done to a high standard and is conducted safely, complying with legislation and following the company’s procedures
Assisting with project work including installation of new plant and equipment

Where you’ll work

198 Golden Hillock Road

Birmingham

B11 2PN

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

EEF LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

Your training will take place over 4 years
In year 1 you will spend around 7 months at our training partner, Make UK's facility in four-week blocks, learning hands on practical skills, before returning to the company for 2 weeks
In years 2 & 3 you will attend Make UK on day release to study for and complete your classroom learning BTEC Level 3 Engineering
In years 3 & 4 you will study towards your development competence (NVQ) working with Make UK's assessors who will work with you to ensure you get on the job training
To complete your apprenticeship, you will undergo your End Point Assessment (EPA)

More training information

Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with us, which are fully paid for, including: 

Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)– off the job full time at Make UK in Aston, Birmingham in year 1
Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence)– Technical Support
Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
In house training in line with your requirements

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English Language (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Science (or other relevant subject) (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

You will be working in a maintenance department that has established a highly proactive approach to maintenance work. You will be working on or around a vast variety of different chemicals and applications and will need to put health and safety to the fore front of your daily tasks. As an upper tier COMAH site, HSQE is critical to our operations, and you will need to always follow all safety procedures, and complete reporting on our CMMS system accurately. You will also complete training at Macdermid including the following - IPAF licence - FLT Licences - Chemical Awareness - Steam Boiler Operator Training - Pump Technical Training - 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - As well as an intensive in house competency and training programme

About this company

MacDermid is a business unit of Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI). Element Solutions Inc is a leading speciality chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the products people use every day, even if they don’t realise it. We create new standards in the development of innovative surface preparation and finishing technologies, for the most critical metal finishing applications. We have sites in 30 different countries across the world. Our Birmingham site is an upper tier COMAH plant, so Health and Safety is our main priority.

https://macdermidenthone.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Following the completion of your apprenticeship you will become a qualified Maintenance Engineer / Technician able to seek full time employment or further education onto higher level apprenticeships
You will become multi skilled in many areas with a set of transferable skills

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EEF LIMITED

Make UK Recruitment Team

asrecruitment@makeuk.org

01213447900

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000274657.

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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 17 October)

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