Electrical Engineer Apprentice
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Company: GENLAB LTD
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Location: WA8 0SR
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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-2000046276
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Application Deadline Date: 21/08/2026
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Start Date: 01/10/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: 8.00am - 4.45pm Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 1.15pm Friday (30 minute lunch break each day) 39 hours a week.
Brief Description
This role offers hands-on experience in both electrical and mechanical engineering, supporting the manufacture of industrial ovens and incubators. This role will develop practical skills in wiring, assembling and testing electrical systems while working alongside experienced engineers in a specialist manufacturing environment.
Training to be Provided
- Engineering Maintenance Technician - Single Discipline Level 3
- Weekly attendance at Riverside College, Widnes
Future Prospects
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, there may be opportunities for permanent roles within the organisation, subject to business needs and performance.
Vacancy Detail
- Electrical control panel wiring: Building and wiring control panels from schematic drawings, mounting components, routing cables, and ensuring correct terminations
- Machine wiring and loom assembly: Manufacturing wiring looms, cutting / stripping / crimping cables, and routing harnesses through oven chassis
- Reading schematics: Interpreting electrical diagrams, wiring schedules, and engineering drawings to assemble ovens correctly
- Integrating electrical circuits: Installing heating circuits, filters, sensors, relays, contactors, and safety shutdown devices into the oven assembly
- Working with single‑phase and three‑phase systems: Handling 230V-415V systems, selecting correct cable sizes
- Fault finding and troubleshooting: Diagnosing wiring faults, component failures, and control issues, escalating to engineering when needed
- Mechanical assembly: Fitting sheet‑metal panels, mounting heaters, fans, ducting, brackets, and assembling oven chambers
- Quality inspections: Performing visual checks, verifying torque settings, ensuring correct routing, and documenting results
- Safety procedures: electrical safety rules
- Final testing and commissioning: Ensuring ovens leave the factory fully tested, calibrated, and operating to specification, occasional on‑site commissioning after training
Other Information
We reserve the right to close this opportunity after 1 week if we have received enough applications, and therefore recommend you make an application as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the planned closing date as we cannot guarantee the vacancy will remain open for the whole time planned.
If you are applying with qualifications other than those listed in the entry requirements (GCSE's), please make sure you have obtained official evidence of equivalency from UK ENIC before the application closing date. Please note that if you are shortlisted for the post, we cannot progress your application any further without you providing evidence of this.