Engineering Apprentice

Summary

A 4-year Engineering Technician apprenticeship, followed by a final year to complete your Level 4 HTQ qualification, totalling 5 years. You will take part in fantastic training courses and team building events, whilst tackling real challenges and taking on real responsibility.

Annual wage

£20,000 a year

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Yearly salary increase upon successful completion of each year.

Training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 7.00am - 3.00pm Shifts will commence from year 2 or year 3

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

5 years

Positions available

4

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

With strong mentorship and coaching from our experienced Technical Associates you will be:

Learning how to maintain our plant
Learning how to diagnose complex mechanical and electrical faults
Learning how to repair our equipment
Applying all relevant Mars quality and safety systems to ensure the safety of people and products is maintained
Working across various areas in our factory including Mechanical, Electrical and Utilities

Where you’ll work

Mill Street

Melton Mowbray

LE13 1BB

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

LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

Training will take place at Loughborough College
Days and times will be confirmed nearer to the start date

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
Maths (grade Grade C/4 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
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Interest in engineering
Desire to learn

About this company

Our Mars Petcare division has more than 100,000 Petcare Associates spending their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives through our nutrition, health and services businesses. This includes famous nutrition brands like PEDIGREE® and WHISKAS®. At Mars Petcare, we believe that pets make the world a better place. We work towards our Purpose: A Better World for Pets.

https://www.mars.com/en-gb/our-brands/petcare (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Annual bonus Healthcare option Many other company benefits

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the Engineering Apprenticeship you will have demonstrated leadership, and the ability to take ownership and accountability for equipment, carry out complex fault diagnosis and repairs and provide technical coaching to others

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