Maintenance Engineer Apprentice
SALOP DESIGN & ENGINEERING LTD
SHREWSBURY (SY1 3LB)
Closes in 2 days (Thursday 1 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 March 2025
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Summary
As a Maintenance Apprentice, you will be trained in the essential skills needed to ensure our manufacturing equipment operates efficiently. Working alongside experienced maintenance engineers, you will gain hands-on experience in diagnosing faults, repairing breakdowns, and implementing preventative maintenance strategies.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 a year
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday- Thursday between 7:45am-4:30pm.
Friday 7:45am-12:30pm.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the maintenance and repair of production machinery, including presses, CNC machines, and automated equipment.
- Learn to diagnose mechanical and electrical faults and carry out effective repairs.
- Support planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules to reduce downtime.
- Work with a variety of tools and equipment, including hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
- Assist in installing, upgrading, and modifying machinery to improve production efficiency.
- Read and interpret technical drawings and manuals.
- Follow health and safety procedures to maintain a safe working environment.
- Work towards achieving a recognised engineering qualification.
Where you’ll work
BRIXTON WAY
SHREWSBURY
SY1 3LB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Your training course
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
Your training plan
This is a 4 year Level 3 Mechatronics qualification.
You will be required to attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services in Telford, TF3 3AJ, through a part-time pathway to undertake a variety of engineering training and theory work.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English & maths (grade 4/C and 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
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Willingness to learn
Other requirements
What We Are Looking For: A strong interest in engineering and machinery. A hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn. Good teamwork and communication skills. Basic understanding of mechanical and electrical principles (desirable). GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths, English, and Science at grade 4/C or above.
About this company
SDE Technology is a company comprised of three operating divisions: LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING, SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES, and SALOP HAULAGE. SDE Technology is one of the largest manufacturers of pressings and assemblies in the UK. Based on the outskirts of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, our modern, purpose-built factory is within easy access to the motorway network. We are a team of highly skilled engineers and light weighting design specialists, led by Richard Homden, son of the founder, who are passionate about adopting cutting edge technology to solve complex engineering problems associated with the manufacture of components, welding and assembly.
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there will be a full-time position available and further specific training if required.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Keira Stead
keiras@in-comm.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000308848.
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Closes in 2 days (Thursday 1 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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