Apprentice Electrical Technician

PERENCO UK LIMITED

Bacton, NR12 0JF

Closes in 27 days (Friday 21 March)

Posted on 13 February 2025


Summary

Perenco UK is a leading operator where we encourage our engineers to innovate and put operations at the heart of our business. We believe in equipping our people with the best skills which is why we’ve partnered with Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) to offer a 3 Year Apprenticeship programme to aspiring engineers.

Wage
£15,500 a year

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Benefits package including Private Medical Cover, Flexible Benefits, Pension, Discretionary Bonus, and generous holiday allowance

Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Initially apprentices will work Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed. Once they are competent and have been allocated to a team they will move to shift working which is 7 days on, 7 days off, 12 hour shifts.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 26 August

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

Our 3 Year Apprenticeship Programme will see you develop both technically and personally, with the majority of your first year spent at HETA training centre in Hull completing some of the following training:

  • Foundational knowledge units including Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Science and Net Zero Sustainability  

Specialist Electrical training including:

  • Electrical Wiring & Maintenance
  • Programmable Logic Control
  • Fluid Power
  • 1 Day a week will be dedicated to the delivery of a BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Engineering

Accommodation will be provided for Year 1 whilst at college, this will be in facilitated living alongside your peers.

Once you’re equipped with your foundation knowledge, you’ll join us on-site for Year 2 and 3 where you’ll work alongside our teams and start gaining valuable hands-on experience and training to further your understanding and start applying what you’ve learnt.

You’ll be assigned a mentor, who will oversee your development and training, offering valuable insights into career paths at Perenco.

Some of your activities on-site might look like the below:

  • Carry out maintenance on all Electrical equipment to the relevant Preventative Maintenance Routines (PMR’s) in Maximo
  • Carry out EX maintenance on all EX Electrical equipment
  • Complete work orders clearly to a high standard, including as much relevant information as possible.  Raise any necessary follow ups in Maximo, including as much relevant information as possible
  • Complete any required P forms for adding or removing maintenance to equipment
  • Raise any necessary Work Control Certificates (WCC’s) for non-routine tasks, including level 2 WCC’s
  • Raise any necessary Isolation Control Certificates (ICC’s) for both electrical tasks and tasks for other trades that require an isolation
  • Produce switching procedures for any High Voltage (HV) switching
  • Carry out switching including isolations and de-isolations of low and high voltage electrical equipment
  • Take part in planning and executing any work associated with the annual slowdowns / shutdown

Where you’ll work

Natural Gas Terminal

Paston Road

Bacton

NR12 0JF

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

HUMBERSIDE ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

  • Our Apprentices will undertake a Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician, Level 3 (A level)
  • This will include a full-time period of practical workshop based ‘off-the-job’ training at HETA in Hull
  • You will also begin a technical certificate (depending on your prior attainments) where you will be required to attend HETA one day a week over two academic years
  • After your initial training at HETA, you will be working towards your End Point Assessment.
  • At Perenco, we want to empower our people to the best of their abilities, so we also sponsor our apprentices to begin a Level 4 HNC specific to their trade in Year 3 following completion of the BTEC to satisfactory level

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths, English & Science (grade 5s 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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Drive & Determination

Other requirements

Our Apprentices will be based at Bacton Gas Terminal following completion of college in Year 1, Perenco will provide accommodation for the first year at college in Hull. Apprentices will require a driving licence.

About this company

Perenco is a leading international independent hydrocarbon producer with operations globally across 15 countries. At Perenco we believe in sustainability. We recycle, we modernise and we redevelop in both mature and marginal oil and gas production, this means making the most of what already exists. We take on projects that others have left behind, doing better and producing longer. That was the vision of our founder Hubert Perrodo. Production is key and we believe the Oil and Gas industry plays a pivotal role in reaching Net Zero targets and energy transition. Perenco have committed to a climate strategy which focuses on decarbonising our production process, developing our sustainability offering and contributing to local energy transition in the countries where we operate. We offer apprenticeship across 3 of our onshore sites: Wytch Farm, Dorset. Bacton, Norfolk. Dimlington, Humberside.

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

Company benefits

Health & Wellbeing many physical and mental health related benefits and a Sports & Social Club offering access to discounted events and activities.

After this apprenticeship

  • By the end of the apprentice programme, you’ll have developed your technical abilities as a qualified engineer, built your networks, and be on your way with further study with a varied career path ahead of you
  • We believe training Apprentices is investing in the future of our business and we hope our Apprentices will want to stay with us and build a successful career
  • We’re a wide business with both Onshore and Offshore assets across the UK and encourage our people to explore all opportunities, so be bold and join us today

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HUMBERSIDE ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

recruitment@heta.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000302759.

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Closes in 27 days (Friday 21 March)

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