Maintenance Engineer Apprentice
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Company: Bird Bros Ltd
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Location: Swineshead, MK44 2SU
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £290.00 per week
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Sector: Engineering
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Ref: VAC-12347
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Application Deadline Date: 22/08/2021
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Start Date: 13/09/2021
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Mon - Fri 07:30 - 16:30 (regular overtime available at enhanced rate).
Brief Description
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a progressive and well-invested family company specialising in egg production and packing.
Qualifications Required
It is desirable that apprentices hold GCSEs in maths, English and Science at grade 9 - 4 (A*-C) or above.
Personal Qualities
• Strong interest in solving technical problems.
• Our business has a strong continuous improvement culture - you should be willing to be part of this.
• Have a flexible attitude to changing workflows.
Skills Required
• Be a self-starter and self-motivated.
• Willing to work as part of a team or on your own.
• Positive and can-do attitude.
• Good communication skills
• Comfortable with working under pressure at times.
Training to be Provided
Level 2 Diploma in Engineering Operations (competence)
Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Technologies
Future Prospects
To become a qualified maintenance engineer with specialist knowledge within their field. A key member of the team and able to contribute to the department.
Vacancy Detail
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a progressive and well-invested family company specialising in egg production and packing. This role will include day-to-day planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to manufacturers programme and reactive maintenance of equipment used to pack high volumes of produce including egg packing machinery, pick & place robots, and other production equipment.
Fantastic opportunity for an electrically biased apprentice maintenance engineer to join a well-established family company specialising in egg production and packing in a state-of-the-art factory.
On offer is an Engineering Fitter (electrical fitter) Advanced Apprenticeship, Level 3 in engineering maintenance (mechanical and electrical/electronic, electrical bias) in a food production environment. This role will include day-to-day activities of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) to manufacturers schedules and reactive maintenance of egg packing machinery (including robotics) which falls under the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) method of production.
Duties include:
• Carry out preventative, reactive and reliability related maintenance tasks.
• Adopting a continuous improvement mentality.
• Use of Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for logging work.
• Employing initiative and decision making for the benefit of safe production.
• Assisting in the installation and commissioning of new machinery.
• Actively promote our Health & Safety culture.
What Bird Bros have to offer:
• Salary - £290 per week with regular overtime available at an enhanced rate.
• 29 days holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays.
• Free eggs each week.
• Auto-enrolment company pension scheme.
• Onsite parking.
• External training opportunities.