Instrumentation, Control & Automation Technician Apprentice

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Harrogate, HG4 4BQ

Closes in 28 days (Friday 7 March)

Posted on 6 February 2025

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Summary

Yorkshire Water offer a comprehensive apprenticeship programme enabling our apprentices to develop their competence to the best of their ability. Our programme includes dedicated mentorship from experts in the field, employability skills sessions, social events along with a dedicated team of Apprenticeship experts monitoring programmes.

Wage
£24,309 a year

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A company incentive bonus is paid on top of the salary

Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
A typical working day includes you starting from home at 8am and travelling to your first location. A typical finishing time is 4pm, 37 hours per week travelling around your allocated area. Monday to Friday.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 8 September

Duration

4 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

As our Instrumentation, Control & Automation Technician Apprentice you will work to develop competence in: 

  • Excellent standards of performance in Health, Safety and Environmental management
  • Carry out safe isolation to the current IET regulations
  • Carry out fault finding techniques on control circuits up to the PLC (Programmable logic controller)
  • Produce maintenance reports
  • Program PLCs (Programmable logic controller), including Schneider, Allen Bradley & Mitsubishi equipment
  • Maintain, calibrate and certify analytical instrumentation
  • Fault finding and repair of Safety instrument Loops
  • Work in accordance with Yorkshire Water Task Lists, Safe Working Procedures and safe systems of work

Where you’ll work

Thornton Steward Water Treatment Works

Moor Lane

Harrogate

HG4 4BQ

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

APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

  • The qualification is delivered by Appris on a day release basis for the first 2 years of the 4 year apprenticeship
  • The remainder of the 2 years are focused around building your competence and portfolio of evidence

More training information

  • Appris are a specialist Engineering college on Sticker Lane in Bradford and a weekly travel to Bradford is required 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4)
  • Mathematics (grade C/4)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Science or Engineering (grade C/4/pass)

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
  • IT skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Physical fitness
  • Driving licence

Other requirements

This role requires you to work outside in all weathers, it also requires you to travel across the Yorkshire region. As part of your enrolment onto your college course you will be expected to pass a colour blind assessment.

About this company

Our Funded Learning team work closely with teams across the business to offer as many quality opportunities as possible to support the building of knowledge, skills and behaviours for our learners to use in the workplace. Each apprentice will benefit from a support network including former apprentices who have been on similar journeys and a central support team who will make sure your training provider delivers a quality programme. Complemented by employability workshops, experiential team building sessions and social activities, our apprentice remain strong as a cohort throughout their career at Yorkshire Water.

https://www.yorkshirewater.com/careers/early-careers-and-work-experience/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Attractive pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus an extra wellness day! Life assurance cover Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

After this apprenticeship

  • The role comes with a career progression plan with links to pay increases
  • Progression can include expanding technical expertise or leadership roles across the company

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Lucy Parr

lucy.parr@yorkshirewater.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299255.

Apply now

Closes in 28 days (Friday 7 March)

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Company’s application instructions

Applicants need to upload a C.V. and covering letter. Successful candidates will then need to be available to attend an assessment centre between 24th Match and 3rd April.