Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprentice
ENVIROMENTAL SOLUTIONS WASTE MANAGE LTD
NEWBURY (RG19 6HN)
Closes in 13 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We are a small but growing waste management company committed to sustainability, innovation and operational efficiency. We are looking to welcome an enthusiastic Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprentice who is eager to develop practical engineering skills while making a real impact on environmental performance.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm mixed with college attendance.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 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
Our operations focus on material recovery, waste sorting, compacting, and machinery-based processing.
We are looking to welcome an enthusiastic Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprentice who is eager to develop practical engineering skills while making a real impact on environmental performance. This is a hands-on, dual-focused role that combines equipment maintenance with direct involvement in our waste processing operations. You’ll spend around 60% of your time supporting daily processing tasks, gaining firsthand experience of how our facility runs, and the remaining 40% learning and applying key maintenance skills.
Key Responsibilities (Processing & Operations - approx. 60%):
You’ll actively support the processing team and gain practical insight into how our facility operates. This includes:
- Assisting with the operation of processing equipment such as balers, shredders, and compactors
- Monitoring and sorting waste streams to ensure correct handling and separation
- Supporting safe loading and movement of materials
- Maintaining cleanliness, good housekeeping, and site safety standards
- Learning how different waste types are classified, processed, and prepared for recycling or disposal
- Providing operational feedback to help inform equipment improvements
Key Responsibilities (Maintenance - approx. 40%):
You’ll work alongside experienced technicians to maintain and repair essential plant equipment, such as conveyors, compactors, shredders, and automated sorting machinery. Tasks will include:
- Assisting with the maintenance, repair, and installation of mechanical and electrical systems
- Performing routine inspections and preventative maintenance
- Learning to diagnose faults using manual and computerised diagnostic tools
- Supporting breakdown response and helping reduce machine downtime
- Following health & safety procedures and using appropriate PPE
- Keeping accurate records of maintenance tasks, parts used, and equipment performance
- Collaborating with engineering and operations teams to improve reliability
Where you'll work
241 ENGINEERS ROAD
GREENHAM BUSINESS PARK
THATCHAM
NEWBURY
RG19 6HN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEWBURY COLLEGE
Training course
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
Training schedule
Alongside your daily job, you will be undertaking the Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship Standard with Newbury College.
In the workplace, you will participate in toolbox talks, continuous improvement sessions, and internal training.
For your apprenticeship, you are required to attend Newbury College (Monks Lane, West Berkshire, RG14 7TD) one day a week during Term Time. In addition to the support you will receive from the Environmental Solutions Team, you will also have the support of a Development Coach from Newbury College.
Your Development Coach will monitor your progress and will hold regular reviews with you (these will either be held remotely or at your workplace). At the end of your Apprenticeship, you will be required to take an End Point Assessment to show your competency in the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours.
More training information
Please note: Any apprentices aged 16-18 who do not have the equivalent of a Level 2 Functional Skill in English and/or maths will be required to pass Level 2 before they can complete their apprenticeship. Functional Skills classes will take place during the one day a week in college. Apprentices aged 19+ are exempt from needing to pass Functional Skills but can work towards it as part of their apprenticeship if they or their employer wants them to. This will be discussed and agreed as part of your enrolment.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or higher)
- Maths (grade 4/C or higher)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
- Manual handling experience
- Able to take instruction
- Proficient in spoken English
- Proficient in written English
- Fun and enthusiastic
- Career minded
- Can-do attitude
Other requirements
The position requires manual handling, some heavy lifting, the ability to take instruction and work alongside other processing staff therefore good spoken English speaking and writing skills will be necessary along with basic IT knowledge. We are looking for someone that will fit and are motivated to build a career for themselves and have a fun & enthusiastic can-do attitude.
About this employer
As a rapidly growing commercial waste destruction, IT recycling and General Data Protection Regulation compliant confidential paper shredding company in Newbury, We provide specialist and direct commercial waste collection and recycling services to a wide range of companies, across many industries. Environmental Solutions Waste Management started life as a waste management company in Newbury, over twenty years ago. Since then, we’ve made huge investments into state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to bring the entire commercial waste collection and recycling process in house. We have the equipment to handle everything from confidential paper shredding to electrical goods, metals and other ‘classified’ goods, which we can destroy and certificate. We provide commercial waste collection, recycling and GDPR compliant secure paper shredding services and can also offer ad-hoc commercial waste collection across the whole of the UK.
https://www.environmental-solutions.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to build a strong technical foundation while being directly involved in waste recovery and recycling operations. You’ll gain a well-rounded skill set and contribute to a more sustainable future. Successful applicant will have opportunities to take forklift training and external client on site equipment maintenance.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWBURY COLLEGE
The Apprenticeship Team
business@newbury-college.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337289.
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Closes in 13 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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