Engineering and Facilities Apprentice

Introduction

Support purchasing and stores systems, ensuring parts are available, correctly identified and stored. Assist with maintaining buildings and site services, supporting planned maintenance and compliance. Gain experience in contractor management by helping specify work, monitor activities and support maintenance projects.

About the Employer

Sustainable packaging solutions
We innovate, design and manufacture for sustainable solutions that our customers use to package and protect products in daily situations around the globe such as food packaging. And we understand our obligation and responsibility to champion a circular economy where plastics are a source of valuable raw material, especially in the food packaging industry.

What You'll Do

As an Engineering and Facilities Apprentice, you will work alongside experienced engineers and facilities professionals to support the maintenance and operation of site equipment, buildings and services.

Your day-to-day duties will include assisting with planned maintenance activities, supporting repairs and fault finding, maintaining stock and stores records, ordering and receiving spare parts, and ensuring materials are stored correctly.

You will help monitor the condition of site facilities, support compliance with health and safety requirements, and assist with contractor activities on site. The role will provide opportunities to learn about maintenance planning, asset management, purchasing systems, and engineering best practices within a manufacturing environment.

In addition, you will:

• Help ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental procedures
• Assist with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities
• Help maintain engineering stores and stock control systems
• Assist with the ordering, receipt and storage of parts and materials
• Support facilities maintenance and site improvement projects
• Assist with contractor supervision and permit-to-work processes
• Maintain accurate maintenance and purchasing records
• Participate in training and development activities as part of the apprenticeship programme
• Work collaboratively with engineering, production and support teams

Training Outcome

Opportunity to become a permanent member of staff in the Engineering Stores & Facilities department.

Skills Required

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills

Qualifications

• Desired - GCSE - English - 4
• Desired - GCSE - Maths - 4

Course Information

Course: Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Transport and logistics

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday (Times to be confirmed).

Expected Duration: 2 Years 6 Months

Training Provider: HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP