Maintenance Engineering Apprentice

Type: Apprentice
Location: ALTON (GU34 2QA)

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Our role as maintenance engineers on site is to ensure that the machinery and facilities are kept in good working order by efficiently responding to breakdowns using appropriate fault-finding techniques and completing the planned maintenance schedule within appropriate time frames.

The role also entails working on projects to help improve the business as a whole and bring new ideas and innovation to the company. This will often involve liaising with colleagues at various levels within the company to better understand what improvements can be made. It is our job to ensure that our consumables and spare parts stock remains at an acceptable level and kept in a tidy and organised state. We are responsible for maintaining good practices and food compliance standards, including management of chemicals, hygiene, food safety etc.

Once fully trained, your key responsibilities would be

• Responding to breakdowns
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance
• Carrying out electrical and mechanical work
• Maintaining the factory site, including fixed wiring, plumbing, offices, canteen, pallet racking, freezer doors, fire doors, manual handling equipment etc.
• Assisting with project work
• Liaising with management and production staff to plan work
• Keeping stock up to date and ordering parts when necessary
• Adhering to all health and safety, food safety, and other relevant policies and procedures

Where you’ll work

CAKER STREAM ROAD
ALTON
GU34 2QA

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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Your training plan

• Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician
  Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
• Training will take place one day a week at Basingstoke College, then the rest of the time in the workplace at Pinnacle Foods

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4 (C))
• Maths (grade 4 (C))

BTEC in:

Engineering (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can
adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

Other requirements

Driving license is desirable to access work premises
Availability for earlier starts and possible Saturday work is desirable

About this company

Pinnacle Foods was formed in 2007 following the merger of Wilsons Frosted Meats and Pinnacle Meats Ltd. Both companies had excellent track records in their own specialist field within the meat and poultry industry. The joining of the two companies brought together a wealth of knowledge and expertise from both sides.

https://www.pinnaclefoods.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

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