Apprentice Maintenance Technician

As an Instrumentation or Mechanical Technician you will spend your first year at a specialist training facility with our training provider Westinghouse Springfields Fuels. You will learn basic engineering and craft skills, giving you a great foundation to progress.

You will then join us on site in year two, based within our training team where you will undertake more formal in-house training for the next three years with our Engineering teams.

Here are a few examples of what our Instrumentation and Mechanical Technicians do:

Have a pro-active approach to safety, considering own safety and that of colleagues and visitors Ensuring compliance with all site, local rules and procedures Escalating any safety concerns that cant be resolved when found Carry out scheduled Preventative Maintenance routines inline with documented procedures to reduce potential for unplanned breakdowns of equipment Carry out Corrective Maintenance on equipment if it fails, minimising the impact on production where possible Have a pro-active approach to all works, planning and preparing for all preventative or corrective tasks to ensure, safety and quality standards are met Carry out or support root cause analysis of unplanned outages / fault diagnosis on equipment and identify and implement actions to prevent a reoccurrence where practical

Training:

This Apprenticeship will give you an industry recognised qualification via a Level 3 in Maintenance and Operations Engineering (MOET), with many of our apprentice going on to additional study. Alongside this you will complete additional qualifications up to Level 4 standard.

This duration of this Apprenticeship Programme is 48 months and if successful, you will join our 2025 Apprenticeship Intake in September.

Training Outcome:
Working within our engineering team

Employer Description:
Victrex is an innovative world leader in high performance materials, serving a diverse range of markets. Every day, millions of people rely on products or applications which contain our polymers, from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to oil & gas platforms and medical devices.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday Working hours TBC

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Logical,Team working