Engineering Maintenance Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship at Sizewell B, Suffolk

DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED

Leiston (IP16 4UR)

Closes in 18 days (Monday 11 May 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 April 2026

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Summary

Join a team with an impressive track record of recruiting and developing apprentices. This role will involve supporting all other mechanical technicians undertaking important routine plant maintenance and fault-finding work on a wide range of mechanical plant equipment.

Wage

£24,784 a year

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A uniform will be provided. We offer a range of benefits including shopping discounts and a pension scheme. Your salary will increase each year as you complete a full year of your apprenticeship programme.

Training course
Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 37-hours a week exact times to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Duration

2 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

Working under supervision, the apprentice would be involved in a range of routine plant maintenance and fault-finding activities across the site, including:

  • Pumps
  • Air compressors
  • Fans
  • Drives
  • Motors
  • Pneumatic controls
  • Pressurisation units systems
  • Electrical circuits associated with equipment

Weekly / Ongoing Responsibilities:

  • Attending safety briefings and inductions
  • Completing apprenticeship coursework, assessments, and off-the-job training (typically one day per week at college)
  • Maintaining a site diary or logbook to evidence competency development
  • Participating in planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules alongside experienced operatives
  • Supporting emergency reactive works when issues arise on site

Power Station Specific Considerations:

  • You'll be working within a highly regulated, safety-critical environment with strict permit-to-work systems 
  • Compliance with environmental regulations is very important
  • Security clearance requirements and site access protocols must be followed (full guidance will be given pre-interview stage)

Where you'll work

Sizewell B
Sizewell
Leiston
IP16 4UR

Training

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

Training provider

WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE

Training course

Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations.
  • Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
  • Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables.
  • Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.
  • Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined.
  • Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks.
  • Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures.
  • Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH.
  • Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets.
  • Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
  • Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste.
  • Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.
  • Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance.
  • Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures.
  • Apply foreign material exclusion procedures.
  • Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage.
  • Reinstate the work area.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
  • Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
  • Record information.
  • Produce or amend documents. For example, handover notes and reports.
  • Identify and highlight issues (red pen), with technical drawings.
  • Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
  • Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Select, check, and use electrical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment. Select, check, and use control and instrumentation maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Use electrical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques. Use control and instrumentation diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Apply problem solving and critical reasoning techniques.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Remove and replace electrical parts.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Set up and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Conduct functional testing.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Inspect and test control and instrumentation systems.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Check calibration and make adjustments.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Check loop function.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Set up and adjust control and instrumentation systems.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Remove and replace instruments and sensors.
  • Electrical and control and instrumentation. Re-connect instrumentation power supply, cables, pipework, and services.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Select, check, and use electrical and mechanical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Use electrical and mechanical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Apply problem solving and critical reasoning techniques.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Remove and replace electrical parts.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Set up, align, and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Conduct functional testing.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Check condition and operation of mechanical aspects of plant and equipment. For example, pumps.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Remove and replace mechanical parts.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Examine mechanical parts for defects. For example, pump seals.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Set up, align, and adjust mechanical aspects of plant.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Lubricate mechanical assemblies.
  • Electrical and mechanical. Apply bench fitting techniques.
  • Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations.
  • Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
  • Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables.
  • Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.
  • Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined.
  • Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks.
  • Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures.
  • Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH.
  • Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets.
  • Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
  • Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste.
  • Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.
  • Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance.
  • Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures.
  • Apply foreign material exclusion procedures.
  • Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage.
  • Reinstate the work area.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
  • Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
  • Record information.
  • Produce or amend documents. For example, handover notes and reports.
  • Identify and highlight issues (red pen), with technical drawings.
  • Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
  • Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.

Training schedule

  • As well as guided on-the-job training specific to our organisation, you will study towards your level 3 Engineering Maintenance Technician apprenticeship. You will attend college on a day release during term time only
  • A tutor will be assigned to you, and you will receive protected study time within the workplace
  • You will also get support from our apprenticeship team through mentoring and buddying

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Physical fitness
  • Mechanically minded

Other requirements

This would suit someone with a practical mindset who likes to problem solve too. The role requires someone who has reasonable fitness levels and an understanding of working safely.

  • Security and DBS checks will be carried out prior to you starting. 
  • The role may start sooner than August subject to clearance checks. 
  • College attendance is likely to start in September and is a two year programme. 

About this employer

EDF Energy is a British integrated energy company, wholly owned by the French state-owned EDF, with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of natural gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom. Dalkia Facilities Ltd is a subsidiary of EDF Energy Ltd. Everything we do is in service to our clients and their customers. We continuously find new and better ways of working to help our clients overcome the challenges of today and tomorrow. We partner with our clients and are committed to realise their ambitions and deliver solutions to meet their needs. We are upfront, honest and act with integrity. By staying curious and pushing ourselves to find new and better ways of doing things, we’re constantly innovating, creating quality and adding value for our clients at every stage. Join a team that’s serious about quality, support, and growth – where you’re not just a number, but a valued part of the Dalkia mobile division. If you're ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

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Company benefits

We're a company committed to helping others less fortunate and each year we nominate a charity of the year and take part in numerous fundraising events throughout the year. Tools and equipment will be provided as well as PPE.

After this apprenticeship

We really value our people and pride ourselves on our loyal team. We genuinely see this as a career opportunity for the right candidate and have an excellent apprenticeship track record.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028029.

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Closes in 18 days (Monday 11 May 2026 at 11:59pm)