Engineering Technician Apprenticeship
BERRYWORLD LIMITED
Gravesend (DA11 8HH)
Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
Posted on 10 April 2025
Contents
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an apprentice to become a qualified Mechatronics Maintenance Technician. Mechatronics is where mechanical engineering meets electrical engineering. It’s about fixing the machines that we need to make our quality products. Our training programme will give you an in depth understanding of Mechatronics.
- Wage
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£25,400 a year
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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40 hours per week aligned with assigned shift pattern.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
Your duties will include:
- Day or block release at IPS International
- Working with PW engineering mentors to develop basic skills and PW machine and equipment appreciation
- Breakdown maintenance
- Maintaining repairable spares
- Reliability best practices
- Planned Preventative Maintenance – intrusive and non-intrusive
- Condition monitoring
- Criticality assessments
- Developing Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules
Appreciation of the Maintenance Planners role:
- Work planning
- Stores spares management
- Parts ordering
Appreciation of the Project Manager’s role:
- Project planning from scope of supply to FAT, installation and commissioning
Where you’ll work
Unit K
Springhead Enterprise Park, Springhead Road, Northfleet
Gravesend
DA11 8HH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
IPS INTERNATIONAL 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
Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- This is a 4 year apprenticeship
- Year 1 will be spent at IPS International, Medway City Estate, Rochester, Kent ME2 4DU. Year 2 will be in the workplace with day release at IPS and Years 3 & 4 will be full-time in the workplace
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English, Maths and Science (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
- Willing to learn
- Can do attitude
- Interest in Engineering
Other requirements
Enrolment onto your apprenticeship programme is subject to prior attainment checks, and your Personal Learning Record will be reviewed upon successful appointment. We are also obligated to follow the guidelines around eligibility, set out by the government apprenticeship funding rules. NB: Please include minimum qualifications (GCSE Maths and English grades) in your apprenticeship application. Tailor your application to the vacancy, dedicating 1-2 paragraphs for each question to demonstrate interest in the role and the company. **If you are unsuccessful, you will be automatically added to our Talentpool list where future vacancies will be sent to you. If you would like to opt out of this mailing list please select unsubscribe in the email.**
About this company
We specialise in delivering convenient, seasonal fresh fruit packs to market, including difficult to procure and process fruits, such as berries, pomegranates, coconut, mango and banana. We put our customers at the centre of all our decisions and by listening to our customers, we are able to grow the prepared fruit category as a whole. We do this through best in class market insights, we are able to bring new products and mixes to retailer shelves, which we know our customers truly appreciate. We provide the following Benefits: Medicash (allowances to cover costs such as dental and optical bills, physiotherapy, alternative therapies, and even consultancy charges, available for employees and their families. A taxable benefit) Wagestream (track your earnings and instantly access up to 50% of your money as you earn it, without waiting for payday) Internal Learning and Development programme including Management essential skills Free, on site parking with electric charge points Staff events On site staff restaurant serving heavily subsidised hot and cold food Fruit pots on Wednesdays Modern offices and facilities A supportive team 33 days holiday p/a including bank holidays (equivalent for 5 days per week) Standard pension contributions (5% from employee, 3% from employer)
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be a qualified multiskilled engineer with the potential to progress to Senior technician and Shift Engineering Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
IPS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Mandy Rai
mandyrai@ips-international.com
01634298808
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312972.
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Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
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