Apprentice Engineer

Summary

Exciting opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic Apprentice Engineer to join our small and friendly team. Working across all makes of machinery from disc cutters to heavy plant and all agricultural machinery both out on site and in our dedicated workshop facilities.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Land-based service engineer (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 7.00am-5.00pm + overtime at 1.5 hourly rate. Saturday mornings if required 7.00am to 12.00pm overtime 2 x 15 min breaks and 30 min for lunch.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 3 February
Duration: 1 year 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

The role is for an apprentice engineer to join our small and friendly team
Working alongside our qualified engineers, learning all aspects of engineering from electrical fault finding, hydraulics, engine rebuilds or all makes of agricultural machinery and construction equipment
You will be required to support the engineers both on site and in our dedicated workshop facilities
You must be a good team player
Able to work on own initiative
Have own tools or willing to start building up
Responsible for keeping the workshop areas and service vans clean, tidy and well stocked
Assist with stock take
Ability to communicate with customers effectively

Where you’ll work

Glengariff Tenpenny Hill

Thorrington

CO7 8JG

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

SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE

Your training course

Land-based service engineer (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
Complete organisational documentation and reports.
Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
Carry out land-based machinery inspections.
Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
Complete organisational documentation and reports.
Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
Carry out land-based machinery inspections.

Your training plan

Land-based Engineering Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
English and maths (if required)

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths (grade 4)
English (grade 4)

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

Team Player
Proactive
Good Communication

Other requirements

Salary negotiable dependant upon experience. Based both indoors and outdoor regardless of the weather, happy and capable of driving a 3.5t service van, sometimes long distances 100-150 miles, therefore a drivers license is essential. Shortlisting and interviews will take place throughout the duration of the vacancy advert. This may mean that the vacancy could close before the published cut-off date should suitable candidates be found.

About this company

We are a family run engineering company - servicing both the agricultural and construction industries. Our work is predominately reactive to breakdown requirements on-site for our customers. Anything from fuel problems, hydraulics, welding etc We complete some customer vehicle repairs in out workshops and also engine rebuild and machine refurbs.

After this apprenticeship

To be confirmed by employer

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