Maintenance Engineer Apprentice
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Company: AIR BEARINGS LTD
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Location: Dorset, BH21 7HZ
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000038208
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Application Deadline Date: 19/07/2026
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Start Date: 07/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Thursday 5.30am to 3.30pm with a 30 minute lunch break (we operate a standard 4 day working week)
Brief Description
We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer Apprentice to support our facilities team. You will work under the guidance of our experienced Engineers, enabling you to provide both proactive and reactive support to the routine and preventative maintenance requirements for machinery, buildings and equipment.
Training to be Provided
One day a week at college (BH14 0LS) and in house training to include health and safety training- depending on the individual this may include external training such as first aid, mental health first aid, fork lift, etc. but this is not guaranteed.
Future Prospects
Progression to Full Time employment.
Vacancy Detail
- Respond immediately to urgent machine / equipment breakdowns
- Maintain and service machinery / plant / equipment from programmed schedules
- Troubleshoot and rectify faults in a wide variety of situations
- Execute other property / facilities / maintenance duties as required including and not restricted to lighting, heating & ventilation and plumbing services
- Provide support for new installations and/ or new processes
- Maintain a record for each machine and/ or equipment to produce an accurate machine service history
- Control and maintain stock levels of necessary machine spares and consumable items
- Ensure a proactive and collaborative approach with the shop floor is built and maintained to ensure required tasks/issues are effectively communicated and a ‘solutions-focused’ approach is taken
- Take a forward thinking and proactive approach to diagnosing and rectifying problems
- Work effectively with other members of the facilities team to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner with minimal disruption to operations where feasible
- Support and liaise with external contractors and service engineers when required
Other Information
Means of transport an advantage as we have 2 sites- this role will be primarily based at our Ferndown site but travel to our Holton Heath site will be required on occasion. We start work at 5.30am and so means to get into work on time is essential
You will be required to apply to Bournemouth & Poole College and attend an academic interview.