Food & Drink Engineering Maintenance Apprentice

Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a world class organisation on world class equipment, with some of the best loved soft drinks available. Excellent training delivered by the training provider and with top quality teams.

Annual wage

£23,510 a year

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Local bonus scheme, annual salary review, pension and all other colleague benefits

Training course

Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)

Hours

Year 1 is fulltime at NWTC Training provider in Liverpool, before joining your local site in Sidcup to continue the blended part of your learning. Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm (early finish on Fri) On site - Monday - Friday 9.00am-5.00pm

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 18 August

Duration

3 Years 6 Months

Positions available

3

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

First six month is fulltime residential in Liverpool at college with the provider to work on equipment in a safe environment
Year two onward local site to build knowledge and skills on the CCEP equipment that is used to produce our products
Report to engineering breakdowns
Working with OEMs and local site teams to understand equipment types

Where you’ll work

Cray Road Sidcup Kent

Sidcup

Kent

DA14 5DF

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

NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

Your training course

Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Read and interpret task related information and data. For example, work instructions, SOPs, quality control documentation, Service Level Agreements, specifications, engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information, work instructions, and operation manuals.

Plan work. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks.

Identify hazards and control measures to mitigate risks.

Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.

Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.

Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.

Select, check the condition, and safely use maintenance tools and equipment. Store tools and equipment. Complete or arrange maintenance of tools and equipment including calibration where required.

Follow standard operating procedures and quality procedures.

Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout) and re-instatement of equipment with system checks and handover.

Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, grease and lubricate parts, replace, fit components, and calibrate equipment.

Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques including use of electrical testing equipment and instruments. For example, panel risk assessment, fixed wire installation testing, fault finding, thermographic surveys, and checking protection settings.

Apply reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures. For example, condition monitoring, oil sampling, thermography, vibration analysis, and ultrasound.

Install and configure instrumentation or process control systems.

Install and configure electrical systems. For example, add distribution boards to circuits, single and three phase motors (AC and DC).

Assemble, position and fix equipment or components. Complete commissioning checks.

Disconnect and remove equipment or components. Complete storage measures to prevent deterioration.

Read and interpret equipment performance data.

Fabricate, drill, and join to produce basic parts, spares or components to measurement and tolerance specification.

Apply down-hand (flat) TIG welding techniques: butt and tee.

Apply mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems.

Produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information. For example, for new component parts or change in circuit diagram or panel.

Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques for example, using PLC data to diagnose issues and locate faults on industrial network.

Apply continuous improvement techniques to understand current performance; collect and record data. Devise suggestions for improvement.

Restore the work area on completion of activity.

Resolve or escalate issues.

Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR. Comply with cyber security.

Record work activity. For example, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records, and any business or legal reporting requirements.

Communicate verbal and written. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders. Use engineering terminology where appropriate.

Produce reports for example, equipment performance reports.

Provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.

Your training plan

Upon successful completion of the programme, you will achieve a Level 3 Apprenticeship, in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer
NWTC Training provider based in Liverpool for first six months on residential
Year 2 - 4 block release back to Liverpool

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (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

Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Resilience

Other requirements

First six months of the apprenticeship is fulltime based in Liverpool, living in residential accommodation funded by CCEP

About this company

CCEP is the world's largest soft drinks manufacturer, with over 33,300 employees across 29 countries. With GB we have 5 manufacturing and distribution sites and 3 offices

https://www.ccep.jobs/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Technician Role
Senior Technician with the opprotunity to move onto an Engineering degree apprenticeship

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