DCS Group - Level 3 Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

Would you like the opportunity to work with some of the world?s largest brands?

DCS Group provides our customers with an innovative and unrivalled supply of market leading branded products, by being the trusted supply chain partner and manufacturer of FMCG brands.

We have expanded over 26 years to fulfil more of our customers' needs and now comprises of several business divisions. We are consumer insight and data-led in everything we do, and pride ourselves on taking the time to intimately understand our customers.

Our Sales & Distribution division are experts in UK retail, wholesale and specialist routes to market. Working in tandem with our Co-Packing division to provide consumer and customer relevant packaging solutions. Our Export division distributes market leading British FMCG brands internationally. In addition, our Manufacturing division proudly makes Health & Beauty products here in Britain at our 100,000 square foot factory.

Main Job Purpose:
Create, manage and sustain a best in class spare parts management system.
To ensure operational readiness and reliability of all production and mixing equipment ensuring the expected efficiency, quality and cost is always achieved.

Key Tasks you will be trained to do will be to:
Identify via the planned preventative management system required parts and ensure appropriate stock is in place including appropriate spare parts for repairs/failure.
Track parts usage so that we maintain a lean spare part inventory.
Identify critical spare parts and ensure we have in place.
Manage all parts in line with budget or escalate conflict between requirements and budget.
Transition parts stock from spreadsheet/excel to scanned/web browser system using current site systems or licenses.
Carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance of production and mixing equipment to ensure they are running to the expected production rates, quality and cost.
Ensuring that equipment is well maintained and available for production activities in line with set objectives and operational safety.
Fault finding equipment operational problems affecting production, finding appropriate solutions.
Escalating any risks and issues in a timely manner.
Ensuring the health, safety, cleanliness and security of the work environment. For example, ensuring the working areas are kept to the expected cleanliness standards during and after work, storing tools and equipment in a safe manner and the correct place, ensuring correct Personal Protective Equipment is always used.
Proposing continuous improvement initiatives in order to optimise safety conditions, quality and production costs.
Ensuring relevant records of the maintenance activities carried out and planned are appropriately and accurately maintained.
Any other tasks as maybe required from time to time in line with competency levels.


In exchange for your hard work you will earn:

Year 1 - ?180 per week (?9,360 per annum)
Year 2 - ?220 per week (?11,440 per annum)
Year 3 - ?280 per week (?14,560 per annum)
Year 4 - ?360 per week (?18,720 per annum)

You will spend year 1 at Make UK's training facility, completing all of your hands on skills before returning to the DCS group factory in Redditch to begin your journey as a maintenance technician