Apprentice Electrical Engineer

Summary

As an Apprentice Electrical Engineer, you will design, and develop control software to automate industrial processes such as manufacturing and utilities. You will work on projects in different industry sectors such as Process and Manufacturing companies and vital utilities. You will undertake a wide range of duties and training

Wage

£15,912 a year

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Remuneration is reviewed annually, tracking performance and progress and re-assessing salary in line with performance.

Training course

Automation and controls engineering technician (level 4)

Hours

Monday to Friday between 8am to 4pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 29 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

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

Ensure timely attendance to courses as agreed with management.
Ensure that any work is completed to a satisfactory standard and handed in on time.
Use Microsoft Desktop applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams.
Production of Electrical Schematic Drawings.
Selection of Electrical Components.
Assist in co-ordinating the life-cycle of a project with the production team.
Work proactively as part of a team.

Where you'll work

Dale Street
Burton-On-Trent
DE14 3TE

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Automation and controls engineering technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Safety Effective - The ability to work safely in an industrial environment and where required, produce risk assessment and method statement documentation. Be able to apply the principles of functional machinery or process safety including SIL (Safety Integrated Level) and PL (Performance Level) terminology.
Engineering documentation - Production and interpretation of a range of technical documentation (device manuals, operating procedures, schematics, fault reports etc), and working with company documentation systems.
Project engineering capabilities - Support of installation, commissioning, shut-down, start-up and maintenance, service, or support of a wide range of systems and devices.
Diagnostic capabilities - Fault finding, diagnosis, rectification and reporting of automation control systems and controls applications via the utilisation of formal problem solving methods and diagnostic tools or software.
Instrumentation configuration and calibration - Set-up, calibrate and commission a wide variety of field level instrumentation that interfaces to automation and control systems
Industrial Networks configuration and support - configure, assist commissioning and continued support of industrial network solutions at all hierarchical levels of control system integration using the requisite tools and or software.
HMI and SCADA configuration and programming - Make changes to existing systems or implement new configurations.
PLC or Robot configuration and programming - Implement complex PLC or Robot program content and configurations to affect changes to increase availability and or efficiency of automation controlled machinery and the ability to configure PLC and or Robot hardware and program a wide variety of PLC’s and or Robot’s.
Safety Effective - The ability to work safely in an industrial environment and where required, produce risk assessment and method statement documentation. Be able to apply the principles of functional machinery or process safety including SIL (Safety Integrated Level) and PL (Performance Level) terminology.
Engineering documentation - Production and interpretation of a range of technical documentation (device manuals, operating procedures, schematics, fault reports etc), and working with company documentation systems.
Project engineering capabilities - Support of installation, commissioning, shut-down, start-up and maintenance, service, or support of a wide range of systems and devices.
Diagnostic capabilities - Fault finding, diagnosis, rectification and reporting of automation control systems and controls applications via the utilisation of formal problem solving methods and diagnostic tools or software.
Instrumentation configuration and calibration - Set-up, calibrate and commission a wide variety of field level instrumentation that interfaces to automation and control systems
Industrial Networks configuration and support - configure, assist commissioning and continued support of industrial network solutions at all hierarchical levels of control system integration using the requisite tools and or software.
HMI and SCADA configuration and programming - Make changes to existing systems or implement new configurations.
PLC or Robot configuration and programming - Implement complex PLC or Robot program content and configurations to affect changes to increase availability and or efficiency of automation controlled machinery and the ability to configure PLC and or Robot hardware and program a wide variety of PLC’s and or Robot’s.

Your training plan

Training schedule hasn’t been agreed yet.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

A Level in:

Physics (grade C)
Science subject (grade C)
technology (grade C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

It is expected that candidates will have three A Levels or a Level 3 equivalent. Please advise of any other relevant qualifications or experience you may have.

About this company

Automated Control Solutions Ltd (trading as March) We are March……… the UKs leading provider of critical engineering services. Our expertise as a multi-disciplinary engineering partner across infrastructure, process and digital services has led to long term partnerships with leading organisations in everything from food and drink and utilities to high-security industries such as defence, aerospace and nuclear.

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After this apprenticeship

A successful apprentice will progress further onto higher education, with the potential to gain a BEng Tech (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

In addition to formal qualifications, the apprentice will develop skills to allow them to progress from apprentice to junior engineer and then onwards to become an Electrical Engineer with a broad range of skills.

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