Macdermid Performance Solutions- Level 3- Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
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Company: Macdermid Performance Solutions UK LTD
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Location: Birmingham, B11 2PN
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Between £327.00 and £380.00 per week
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Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
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Ref: VAC-00640
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Application Deadline Date: 30/09/2024
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Start Date: 28/10/2024
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Year 1: Mon-Thurs 8am-4.30pm Fri 8am-12.30pm
Brief Description
As a maintenance technician apprentice, you will learn and apply a wide variety of skills including electrical and mechanical maintenance of industrial equipment in a chemical manufacturing setting with many opportunities to develop and improve your skills.
Must be 18+ for the role
Qualifications Required
3 GCSEs at 9 – 4 / A* - C (5 or above preferred), must include maths, English language, and ideally Science, or equivalent related qualification.
Personal Qualities
The applicant should be a good communicator and show good attention to detail.
They must be reliable with a drive to learn and progress their skills.
They need to be an active team player but also be able to organise themselves and work independently within the scope of their approved competencies.
A healthy respect for safety is essential with a sense of responsibility to keep themselves and others safe at all times.
Skills Required
- Proactive approach to working
- Always seeking to improve themselves and the environment they work in.
- Self-starter
Training to be Provided
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with us, which are fully paid for, including:
● Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence) – off the job full time at Make UK in Aston, Birmingham in year 1
● Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence)
● Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
● In house training in line with your requirements.
Future Prospects
Become a qualified Maintenance Engineer / Technician.
You will become multi skilled in many areas with a set of transferable skills.
Vacancy Detail
Learn to provide maintenance support for Macdermid Birmingham’s chemical manufacturing operations and sites facilities. This will include, assisting the maintenance technician with their day-to-day upkeep of the plant and facilities and adding to the proactive approach of the maintenance.
• Learn from and assist the site’s maintenance technician in executing the site’s inspection and preventative maintenance programme.
• Learn to and assist in providing first line response to equipment failures and maintenance work requests on electrical, pneumatic and mechanical systems.
• Learn to and assisting with routing maintenance tasks including dismantling pumps, repairing pipework, finding and rectifying electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic faults
• Ensure full and accurate records of work are retained and easily retrievable.
• Contribute to ongoing plant and building improvements and ensure plant and building maintenance is complete to a high standard
• Ensure all work is done to a high standard and is conducted safely, complying with legislation and following the company’s procedures.
• Assisting with project work including installation of new plant and equipment.
Other Information
You will be working in a maintenance department that has established a highly proactive approach to maintenance work. You will be working on or around a vast variety of different chemicals and applications and will need to put health and safety to the fore front of your daily tasks. As an upper tier COMAH site, HSQE is critical to our operations, and you will need to always follow all safety procedures, and complete reporting on our CMMS system accurately.
You will also complete training at Macdermid including the following
- IPAF licence
- FLT Licences
- Chemical Awareness
- Steam Boiler Operator Training
- Pump Technical Training
- 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations
- As well as an intensive in house competency and training programme
Benefits
- Contributory pension
- Bupa health care
- Annual bonus
- Annual salary increases
- Paid overtime
- Earn while you learn
- Work for a one of the leading global chemical manufacturing companies
Must be 18+ for the role