Engineering Apprentice

CAWINGREDIENTS LIMITED

Northallerton (DL7 9FD)

Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 5 May 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 21 April 2026

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Summary

Our apprenticeship programme starts again as a new cohort for September 2026. You must be available to attend an interview on site at Cawingredients (date TBC). Engineers at Cawingredients are responsible for applying principles of engineering, manufacturing technology and management science to the production and engineering process.

Wage

£21,000 a year

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The starting salary for this position is £21,000, increasing until it hits £41,200 at the end of the apprenticeship and with the opportunity to move into one of engineering roles post apprenticeship which start at £51,000.

Training course
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
Hours
Schedule: • 12-hour shift • 8-hour shift Monday to Friday Shifts TBC.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

4 years

Positions available

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

  • Ensure all Company Health and Safety standards are adhered to at all times, always working in a health and safety conscious manner and aware of any issues that may arise from your own actions
  • Always wear the Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) provided correctly in line with Company guidelines
  • Adhere to Company standards regarding dress code and personal hygiene and ensure working practices result in a hygienic working environment
  • Follow correct procedures for the separation and disposal of waste and return all tools, materials and equipment to their correct location after use
  • Ensure effective and relevant information is communicated to colleagues to eliminate misunderstandings and ensure good working relationships are maintained
  • Conduct handovers ensuring all relevant information is passed on and understood
  • To be an enthusiastic, positive, self-motivated and pro-active team member, committed to successfully achieving the goals and objectives of self, the Team and the Company, via a team working approach
  • Willing and prepared to support and help fellow team members, prepared to accept and adopt new challenges and changes in plan. Avoid conflict and build effective working relationships with others
  • The apprentice will be in close attendance of the production line, in order to provide engineering solutions, and to assist in an operational capacity when and where required
  • To be able to use provided electrical tools in the correct manner, with a high regard for personal, plant and other peoples safety
  • Machines and ancillary plant will be monitored and planned maintenance activities completed via a Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Accurate information must be collated on this system so that any defects observed can be rectified at the earliest possible opportunity. It is part of the apprentice’s responsibility to ensure that this rectification is followed through to a satisfactory conclusion by effective communication with other members of the Engineering team, the Engineering Co-Ordinator or Manager
  • To assist in cold starting, size or product changes, cleaning in place and running a machine as and when required
  • To learn and become competent on PLC controlled machinery
  • To follow preventative maintenance/lubrication schedules and to liaise with the Engineering Co-Ordinator/Manager regarding spare part requirements. Repairs and preparatory work will be carried out during production on a reactive basis, although occasionally the apprentice will carry out repair work, planned maintenance and inspection outside of production hours in shutdowns or other planned down time - a degree of flexibility is sometimes required to fit into plant outages for repairs/maintenance
  • To assist with Installation and Services work as well as giving assistance to contractors, as and when required. Site standards are to be adhered to at all times
  • To ensure that communication is given to the relevant Departmental Management of any intended work to be carried out, obtain permission to proceed and ensure that any specific permits required to carry out the work are obtained before the work proceeds. Upon completion of such work the department manager must be informed
  • Ensure that after any repair or maintenance work, the area or workshop is left in a clean and safe condition
  • All staff, including apprentices, are legally bound to make sure all guarding and safety devices are in place and functioning correctly
  • Any other duties as and when required for which the job holder has been trained and is capable

Where you'll work

Caw House Conygarth Way
Leeming Bar Business Park Leeming Bar
Northallerton
DL7 9FD

Training

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

Training provider

S.W. DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED

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

Training to be offered will be:

Advanced Apprenticeship in Mechatronics Maintenance Technician.

There is no mandatory Level 2 first year qualification, but we will require practical work to be carried out in the first year.

Year 1:

2 to 3 days per week at SWDT where you will complete seven practical units following the Lvl2 Engineering Operative EAL qualification:

  • Health and Safety
  • Communications
  • Working efficiently and effectively in engineering
  • CAD 
  • Electrical wiring and testing
  • Mechanical maintenance
  • Hand fitting techniques
  • 1day per week completing a Lvl3 BTEC Diploma Advanced
  • Manufacturing Engineering

Year 2:

1 day per week. Lvl3 BTEC Diploma Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

Year 3:

  • 1 day per week HTQ in General Engineering
  • Possibly 1day extra for half year or half day for full year to complete the remaining units of BTEC

Year 4:

1 day per week HTQ in General Engineering

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 5-9)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Engineering (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Enthusiastic
  • Dedicated
  • Reliable
  • Hard Working

Other requirements

Ability to commute/relocate: Leeming Bar DL7 9FD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required).

About this employer

Cawingredients manufactures and packs soft drinks.

Company benefits

Benefits include:

  • 26 days annual leave, plus 5 bank holidays
  • Pension
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Training and Development
  • On-site parking

After this apprenticeship

Once fully qualified and having completed our apprenticeship scheme, we would envisage opportunities to be presented in order to allow successful transition to pursue a career as a Line Support Technician within the business, with earning potential to be circa £56,000 per annum, plus other benefits.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

S.W. DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED

Kirsty Lewton

klewton@swdt.co.uk

01325 313194

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027329.

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Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 5 May 2026 at 11:59pm)