Apprentice Maintenance and Reliability Technician
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Company: CARGILL PLC
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Location: York, YO31 8BA
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £16,640.00 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000037911
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Application Deadline Date: 14/08/2026
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Start Date: 01/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, 6.00am to 2.00pm to start. Shift patterns will apply from year 2: 6.00am to 2.00pm or 2.00pm to 10.00pm.
Brief Description
We are seeking a dependable, efficient, driven and safety-minded individual wishing to start a career in reliability and maintenance. You will work as part of an engaged and diverse team, learning the engineering skills to successfully maintain the reliable operation of plant equipment.
Training to be Provided
You will attend York College on a day release basis (one day per week during college term time) and the remainder of your training will take place in the workplace.
Future Prospects
Depending on the knowledge skills and behaviours of the apprentice upon completion, there will be a possibility of a pipeline for an ongoing technician role within Cargill, there may also be potential for progression to higher/further education.
Vacancy Detail
Apprentices in Cargill learn via ‘classroom’ sessions and ‘on the job’, whilst earning a competitive wage, which progresses throughout the course of the programme as skills are learnt, and milestones met.
You will study in parallel with your job, training and development.
In addition to the Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship standard, your daily tasks will include:
- Receive training in safe and effective plant operations.
- Learn to identify and resolve problems using continuous improvement tools.
- Learn how to carry out service and repairs on plant equipment in a safe, timely and efficient manner.
- Develop your skills by using a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) to identify and manage work activities.
- Contribute to improvements in site standards by providing your valued feedback.
- In the final year of your apprenticeship, you will also expand your knowledge to include all aspects of your previous learning through showing your expertise in completion of a project.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
- To be responsible and organised person.
- To have good communication skills with a social approach to work.
- Self-motivation to manage your studies alongside your on-the-job training.
- A strong sense of accountability towards your studies and plant-based work.
- Inquisitiveness and a strong desire to learn.
- To be a strong team player.
- To be proactive throughout the apprenticeship.
- Respectful of all colleagues, fostering inclusion, and valuing difference while bring eager to learn from others who have different perspectives, backgrounds and/or styles.
- To able to transfer skills learnt in the classroom into real world environment.
- To have the ability to demonstrate a genuine desire to work and learn safely in an engineering/manufacturing environment.
- To have good communication skills with a social approach to work.
- To have a good time keeping.
- To strive to be the best you can be.
- Strong level of computer literacy.
Other Information
Public transport is not available to our premises at the start and end times for some of our shifts, therefore please only apply for this role if you have your own transport to our site.
Please note that the essential entry requirement for this role is a level 3 Engineering qualification (BTEC or T level or A level).