Apprentice Electrical Technician

Our 3 Year Apprenticeship Programme will see you develop both technically and personally, with the majority of your first year spent at HETA training centre in Hull completing some of the following training:

Foundational knowledge units including Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Science and Net Zero Sustainability   Specialist Electrical training including: Electrical Wiring & Maintenance Programmable Logic Control Fluid Power 1 Day a week will be dedicated to the delivery of a BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in 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:

Carry out maintenance on all Electrical equipment to the relevant Preventative Maintenance Routines (PMR’s) in Maximo Carry out EX maintenance on all EX Electrical equipment Complete work orders clearly to a high standard, including as much relevant information as possible.  Raise any necessary follow-ups in Maximo, including as much relevant information as possible Complete any required P forms for adding or removing maintenance to equipment Raise any necessary Work Control Certificates (WCC’s) for non-routine tasks, including level 2 WCC’s Raise any necessary Isolation Control Certificates (ICC’s) for both electrical tasks and tasks for other trades that require an isolation Produce switching procedures for any High Voltage (HV) switching Carry out switching including isolations and de-isolations of low and high-voltage electrical equipment Take part in planning and executing any work associated with the annual slowdowns/shutdown

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 HETA in Hull.

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

Working Hours :
Initially apprentices will work Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week when they join site. Once they are competent and have been allocated to a team they will move to shift working which is 7 days on, 7 days off, 12 hour shifts.

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