Facility Technician Apprentice

Summary

Our Facility Technicians provide site facilities and building maintenance support that enables safe and efficient operations of the plant and its infrastructure. Tasks will include Facility electrical and mechanical preventative maintenance as well as dynamic repair tasks. Building and infrastructure site maintenance

Wage

£18,165 a year

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Year one starting salary is £18,165 rising to £27,424 in year 4. Salary paid monthly, annual salary increase subject to an annual performance review. Any agreed overtime will be paid at the relevant rate.

Training course

Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 7.00am - 3.00pm. One day per week at Hartlepool College (day to be confirmed). May require overtime or unsociable hours at times.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 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

Facilities Technician will carryout fault finding activities and undertake timely repair of equipment
Prepare technical reports to analyse breakdown cause and recommend counter-measures
Support specialist service providers and statutory inspection protocols.
Work with Electrical power instillations
Building fabrication maintenance and services
Maintenance of site access systems such as vehicle barriers, pedestrian gates and turnstiles
Trained in mechanical handling equiment such as FLT, P60 and MEWP
Undertake planned preventative maintenance activities on site infrastructure & systems

Where you’ll work

1 Skerne Road

Aycliffe Business Park

Newton Aycliffe

County Durham

DL5 6EP

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

HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
Comply with current company policies and procedures.
Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
Produce a risk assessment.
Produce a method statement.
Plan work activities.
Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
Minimise delays to planned work.
Amend and replan work activities.
Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
Isolate building service engineering systems.
Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
Replace components.
Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
Handover completed maintenance activities.
Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
Provide internal feedback.
Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
Repair components.
Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
Comply with current company policies and procedures.
Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
Produce a risk assessment.
Produce a method statement.
Plan work activities.
Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
Minimise delays to planned work.
Amend and replan work activities.
Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
Isolate building service engineering systems.
Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
Replace components.
Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
Handover completed maintenance activities.
Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
Provide internal feedback.
Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
Repair components.

Your training plan

Our Apprenticeship Programme lasts 48 months and you will spend day release at Hartlepool College learning the role basics
This will be supported while working on site developing your competencies within the experienced facilities team
The programme leads to a Level 3 Building Services Engineering apprenticeship standard qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English Language (grade 5 or above)
mathematics (grade 5 or above)
other (grade 5 or above)
science (grade 5 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
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

We are looking for people who are looking for a long term career so we expect a proactive attitude to learning and a desire from you to progress your own development. You have to complete an application form which is then assessed and based on the information you provide you may then be invited to an assessment day.

About this company

Gestamp Tallent Limited are a world class motor vehicle chassis, body in white developer and manufacturer. Supplying sub-frames plus other components to some of the worlds largest and premium brand motor vehicle manufacturers.

http://www.gestamp.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Once qualified, many Apprentices receive sponsorship from the Company to study for degrees and other higher qualifications, which can enable them to develop their careers into a more senior role within the business

Many of the successful applicants that have joined the company on the apprentice scheme have worked their way up through the ranks to some of the most senior positions within the company and due to this apprentices are held in very high regard within the company.

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