Maintenance Apprentice - Electrical
FORGED SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED
Sheffield (2 available locations)
Closes in 22 days (Friday 31 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 July 2026
Contents
Summary
To undertake a level 3 apprenticeship while working as part of our maintenance team to become competent Engineer. Maintaining the safety, integrity and effective operation of plant and equipment.
- Wage
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£22,568 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
£10.85 an hour
- Training course
- Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
- Hours
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5 x 8hr day shifts - days and times to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The apprentice will learn to work to strict safety and quality requirements, help to achieve daily production requirements in terms of quality and quantity, optimising efficiency and maintaining operational excellence.
To gain a full working knowledge in all aspects of maintenance, including learning to diagnose faults leading to repair as well as maintaining facilities process equipment. To assist and support with planned and reactive maintenance, as well as consult with internal stakeholders and subcontractors.
Key Objectives
- Work in a safe and responsible manner. (For own and other people’s safety).
- Comply with statutory, quality and organisational and health and safety regulations whilst carrying out manufacturing techniques.
- Ensure that plant and equipment perform to the required standard to facilitate production targets regarding Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost within a high value manufacturing environment.
- Work on a broad range of activities including installation, testing, fault finding and the on-going planned maintenance of complex equipment.
- Use and interpret a range of engineering data sources and supporting documentation.
- Use lean techniques to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Where appropriate, support installation, testing and commissioning of a wide range of equipment.
- Conduct complex fault diagnosis and repair on high technology engineered systems.
- Maintain mechanical/electrical equipment.
- Maintain fluid and pneumatic power equipment.
- Minimise machinery downtime by conducting preventative planned maintenance.
- Confirm testing and subsequent smooth hand over of equipment and plant.
- Read mechanical/electrical schematics.
- Use of basic hand tools.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Provincial Park, Nether Lane, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, S35 9ZX
- Meadowhall Road, Sheffield, S9 1HD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Training course
Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and performing electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be used when undertaking electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Carry out work in a tidy and safe manner, including restoration of the work area on completion of work.
- Apply relevant legislation; Building Regulations; industry guidance notes; relevant codes of practice, the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations (BS7671) and other relevant standards while carrying out work.
- Understand and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.
- Apply and use necessary mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations that underpin an electrician’s work.
- Use a range of tools, materials, equipment, and components, including prefabricated, relevant to performing electrical work in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Design, plan, set up, and install electrical and related electronic systems including terminating and connecting cables in electrical wiring systems, installations, and equipment in commercial, industrial, and residential installations.
- Inspect and test new and where applicable existing electrical Installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.
- Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Install electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Maintain electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Carry out and manage own work ensuring work is compliant to the standards required of an electrician working in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.
- Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.
- Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and performing electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be used when undertaking electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Carry out work in a tidy and safe manner, including restoration of the work area on completion of work.
- Apply relevant legislation; Building Regulations; industry guidance notes; relevant codes of practice, the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations (BS7671) and other relevant standards while carrying out work.
- Understand and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.
- Apply and use necessary mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations that underpin an electrician’s work.
- Use a range of tools, materials, equipment, and components, including prefabricated, relevant to performing electrical work in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Design, plan, set up, and install electrical and related electronic systems including terminating and connecting cables in electrical wiring systems, installations, and equipment in commercial, industrial, and residential installations.
- Inspect and test new and where applicable existing electrical Installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.
- Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Install electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Maintain electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Carry out and manage own work ensuring work is compliant to the standards required of an electrician working in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.
- Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.
Training schedule
- Installation and maintenance electrician level 3
- Delivery at Sheffield College and will be block release
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Positive
- Enthusiastic
- Self-Motivated
- Flexible
About this employer
Forged Solutions Group provides high integrity forgings for the world’s most demanding applications. From aerospace and energy production, to underground mining, off-highway vehicles and space launch programs we have forged solutions for advanced manufacturing industries for more than 100 years. Across established sites in the UK and USA, Forged Solutions Group manufactures shafts, rings, discs, asymmetric forgings and extruded cylinders in a range of titanium, nickel, aluminium, copper and steel alloys. We have a global blue-chip customer base for whom we are a trusted, high-quality turnkey supplier known for our unique forging capability and ingenuity. Our highly skilled teams provides comprehensive design-for-manufacturing assistance. Combined with our advanced forging capabilities, co-located with heat treatment, machining and a world-class materials testing and certification lab, Forged Solutions Group provides an integrated solution; from billet to finished, tested forging.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
At the end of the apprenticeship period, the apprentice will have gained a broad knowledge and understanding of the mechanical maintenance of forgings in various materials for the Aerospace industry and a full time permanent role may be available.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Stewart Parsisson
stewart.parsisson@sheffcol.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041583.
Apply now
Closes in 22 days (Friday 31 July 2026 at 11:59pm)