Multi skilled Maintenance Engineer Apprentice

S D Guthrie International

Liverpool (L20 8DY)

Closes in 17 days (Sunday 22 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 May 2025

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Summary

Expectations at Company, Site and College. Learn, Develop and ensure standards of HSE, food safety at all times. Follow all H&S and Environmental procedures and regulations. Maintain professional attitude, timekeeping and standards at all times as a representative of SD Guthrie.

Wage

£24,570 a year

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As a condition of your employment you are required to be on-call and to attend work outside of your normal working hrs on a regular basis at times & on dates notified to you in accordance with business requirements and any local on-call policy,

Training course
Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00 including a 30-minute unpaid break each day.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

2

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

  • Expectations at Company, Site and College. Learn, Develop and ensure standards of HSE, food safety at all times. Follow all H&S and Environmental procedures and regulations
  • Maintain professional attitude, timekeeping and standards all times as a representative of SD Guthrie
  • Ensure all training requirements are met and successfully complete training, assessments, assignments set
  • Take part in continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering department
  • Carry out routine maintenance inspections
  • Apply technical and academic skills
  • Fault finding diagnostics on mechanical, electrical and control systems
  • Participate in project work, upgrades and new equipment installation
  • Maintain accurate records of work completed
  • Communicate effectively with colleagues, Supervisors and external providers

Where you'll work

45 Derby Road
Liverpool
L20 8DY

Training

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

College or training organisation

NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

Your training course

Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Read and interpret task related information and data. For example, work instructions, SOPs, quality control documentation, Service Level Agreements, specifications, engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information, work instructions, and operation manuals.
  • Plan work. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks.
  • Identify hazards and control measures to mitigate risks.
  • Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
  • Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
  • Select, check the condition, and safely use maintenance tools and equipment. Store tools and equipment. Complete or arrange maintenance of tools and equipment including calibration where required.
  • Follow standard operating procedures and quality procedures.
  • Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout) and re-instatement of equipment with system checks and handover.
  • Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, grease and lubricate parts, replace, fit components, and calibrate equipment.
  • Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques including use of electrical testing equipment and instruments. For example, panel risk assessment, fixed wire installation testing, fault finding, thermographic surveys, and checking protection settings.
  • Apply reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures. For example, condition monitoring, oil sampling, thermography, vibration analysis, and ultrasound.
  • Install and configure instrumentation or process control systems.
  • Install and configure electrical systems. For example, add distribution boards to circuits, single and three phase motors (AC and DC).
  • Assemble, position and fix equipment or components. Complete commissioning checks.
  • Disconnect and remove equipment or components. Complete storage measures to prevent deterioration.
  • Read and interpret equipment performance data.
  • Fabricate, drill, and join to produce basic parts, spares or components to measurement and tolerance specification.
  • Apply down-hand (flat) TIG welding techniques: butt and tee.
  • Apply mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems.
  • Produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information. For example, for new component parts or change in circuit diagram or panel.
  • Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques for example, using PLC data to diagnose issues and locate faults on industrial network.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques to understand current performance; collect and record data. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Restore the work area on completion of activity.
  • Resolve or escalate issues.
  • Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR. Comply with cyber security.
  • Record work activity. For example, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records, and any business or legal reporting requirements.
  • Communicate verbal and written. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders. Use engineering terminology where appropriate.
  • Produce reports for example, equipment performance reports.
  • Provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.
  • Read and interpret task related information and data. For example, work instructions, SOPs, quality control documentation, Service Level Agreements, specifications, engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information, work instructions, and operation manuals.
  • Plan work. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks.
  • Identify hazards and control measures to mitigate risks.
  • Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
  • Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
  • Select, check the condition, and safely use maintenance tools and equipment. Store tools and equipment. Complete or arrange maintenance of tools and equipment including calibration where required.
  • Follow standard operating procedures and quality procedures.
  • Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout) and re-instatement of equipment with system checks and handover.
  • Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, grease and lubricate parts, replace, fit components, and calibrate equipment.
  • Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques including use of electrical testing equipment and instruments. For example, panel risk assessment, fixed wire installation testing, fault finding, thermographic surveys, and checking protection settings.
  • Apply reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures. For example, condition monitoring, oil sampling, thermography, vibration analysis, and ultrasound.
  • Install and configure instrumentation or process control systems.
  • Install and configure electrical systems. For example, add distribution boards to circuits, single and three phase motors (AC and DC).
  • Assemble, position and fix equipment or components. Complete commissioning checks.
  • Disconnect and remove equipment or components. Complete storage measures to prevent deterioration.
  • Read and interpret equipment performance data.
  • Fabricate, drill, and join to produce basic parts, spares or components to measurement and tolerance specification.
  • Apply down-hand (flat) TIG welding techniques: butt and tee.
  • Apply mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems.
  • Produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information. For example, for new component parts or change in circuit diagram or panel.
  • Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques for example, using PLC data to diagnose issues and locate faults on industrial network.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques to understand current performance; collect and record data. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Restore the work area on completion of activity.
  • Resolve or escalate issues.
  • Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR. Comply with cyber security.
  • Record work activity. For example, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records, and any business or legal reporting requirements.
  • Communicate verbal and written. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders. Use engineering terminology where appropriate.
  • Produce reports for example, equipment performance reports.
  • Provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.

Your training plan

Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • 1st yr block release 24 weeks at NWTC
  • 2nd /3rd yr a mixture of shorter blocks 12 weeks
  • Most of your time will be spent at the employer being trained and assessed in your workplace
  • The company and our Technical Training Assessor will support your time of learning offering guidance throughout

We monitor your Apprenticeship to ensure you achieve mandatory requirements core skills knowledge and occupational behaviours in preparation for your end point assessment.

More training information

  • With the employer 8th September 2025 for company induction
  • Induction at NWTC 15 / 09 / 25
  • Training starts 22/ 09 / 25

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English Language (grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths (grade C/4 or above)
  • Science (grade C/4 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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Strong focus on H&S
  • Good time management
  • Motivated

Other requirements

Any offer of apprenticeship / employment will be subject to successful completion of a colour vision assessment You will be required to attend NWTC during your block training (Liverpool). 24 weeks in the first year, 12 week blocks in the 2/3 years. You must be able to travel to both the Employer and to NWTC L5 9RJ.

About this company

SD Guthrie International is the world's leading producer of certified sustainable palm oil, and the Liverpool site is Europe's first dedicated sustainable palm oil refinery. SD Guthrie International Liverpool Refinery offer a range of high quality, sustainable performance vegetable oil and fat ingredients in bulk or packed.

https://sdguthrie-international.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

As a high performing organisation we aim to support all our employees to achieve their best, have a rewarding, purposeful and fulfilling career. We believe in an open culture and Employee wellbeing is at the heart of our culture.

After this apprenticeship

  • At the end of the apprenticeship, candidates will be suitably trained and continue their employment in a suitable role where available
  • Potential continuation of education and academic studies i.e. HNC
  • Continued professional development
  • Further in-house and external training and development available

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

Eve Woods

eve.woods@sdguthrie.com

0151 922 4875

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323032.

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Closes in 17 days (Sunday 22 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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