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Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship – Level 4

Start Date : Flexible, contact our team for more information
Location : Wellington Campus

COURSE FEATURES

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Technical Leadership – Providing engineering support, expertise, and leadership in maintenance operations

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Health & Safety – Understanding regulations, risk assessments, and safe systems of work

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Problem-Solving & Fault Diagnosis – Identify, analyse, and resolve complex engineering issues

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Professional Development – Enhance communication, teamwork, and leadership skills

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In this role, you will offer engineering support, technical leadership and expertise. It could include support for installation, refit, overhaul, alteration, upgrading, design and maintenance, testing of systems or machinery, or helping in the delivery of complex and critical asset management programmes. You will provide customer liaison, leadership, support and expertise to maintenance teams on technical issues.

Define and implement safety control measures appropriate to each maintenance activity informing the relevant people. Collate, interpret and analyse all technical information. Plan maintenance activities to guide the maintenance team. Lead or undertake maintenance, modifications, repairs, upgrades, alterations and additions to systems, plant and equipment. Provide technical and team leadership, where appropriate, to complete maintenance activities.  Carry out inspection activities on equipment. Inform teams of any significant maintenance and engineering technical issues as they occur. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders ensuring that engineering and maintenance operations meet agreed timescales. Deal with problems that occur within the activity using a structured and controlled approach. Generate documentation on completion of maintenance work to provide a complete record of the activity. Review engineering and maintenance procedures identifying potential improvements to processes, materials, resources or planning.
Most apprentices will remain employed at their current employer; maintenance engineer, mechanical engineer, higher education studies
A minimum of GCSEs at grades 4 – 9 (GCSE C or above)
English and Maths
Be able to work more than 30 hours per week
To sit an assessment for English and maths
An interview with the Apprenticeship Team
In workplace assessments
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