Hub Engineer Apprentice
INDUSTRIAL CLEANING EQUIPMENT (SOUTHAMPTON) LTD
Runcorn (WA7 1ST)
Closes in 23 days (Tuesday 1 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 June 2025
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Summary
As the UK’s largest independent provider of cleaning equipment, we are hiring an exciting new role for a Hub Engineer Apprentice to join our team in Runcorn. You will be trained in the maintenance, repair and servicing of industrial cleaning machines, working alongside our experienced engineers.
- Wage
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£16,993.60 a year
- Training course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm, with a 60 minute unpaid lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
- Assist in servicing, repairing and maintaining a range of industrial cleaning machines.
- Learn to diagnose electrical and mechanical faults on industrial cleaning machines.
- Follow health & safety procedures to maintain a safe working environment.
- Participate in on-the-job training and attend college as part of the apprenticeship programme.
- Assist with Hub organisation and stock management.
- Ensure all preparation/repair/refurbishment jobs are completed to set quality standards and to defined criteria per machine ‘job family’ and to time.
- Test machines in line with company guidelines before delivery to customer to ensure quality criteria has been achieved.
- Refurbish machines to set quality standards and guidelines including cosmetic repairs and valeting.
- Perform fault diagnostics on smaller machines and process all machines requiring repair to more senior engineers in the hubs for completion.
- Fully prepare, inspect and valet all small equipment (not requiring repair) ready for dispatch to customers and in line with quality standards.
- Ensure that all machines and ancillaries are PA tested and correctly labelled before delivery to customer.
Where you'll work
Industrial Estate
Unit 6 Christleton Court
Runcorn
WA7 1ST
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE
Your training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
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Your training plan
One day a week at Warrington & Vale Royal College (Winsford site).
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
- 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
- Basic understanding of tools.
- A willingness to learn
- Willingness to develop skills
- A good team player
- Positive attitude
Other requirements
Long manual hours in the workshop, hands on role.
About this company
ICE is the UK’s largest independent provider of cleaning equipment. We manage thousands of sites across the UK in a wide variety of sectors including retail, healthcare, warehousing, manufacturing, distribution and education. As well as supplying and servicing traditional cleaning equipment, we also have over a decade of experience in robotic floor cleaning machines. The successful apprentice will diagnose faults and carry our repairs, ensuring our fleet of machines and robot are at peak efficiency. This is an excellent opportunity to develop hands on mechanical and electrical engineering skills whilst working towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification.
After this apprenticeship
Role progression to Field Service Engineer Roles, Hub Team Leader, Technical Services Engineer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE
Georgia Bramhall
gbramhall@wvr.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324576.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Tuesday 1 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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