Engineering Maintenance Apprentice

CARRS BILLINGTON AGRICULTURE (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

Lancaster (LA1 3QY)

Closes on Monday 4 August 2025

Posted on 22 May 2025

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Summary

An opportunity to join a leading agricultural company working in a modern feed mill within the Lancaster area.

Wage

£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday. Shifts to be disclosed.

38 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

Dutes not limited to;

  • Join a team of skilled engineers to maintain production, uptime and H&S standards
  • Maintain a safe and tidy working environment within the engineering department
  • Develop and learn alongside the team to meet personal and company targets
  • Learn and deliver engineering techniques and best practice
  • Follow H&S guidelines and policies on-site to promote a safe working environment

Where you'll work

Lansil Way
Lansil Industrial Estate
Lancaster
LA1 3QY

Training

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

College or training organisation

LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE COLLEGE

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

  • Level 3 MOET Apprenticeship Standard
  • Relevant training will be provided through Lancaster and Morecambe College
  • Functional Skills may be required if entry requirements not met

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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

  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Punctual
  • Methodical thinker
  • Listening
  • Takes H&S seriously and shows

About this company

We are part of a larger agricultural group and our job is to provide animal feed to farms across most of the UK. We currently operate 5 sites manufacturing up to 500,000 tonnes of animal feed per year. We are forecasting growth over the coming years which feature exciting engineering investment plans within the engineering department alongside new machinery and equipment within the feed mills.

After this apprenticeship

The right applicant who is willing to learn and develop with the company's full support will be offered employment after the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE COLLEGE

Charlie Helme

c.helme@lmc.ac.uk

01524 521483

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322176.

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Closes on Monday 4 August 2025

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