Maintenance Technician Apprentice - Electrical (Level 3) SEVERN TRENT PLC

Location

Derbyshire | United Kingdom

Job description

What you will do in your working day

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Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Apprentice Maintenance Technician Programmes offer the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the core of our business. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future. 

You’ll be supported every step of the way not only by your line manager and maintenance colleagues but your own dedicated mentor, who you will work closely with throughout your apprenticeship. 

Working alongside our electrical maintenance team you’ll undertake installation, testing, servicing, removal, replacement, maintenance, and repair of a range of equipment, sometimes complex, as part of planned preventative and reactive maintenance programmes. Furthermore, you will play a crucial part in creating an electricity generating environment, which may use a range of different fuels including gas, wind and other renewable sources. You will be building upon the electrical systems our infrastructure needs to operate, using knowledge of computer systems to repair and recycle equipment.  

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Maintenance practices, processes and procedures covering a range of waste and water systems, plant, and equipment
• Relevant level of theory and principles that underpin the design and function of electro-mechanical and instrumentation systems and equipment
• Install and connect electrical cables, switchgear, circuit breakers, motors, transformers and other associated equipment
• Carry out electrical procedures on industrial low voltage systems (up to 1000V AC) operating switchgear, fuses, motor control centres, transformers, manual & automatically controlled drives and motors
• Carry out basic fault diagnostics on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems
• Interpret electrical drawings to install, position or re-locate electrical equipment and cabling

The training you will be getting

Within our electrical maintenance team you will complete the Level 3 Utilities Engineering Technician (Electrical Pathway) Apprenticeship standard, allowing you to develop the skills & experience required to become an expert.  You’ll combine on-the-job learning with formal, nationally recognised development training. A Personal Development Plan will help drive your career progression, set, agreed & regularly reviewed with your line manager. 

Functional Skills in English and maths if required.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term. 

We’d love you to be someone with… 

• A ‘can do’ attitude – willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work 
• A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment  
• Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving
• No two days are the same on the front line and not every day goes to plan, so you’ll need to be quick on your feet to respond!  
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams 
• Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences 
• Ability to travel freely across our patch to visit different sites and travel to meetings and training days  
• Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment   
• Ability to work in all weather conditions to serve our customers and protect the environment 

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

By the end of this programme, you will take up a role as a Maintenance Technician, where you will be able to put your skills to action. You will join either your local team or one in the same county.  You will also be part of the standby rota.

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Salary

£17.19k per annum