Service/Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician apprenticeship

Summary

Getinge Ltd have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to kickstart their career in Engineering and join their team as a Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician. They are a global medical device manufacturer supplying equipment to the NHS and medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory companies.

Annual wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm. You will be required to work away from home on some occasions.
42 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 15 October
Duration: 3 Years
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

This role will be based at both Manchester Royal Infirmary and Chorley
Daily duties to include;
- Routine reactive breakdowns of our range of washer disinfectors, AERs and autoclaves
- Weekly water sampling of the AERs at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and Trafford General hospitals.
- Assisting the site-based engineer at the MRI managing the service contract we have in place there.
- Overseeing quarterly and annual testing of all our infection control equipment. This involves temperature mapping of the standard machine cycles, cleaning efficacy test to prove the machines are cleaning properly and the generation of machine faults to show the machines fail as they should.
- Using the IT packages to then produce weekly, quarterly, and annual test reports which are sent to our customer as validation documents.
- Attending our Derby HQ for training courses, team meetings and induction.
- Full range of electro/mechanical skills will be developed and learnt.
- All tools and equipment will be provided by the company

Where you’ll work

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

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

HOPWOOD HALL COLLEGE

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

Apprentices will attend our Derby HQ for training courses, team meetings and their induction.

They will attend Hopwood Hall College in Middleton one day a week for their day release.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C or above)
Maths (grade 4/C or above)
Science (grade 4/C or above)

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
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

Applicant must have a full UK driving license. Full DBS clearance will be required for this role. Please not that this vacancy may close sooner due to a high number of applications.

About this company

Getinge is a global medical technology company. They provide equipment and systems within healthcare and life sciences.

https://www.getinge.com/uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

All tools and equipment will be provided by the company as well as a company vehicle.

After this apprenticeship

Upon completion of apprenticeship will progress to Infection Control Service Engineer
Full range of electro/mechanical skills will be developed and learnt

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