Apprentice Mechanical Technician

Our 3 Year Apprenticeship Programme will see you develop both technically and personally, with the majority of your first year spent at SETA training centre in Southampton completing some of the following training:
• Foundational knowledge units including General Safety and Statutory Requirements
• Specialist Mechanical training including:
o Bench Fitting
o General Fabrication and Welding
o Fluid Power 1 Day a week will be dedicated to the delivery of a BTEC Level 3 in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Once you’re equipped with your foundation knowledge, you’ll join us on-site for Year 2 and 3 where you’ll work alongside our teams and start gaining valuable hands-on experience and training to further your understanding and start applying what you’ve learnt. You’ll be assigned a mentor, who will oversee your development and training, offering valuable insights into career paths at Perenco.

Some of your activities on-site might look like the below:

Plan and execute scheduled preventive and breakdown maintenance activities on the following: Rotating Equipment, including pumps, gas turbines, centrifugal compressors, gearbox and their associated sealing and lube oil systems Hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Piping systems, including PSVs, valves, filters and associated equipment  Carry out all activities to company standards and procedures Raise relevant permits within the agreed time period Report relevant maintenance data for reliability analysis Participate in failure investigations and identify reliability issues Generate new work requests to highlight plant and equipment faults

Training:

Our Apprentices will undertake a Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician, Level 3 (A level). This will include a full-time period of practical workshop based ‘off-the-job’ training at SETA in Southampton.

You will also begin a technical certificate (depending on your prior attainments) where you will be required to attend SETA one day a week over two academic years. After your initial training at SETA, you will be working towards your End Point Assessment.

 

Training Outcome:

By the end of the apprentice programme, you’ll have developed your technical abilities as a qualified engineer, built your networks, and be on your way with further study with a varied career path ahead of you. We believe training Apprentices is investing in the future of our business and we hope our Apprentices will want to stay with us and build a successful career. We’re a wide business with both Onshore and Offshore assets across the UK and encourage our people to explore all opportunities, so be bold and join us today!

Employer Description:
Perenco is a leading international independent hydrocarbon producer with operations globally across 15 countries. At Perenco we believe in sustainability. We recycle, we modernise and we redevelop in both mature and marginal oil and gas production, this means making the most of what already exists. We take on projects that others have left behind, doing better and producing longer. That was the vision of our founder Hubert Perrodo. Production is key and we believe the Oil and Gas industry plays a pivotal role in reaching Net Zero targets and energy transition. Perenco have committed to a climate strategy which focuses on decarbonising our production process, developing our sustainability offering and contributing to local energy transition in the countries where we operate. We offer apprenticeship across 3 of our onshore sites: Wytch Farm, Dorset. Bacton, Norfolk. Dimlington, Humberside. Wytch Farm is Europe's largest known onshore oilfield and is situated in one of the most environmentally sensitive areas of the UK. It's operations are on the southern shores of Poole Harbour, Furzey Island, Wareham and at Kimmeridge Bay. Wytch Farm also has a significant processing facility in Wareham currently producing 13,000 boepd.

Working Hours :
Initially apprentices will work Monday- Friday 37.5 hours a week. Once competent & allocated to a team they will move to shift working 4 days a week on alternating patterns, Monday–Thursday: 6:45am- 5:15pm Followed by: Tuesday–Friday: 6:45am–5:15pm

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Number skills,Team working,Initiative,Drive and determination