Maintenance Engineering Apprentice

Summary

To efficiently carry out planned and unplanned maintenance activities on various factory machinery. Maintain, repair and improve facilities and utilities. Carry out and assist with project work to improve business and production operations. Comply with current Health & safety / food safety standards.

Wage

£18,720 a year

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Progressive salary increases per year and after probationary period on the condition academic and workplace targets are met.

Training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 16:30

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 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

Our role as maintenance engineers on site is to ensure that the machinery and facilities are kept in good working order by efficiently responding to breakdowns using appropriate fault-finding techniques and completing the planned maintenance schedule within appropriate time frames.

The role also entails working on projects to help improve the business as a whole and bring new ideas and innovation to the company. This will often involve liaising with colleagues at various levels within the company to better understand what improvements can be made. It is our job to ensure that our consumables and spare parts stock remains at an acceptable level and kept in a tidy and organised state. We are responsible for maintaining good practices and food compliance standards, including management of chemicals, hygiene, food safety etc.

Once fully trained, your key responsibilities would be

Responding to breakdowns
Carrying out planned preventative maintenance
Carrying out electrical and mechanical work
Maintaining the factory site, including fixed wiring, plumbing, offices, canteen, pallet racking, freezer doors, fire doors, manual handling equipment etc.
Assisting with project work
Liaising with management and production staff to plan work
Keeping stock up to date and ordering parts when necessary
Adhering to all health and safety, food safety, and other relevant policies and procedures

Where you'll work

CAKER STREAM ROAD
ALTON
GU34 2QA

Training

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

College or training organisation

BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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Your training plan

Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician
Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
Training will take place one day a week at Basingstoke College, then the rest of the time in the workplace at Pinnacle Foods

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 (C))
Maths (grade 4 (C))

BTEC in:

Engineering (grade Pass)

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
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

Driving license is desirable to access work premises Availability for earlier starts and possible Saturday work is desirable

About this company

Pinnacle Foods was formed in 2007 following the merger of Wilsons Frosted Meats and Pinnacle Meats Ltd. Both companies had excellent track records in their own specialist field within the meat and poultry industry. The joining of the two companies brought together a wealth of knowledge and expertise from both sides.

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