Maintenance, Operations Engineering (Electrical Pathway) Apprenticeship at University of Greenwich
**During the first year of the apprenticeship, you will be studying at college and will be paid for this. After the first year, you will transition to working full-time and attend college one day a week.**
Duties will include:
To assist the Faculty Laboratories and Technical Support team for all activities relating to electronic engineering.
To ensure services are aligned with the University’s strategies and the changing demands of the users and technological and service developments.
To assist support technicians with producing teaching, demonstration, and research equipment. Operate complex technical equipment. Ensure equipment is maintained, serviced and repaired. Diagnose and rectify faults.
Ensure current and future consumable needs are maintained to meet demand.
To follow and maintain processes for the planning, production, integration and deployment of teaching and research materials for modern electronics education.
To work within service level agreements and KPls as promoted by the Faculty Technical Support Management structure.
To ensure service users' queries are dealt with in an appropriate, effective, and timely fashion and that all support requests are correctly and accurately recorded.
To prepare practical electronic kits and supply.
To develop new electronic kits in-house.
To manufacture specific electronic teaching equipment.
To troubleshoot the faulty electronic equipment in the lab.
Housekeeping of electronic component stores.
To maintain and prepare the Power lab.
To design PCB’s using CAD.
Manufacturing of PCB using mechanical CNC routing.
Ad hoc support requirements including general housekeeping, storage of equipment and lab management.
To establish and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues within the University at all levels and with external organisations and individuals.
To use judgment and initiative to resolve common and infrequent problems that may arise.
To identify the priorities that the service must support, particularly with regard to the student experience.
Act as a member of the University security incident response group on behalf of the Faculty of Engineering and Science.
Training:
The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Electrical Pathway Apprenticeship standard qualification.
Training Outcome:
Possible full-time employment for the right candidate
Employer Description:
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
Working Hours :
Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Key interest in Engineering,Reliable,Willing to learn