Engineering Apprentice (Multiskilled) - Accord Healthcare Ltd
Cogent Ssc Limited
Fawdon (NE3 3NB)
Closes in 21 days (Thursday 29 May 2025)
Posted on 8 May 2025
Contents
Summary
Cogent Skills is working with Accord Healthcare Ltd to recruit Apprentice Multi-Skilled Engineers to work at its site in Fawdon. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Engineering Team of one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in the world, with excellent career and personal development opportunities.
- Wage
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£20,576.46 a year
- Training course
- Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 5 days per week
Year 1: core working hours are 08:00 - 16:30, totalling 37.5 hours per week
From Year 2: You may be required to work a double day shift pattern:
Early shift: 06:00 - 14:15
Late shift: 14:00 - 22:15
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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3
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
As a Multiskilled Engineer (Mechanical & Electrical) Apprentice, you will play a vital role within our Facilities and Production team, to ensure that our manufacturing operations run smoothly and efficiently, maintaining the highest pharmaceutical standards across all our systems and processes.
The Apprentices will follow the Maintenance & Operations Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard, which will combine on-job practical learning with classroom-based learning at Newcastle College. The successful candidates will be employed by Cogent Skills Services Ltd but will undertake all on-job learning with Accord Healthcare Ltd.
As a Multiskilled Engineering Technician, you'll develop the technical knowledge and practical skills needed to work across a variety of complex systems and equipment
Job Responsibilities:
Under the guidance of experienced engineers, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Installing, maintaining, and repairing
- Pharmaceutical high-speed packaging line machinery
- Manufacturing equipment used in production
- Critical utility systems such as industrial steam boilers, HVAC systems, chilled water plants, and purified water systems
Performing calibration and diagnostics on instrumentation and systems, including:
- Building Management Systems (BMS)
- Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS)
Supporting operational teams with:
- Diagnosing and resolving equipment issues to minimize downtime
- Ensuring all machinery and systems are safe and compliant with Health & Safety regulations
- Installing and commissioning new production and facilities equipment
This is an exciting time, and a fantastic opportunity, to embark on a hands-on career with Accord Healthcare Ltd., a leading global company within the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
Where you'll work
Accord Healthcare Ltd
Fawdon Manufacturing Centre
Edgefield Avenue
Fawdon
NE3 3NB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NCG
Your training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
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Your training plan
Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Level 3.
Day release - weekly, face to face, at Newcastle College plus onsite support from Skills Advisor.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 5/C or above)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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this company
As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.
After this apprenticeship
This role is part of our talent planning for the future and, for the right people, we are looking to continue to develop the apprentices upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Our business is growing, is fast paced and evolving, so there may be the opportunity to gain permanent employment in the team, subject to performance, successful completion of the apprenticeship, and a role being available.
Completion of this apprenticeship provides potential to progress to higher education (HNC, HND, Foundation Degree).
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NCG
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319526.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Thursday 29 May 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
If you are interested in this apprenticeship, please can you apply via the Cogent Skills Vacancies Page