Apprentice Maintenance Operative Engineering Technician - Electrical
LYNDON SYSTEMS LTD
DONCASTER (DN2 4SQ)
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 August 2025
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Summary
We are vehicle conversions company in Doncaster, handling a range of conversions for vehicles and welfare units, with work touching nearly all corners of the LGV market looking for our next ambitious apprentices to join a growing team in our electrical engineering, conversion and maintenance department.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 08:00 to 17:00. Friday, 08:00 to 14:30.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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
Frequent conversion includes turning new vehicles into welfare, racking/utility, command centre, rescue/blue light and onboard power systems. With more mechanical work being undertaken on welfare units with servicing, maintenance, generator repair, running gear servicing, and fuel system repair/replacement.
Automotive electrical fitter:
This role involves the installation and maintenance of the following equipment, but not limited to, below:
- 12V Auxiliary batteries
- 12V Charging systems, including DCDC converters and split charge contactors
- 12/48V – 240V Power inverters
- 12/48V Control/monitoring systems
- 12V Accessories, including but not limited to, handwash units, parking sensors, additional lighting, warning equipment, and extraction fans
- Solar panels installation includes isolation switches and solar controllers
- Wiring of consumer units, including MCB, RCD’s etc.
- Wiring up of 240V sockets and switches
- Position, assemble, install, and dismantle electrical plant and equipment, which may include motors, switchgear, cables and conductors, to agreed specifications
- Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on electrical plant and equipment
- Replace, repair, or remove components in electrical plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition
- Diagnose and determine the cause of faults in electrical plant and equipment
Skills required:
The role would include the regular use of the following skillsets:
- Soldering of wiring, either new connections or connections to existing wires.
- Terminal crimping, from smaller ferrules to larger battery cable crimps.
- Measuring and marking of drilling/mounting points.
- Drilling of multiple materials, wood, plastic, and metal.
- Measuring of voltage, resistance, current etc.
- Following drawings and wiring diagrams/schematics.
- Stripping of vehicle panels and interiors.
- Following health and safety guidelines.
- Using hand and power tools to complete installation work.
- Fault finding skills and logical thinking.
- Basic metal working skills to mount equipment.
- Ability to identify different cable types.
- Ability to identify electrical components.
Where you'll work
UNIT 11
SHAW LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
OGDEN ROAD
DONCASTER
DN2 4SQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
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Training schedule
Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.
Day release.
You will undertake Maintenance and operations engineering technician electrical Level 3 Standard.
Maintenance and operations engineering technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
You will undertake both on and off-the-job job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
About this employer
Lyndon Systems Ltd is one of the UK’s leading vehicle conversion companies based in Doncaster, specialising in welfare vans, minibuses, and bespoke work vehicles. We operate across two production sites and a mobile division, with ISO 9001:2015 certification and plans to implement ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 as part of an Integrated Management System (IMS). Our dedicated safety and quality team is committed to building a culture where people and the planet come first.
https://www.lyndonsystems.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Jamie Herrington
Jamie.Herrington1@dncolleges.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334716.
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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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