Wielands Metals - Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineering Apprentice
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Company: Wieland Metals Birmingham Ltd
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Location: Aston, B6 5SA
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary:
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Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
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Ref: VAC-00098
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Application Deadline Date: 20/08/2019
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Start Date: 09/09/2019
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Mon to Fri - 8am to 4.30pm (37.5 hours)
Brief Description
You will be highly trained to work in the world of manufacturing, the initial training will be broad based leading to a first appointment as an electrical maintenance engineer.
Qualifications Required
Essential ? 5 GCSEs at 9 ? 4 / A* - C (5 or above preferred), must include maths, English language, and ideally Science, or equivalent related qualification.
Personal Qualities
- Enthusiasm for industry
- Thirst for knowledge
Skills Required
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to demonstrate a clear interest to work in the manufacturing sector
Training to be Provided
? Engineering Basic Skills training ? off the job full time at Make UK in Aston, Birmingham
? NVQ Level 3 in Engineering
? A Technical Certificate (BTEC Diploma Level 3 in Engineering)
? In house training in line with your requirements.
Future Prospects
After your apprenticeship, you will progress according to ability
Vacancy Detail
Wieland Metals is a leading supplier of copper alloy strip, combining state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and practices with over 160 years of experience and heritage. Our Company has progressed from a small, family run business at its inception in 1852 to becoming the UK's largest and most up-to-date manufacturer of precision strip, with a prestigious worldwide customer base.
You will be highly trained to work in the world of manufacturing, the initial training will be broad based leading to a first appointment as a multi skilled maintenance engineer with a bias towards electrical.
Any successful applicant would be expected to utilise and enhance their classroom based education by working alongside and supporting fully qualified maintenance engineers on a variety of breakdowns and preventative maintenance. From heavy duty foundry and rolling mill installations to office block and environmental plant modernisation plans, the range of on site work will be challenging, interesting and rewarding.
As an Maintenance Apprentice, you will be:
- Supporting the Engineers with the maintenance of the plant and equipment within the factory in case of machine breakdown or failure. Once faults are identified, you will support the repair process and as your skills grow, you will end your apprenticeship leading this process. Your main focus will be electrical and electronic faults, however you will get training to cover a multitude of issues that can occur to become a multi-skilled maintenance technician.
- Undertaking preventative maintenance tasks to a schedule to ensure that the plant machinery will continue to operate at optimal level
- You will input information into a planned maintenance system, and you will support the collection and analysis of production data, so computer skills will be necessary