Multi-skilled Maintenance Apprentice
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Company: ADVANCED AIR (UK) LIMITED
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Location: IP24 3QU
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £22,247.16 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000017194
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Application Deadline Date: 04/05/2026
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Start Date: 18/05/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday- Thursday, between 7:30am and 16:00pm, Friday between 7:00am and 14:00pm
Brief Description
The role of the Maintenance Engineer is to ensure all maintenance plans are achieved and have the resources to complete the tasks required with maximum regard for the company policies on Health and Safety. The Maintenance team works closely with Production.
Training to be Provided
- The learner will be studying the Engineering Maintenance Technician - dual discipline Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification
- Day release to West Suffolk College
Future Prospects
Further training qualifications, iPaf, abrashive wheel, first aid, manual handling, fork truck, inhouse Plc programming, assist with prepping for product Fire Testing. Full Time role on completion.
Vacancy Detail
Main Duties:
- Promote team working and good communications, manage employee performance through review system and ensure compliance with the company’s handbook
- Liaise with Production Manager, Team Leaders regarding a planned maintenance schedule to carry out preventative maintenance as is necessary to ensure that machinery and equipment is adequately maintained to prevent breakdowns
- Promptly attend breakdowns and ensure tasks are prioritized with the aim of keeping downtime to a minimum. You must inform the Department Team Leader or Production Manager when a breakdown is completed and handed back to production
- Assess and order parts and equipment necessary to complete individual tasks
- Work on production lines and cells to learn sheet metal processes and skills to widen your skills knowledge to become and all round manufacturing maintenance engineer
- Liaise with outside contractors on scheduling machine maintenance and or building maintenance during normal and out of hours where required
- Communicate all issues to the Maintenance Manager/Production Manager if those problems are likely to cause production to miss targets
- Carry small works, building work task, utilities, service work periodical works
- Carry workshop engineering duties such as but not exhaustive welding, grinding, cutting, milling, drilling, tapping, adhesion
- Operate and maintain clean as you go methodology
- Attend college, training courses, peer training to build up knowledge and skills identified by the company to fulfil your role
- Available for call outs
- Carry out any other reasonable requests as required (such as working on the production line such as in paint line, operating/setting up machines, wet spray to help fulfil targets. Carry out training)
Other Information
- Varied day to day working and can often have changing priorities
- Use of specialist machinery and equipment