Apprentice Plant & Machinery Engineer
A M S NO-DIG LIMITED
SCUNTHORPE (DN16 1AP)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 August 2025
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Summary
At AMS No Dig, we are looking for a positive & driven apprentice who will train to become an industry leading plant & machinery engineer for the UK’s leading trenchless directional drilling company. You will work on some of the most exciting & complex plant equipment on the market at our workshops in Scunthorpe & occasionally on customers sites.
- Wage
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£16,881.80 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 to Friday- 7.30am to 4.30pm with occasional overtime.
42 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 October 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- 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
General duties:
As our Apprentice Plant & Machinery Engineer, we’ll help you to become qualified so you can:
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance
- Provide maintenance of equipment
- Modify, test, and inspect condition-based monitoring and fault finding with our systems
- Help improve systems on our sites where required
- Work on technology which monitors and controls all aspects of processes and their performance across the site
- Carry out risk assessments and method statements to ensure activities are always completed in a safe manner
In addition:
- Position, assemble, install and dismantle mechanical plant and equipment which may include pumps, valves, gearboxes, pipework, to agreed specifications
- Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on mechanical plant and equipment
- Replace, repair or remove components in mechanical plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition
- Diagnose and determine the cause of faults in mechanical plant and equipment
Where you'll work
BRIGG ROAD
SCUNTHORPE
DN16 1AP
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 North Lindsey College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.
Day release.
You will undertake the Maintenance and Operations Engineering standard.
Maintenance and operations engineering technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or Maths if needed.
You will undertake both on and off-the-job training by a team of industry qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge and experience that will help you.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Please note, the applicant must have Grade 4 or above in GCSE Maths and English to be considered for the position. For Health and Safety reasons, applicants must be over the age of 18. Work trials will take place before appointment.
About this employer
AMS No-Dig is the largest privately owned Horizontal Directional Drilling and Guided Auger Boring (Trenchless Pipe Installation) contractor in the UK. With more than twenty years in the industry the knowledge and experience of the company’s engineers and technicians is second to none. Through a policy of investing in the latest technology the company has achieved and maintained a position at the forefront of an industry that has experienced rapid change and development. Client companies include all the household names associated with construction and the utilities. With a culture focussed on Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental issues the company prides itself on being a responsible employer and business partner. AMS No-Dig Ltd is a name respected across the industry and is seen by many as the market leader in Trenchless Pipe Installation using Horizontal Directional Drilling and Guided Auger Boring.
https://www.amstrenchless.com/about-ams-no-dig/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.
This is the potentially the start of great career in engineering.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Sarah Barnard
sarah.barnard@northlindsey.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338927.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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