Engineering Maintenance Apprentice - HEATSENSE CABLES LIMITED

Summary

You will support the day-to-day running of the company ensuring that machinery is working and production isn’t affected. You will be trained to undertake installation, testing, servicing, removal, replacement, maintenance and repair of a range of equipment, sometimes complex, as part of planned preventative and reactive maintenance programmes.

Annual wage

£15,704 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£7.55 PH We will review the candidate after this period and review hourly rate.

Training course: Maintenance and operations engineering technician

Hours: · Mon to Thurs - 8.30 am to 5.00 pm (½ dinner, unpaid) · Friday - 7.30 am to 4.00 pm
40 hours a week

Possible start date: 16 Apr 2025

Duration: 36 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

Preventative & Reactive Maintenance
Scheduled Maintenance
Mechanical fault finding
Electrical fault finding
Creating a maintenance plan for the organisation’s equipment
Establishing maintenance policies and procedures
Ensuring that Maintenance Technicians carry out planned maintenance
Conducting frequent quality checks on equipment to ensure no maintenance is required
Completing emergency maintenance when equipment breaks down
Managing the budget for the maintenance of equipment (advanced training after passing qualification)
Keeping a record of preventive and emergency maintenance carried out
Ensuring the organisation complies with safety regulations while maintenance takes place
Cleaning of machines, factory, outside factory, painting and other daily tasks will be asked to be carried out, these are none negotiable
You will work closely with the (Pete Howarth) Continuous improvements Manager who reports to the Operations Director (Matt Ashton). Weekly reviews will take place with Pete and the candidate, and this will be passed onto the Ops Director for review.

Any other duties required

Where you’ll work

Unit 3, Trans Pennine Trading Estate, Gorrells Way, Rochdale, OL11 2PX

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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

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician

Equal to Level 3 (A level)

Course contents

Your training plan

Training will take place both on-site at HeatSense and weekly day release at the Rochdale Training.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE Maths and English (Grade Grade 4/C or above) essential

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
Organisation skills
Team working
Trustworthiness
Reliability
Punctuality
Experience is desirable

Other requirements

This role will involve you standing on your feet daily and will be very practical.

About this company

Heatsense Cables Limited Team based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The core business of Heatsense Cables is the manufacture and supply of specialist high performance cables that operate in extreme environments. The company offers a full technical, design support and bespoke manufacturing service. Markets include Automotive, Aerospace, Nuclear, Medical, Industrial, R & D, and Oil & Gas.