Apprentice Electrical & Automaton Engineer

TOTALENERGIES MARKETING UK LIMITED

Pottery Lane Ferrybridge, Knottingley, WF11 8JY (WF11 8JY)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 18 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 July 2025


Summary

Exciting opportunity to join this employer to assist their engineering team with safe installation, maintenance and repair of all plant equipment.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Annual salary increases will be in place, where the candidate makes the required progression.

Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
37.5 hours across the working week.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 11 August 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

  • Follow guidance and on-the-job training from other members of the Maintenance Team.
  • Manage CMMS system and ensure minimal production downtime.
  • Perform both preventative and reactive maintenance on plant equipment and embrace teamwork with other skillsets.
  • Ensure any Insurance remedial electrical work is carried out in a timely manner.
  • Assist with close-out of process safety actions.
  • Assist with planning and management of CAPEX Projects, including supervision of contractors.
  • Perform mechanical and basic electrical isolation on equipment to enable a safe system of work.
  • Installation and commissioning of new electrical, instrumentation and automated plant equipment.
  • Manage flowmeter and scale calibrations to ensure quality compliance.
  • Participate in the formation of risk assessments, method statements and safe working procedures.
  • Perform repairs to faulty or damaged plant equipment and diagnose issues with automation equipment.
  • Control stock levels of electrical and automation spares in stores.
  • Investigate and provide resolution to plant issues in the most appropriate, cost-effective and efficient manner.
  • Ensure upkeep of all on-site FLTs and hand pallet trucks and assist with Maintenance FLT driving (Once Approved)
  • Participate in the continuation of 5s and LEAN implementation on site.
  • Installation and commissioning of new plant equipment, including PLC and control automation systems.
  • Participate in training to ensure a good level of PLC and SCADA knowledge within industrial environments.

Where you'll work

Pottery Lane Ferrybridge, Knottingley, WF11 8JY
WF11 8JY

Training

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

College or training organisation

HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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Your training plan

This apprenticeship will be delivered on a day release basis at Castleford College over three years.  You will complete a L3 BTEC (Electrical/Electronic) and an NVQ. A designated assessor will regularly conduct on-site reviews and observations.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 or above)

Desirable qualifications

Other 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
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

Please note due to insurance restrictions candidates aged 18 and over are only able to work on the employer site.

About this company

TotalEnergies is a multi-energy company with more than 100,000 employees across 120 countries. We are one of the largest energy operators in the United Kingdom. For more than 60 years we’ve been fully integrated across all sectors of the energy business, from exploration and production to manufacturing and marketing energy products and services.

https://totalenergies.co.uk/about-us (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

The successful candidate will be provided with the opportunity to complete HE courses and progress with the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP

apprenticeships@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk

01924 789469

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329419.

Apply now

Closes in 14 days (Friday 18 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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