Mechanical Apprentice
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Company: Smurfit Westrock
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Location: Snodland, ME6 5AX
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £17,201.60 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000009466
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Application Deadline Date: 27/03/2026
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Start Date: 01/08/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday 8AM to 4:30PM with 30 min lunch break. IPS hours the first year. Holidays to be agreed in advance with employer.
Brief Description
We are offering a 4-year apprenticeship for one Mechanical apprentice to join a 25-person strong multidisciplinary engineering team. The role will be to learn about and become trained and competent in the maintenance and engineering support of a four-year-old state-of-the-art packaging paper machine based in Snodland.
Future Prospects
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, we would expect the apprentice to embark on a HNC course which will be funded by the Organisation. At the end of the apprenticeship, we would offer a 2-year ‘Junior Technician’ role before being offered a full Maintenance Technician role.
Vacancy Detail
Smurfit Westrock (formally Smurtfit Kappa) is the No.1 packaging manufacturer in the world with in excess of 40,000 employees worldwide. This is an opportunity to join a FTSE100 blue chip company with excellent progression prospects.
This apprenticeship will include maintenance on gear boxes, pumps, instrumentation, motors, control systems and heavy engineering plant equipment.
Other duties include:
- Average working week (following the year off the job training) - Working within the Mechanical department undertaking reactive and planned maintenance tasks, which primarily aim to keep the safe manufacturing of paper at the site.
- Planned Routine Tasks - Undertake planned maintenance tasks on a wide variety of Mechanical elements of the machine.
- Reactive Maintenance - Within a team, investigate faults and issues with the paper production process, create and plan solutions for the issues that have arisen and safely carry out any necessary repairs.
- Small Projects - Within the Mechanical maintenance team plan and implement small projects.
Other Information
Enrolment onto your apprenticeship programme is subject to prior attainment checks, and your Personal Learning Record will be reviewed upon successful appointment. We are also obligated to follow the guidelines around eligibility, set out by the government apprenticeship funding rules.
NB: Please include minimum qualifications (GCSE Maths and English grades) in your apprenticeship application. Tailor your application to the vacancy, dedicating 1-2 paragraphs for each question to demonstrate interest in the role and the company.
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