V03277 - Advanced Apprentice Maintenance Technician

As a Maintenance Technician Apprentice you operate in a modern manufacturing environment and be involved in fault finding and repair, planned maintenance and operating the mechanical equipment used to manufacture our products.  Other maintenance support roles arise within the function, such as planning, logistics and safety to manage the products through their expected service life.

Specific activities could include:

Fault finding on energised systems - including extra low voltage electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics and power presses.

Programmable Logic Control (PLC) programming support to maintain production processes.

Planned maintenance on mechanical and control production equipment such as extra low voltage electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics and power presses.

Knowing, understanding and carrying out the basic operations of a machine to operate the machine safely and manage risk, set the machine, repair the machine, using common fault-finding techniques.

Knowing, understanding and carrying out the correct use of gauges measuring equipment and recording Statistical Process Control (SPC) data for quality purposes.

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.

Training Outcome:
Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business there are a world of opportunities – whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role.

Employer Description:
At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

Working Hours :
Shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Communication skills,Organisation skills,Team working