Field Engineer Apprentice - Radiology Team North East England Territory
BAYER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Newcastle and Surrounding (NE47SA)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 9 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 April 2025
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Summary
A condensed 27 month apprenticeship offering you the chance to gain hands on experience, develop excellent interpersonal skills & give you the opportunity to gain experience in the field service function. Contributing from day one with the support of your team, you will be given all the training and support you need to succeed.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 09.00 -17.00.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 3 months
- Positions available
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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
- The position will require the engineer to attend hospital Radiology departments with trained engineers to carry out maintenance, repair and installation of Bayer medical equipment
- Initial responsibilities of this role will be to attain experience of field service activities, and to gain an understanding of working within the NHS and private sector healthcare environments
- Gain an understanding of the NHS healthcare system, private sector healthcare system, and how the two models differ
- Develop an understanding of the specifics of the field service role through close monitoring and working with a supervising engineer
- Assist qualified engineers with the planning/scheduling and performing of on-site service support as required, including, but not limited to, preventative maintenance, breakdown repair and installations
- Keep accurate records of all work carried out through the correct usage of the Radiology service tool
- Accurate record keeping of service stock and calibration tools
- Adhere to all department and company processes and compliance requirements, including the completion of regular online training courses
- Ensure the highest professional standards are met when attending appointments and site visits
Where you’ll work
Covering North East England Territory
Newcastle and Surrounding
NE47SA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NCG
Your training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Your training plan
- You will work towards a Level 3 Maintenance & Operations Engineering Technician
- Newcatle College
- 20% a week or 1 day a week towards your studies nessesary
All apprentices will be required to achieve as a minimum:
- An employer-approved Level 2 Foundation Competence qualification
- An employer-approved Level 3 Development Competence qualification
- An employer-approved Level 3 Development Technical Knowledge qualification
- Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking end point assessment
More training information
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/maintenance-and-operations-engineering-technician-v1-0
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade min grade 4)
- Maths (grade min grade 4)
NVQ or SVQ Level 2 or equivalent in:
- Engineering discipline (grade Pass)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Ideal candidate would be located in Newcastle or surrounding area and able to cover Northeast England territory MANDATORY pre-requisite equivalent to a Level 2 engineering discipline MANDATORY valid passport and 1-year full clean driving licence
About this company
Bayer is a Life Science company with a more than 150-year history and over 100,000 employees worldwide with core competencies in the areas of healthcare and agriculture. With our innovative products, we are contributing to finding solutions to some of the major challenges of our time. As an innovation company, we set trends in research-intensive areas. Our products and services are designed to benefit people and improve the quality of life, whilst creating value through innovation, growth.
http://www.bayer.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Outstanding apprentices are those who respond well to feedback, build good relationships with colleagues and ultimately make a lasting impression
- Additional qualifications and internal roles can be investigated as part of your next steps following the successful completion of this apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BAYER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Fay Harper
fay.harper@bayer.com
01635 566383
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000301104.
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Closes in 14 days (Friday 9 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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