Engineering Maintenance Apprentice
RUSSELL BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED
Burton On Trent (DE14 2AW)
Closes in 24 days (Monday 1 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 May 2026
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Summary
Russell Roof Tiles are looking for an apprentice to join a skilled team of Maintenance Engineers working on cutting edge, automated heavy industrial plant. Working in a fast-paced environment alongside skilled professionals, you will gain practical experience as you gain qualifications in engineering.
- Wage
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£25,200 a year
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Bonus schemes driven by effective contribution to health and safety, exceptional product quality standards and production volume
- Training course
- Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday - 6am to 4pm
Friday - 6am to 2pm
2x 20 minute breaks
You may be required to work evenings, nights or at weekends.
48 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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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
Russell Roof Tiles are excited to open the opportunity for a new Maintenance Apprentice to join our skilled team in Burton on Trent.
During your apprenticeship you will gain practical real-world experience within maintenance across all disciplines of engineering including;
- Machine operation
- Mechanical fitting
- Basic electrical maintenance
- Basic robotic optimisation
- Basic fabrication
- Welding
- Automation
You will be working in a newly upgraded, cutting-edge facility assisting our team to maintain and optimise automated heavy industrial plant and equipment.
What a typical day could look like for you:
- Adherence to the highest of standards in Health and Safety
- Assist in the delivery of producing high quality products
- Assist in the delivery of production capacity and efficiencies in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Learn maintenance techniques and practices by conducting planned preventative maintenance with our team
- Assist with optimisation of automated equipment
- Assist production staff with breaks, holiday cover and machine operation
- Acting in a professional manner always, with a ‘want’ to drive beneficial results
Where you'll work
Nicolson Way Off Wellington Road
Burton On Trent
DE14 2AW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DCG
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
Engineering Maintenance Technician - Dual Discipline Level 3.
You will spend 4 days each week in the workplace and 1 day each week training at Derby College's Roundhouse Campus.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5/C)
- Maths (grade 5/C)
- Science (grade 5/C)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
- Punctual
- Interest in Engineering
Other requirements
- You must be 18 to apply for this role. The government guidance for young workers brings additional restrictions and control measures to support and follow apprentices under 18 years, for which our large manufacturing facility is not set up
- The job role is practical based working alongside and on a live production environment
- The role is not office based
- Long periods of time may be spent on your feet so physical fitness is a must
- Our operation is 24hours and as such there may be times you may be required to work nights/weekends/12 hours
- All roles following successful completion of the apprenticeship include working rotational days/nights/weekends
- Preferable to have your own means of transport to attend work in a timely and punctual manner
- Our environment is loud and heavy industry focused which may not be suitable for all
About this employer
Russell Roof Tiles are a major UK concrete roof tile and UPVC and concrete fittings manufacturer headquartered in Burton on Trent. With manufacturing facilities across both England and Scotland Russell Roof Tiles strive to push the boundaries of excellence in product quality, service and design innovation with a team 160+ strong across its 3 major sites.
Our latest innovation has recently landed in 2025 in the form of Bute3, a cross cambered triple format interlocking tile which has brought an £18.5m investment to its Burton on Trent site - Bringing machine manufacturers and engineers from Germany, Sweden and Denmark to collaborate on a state of the art, cutting edge plant. This has gone hand in hand with upgraded facilities for its employees and an increase in jobs brought to the local community.
The pioneering firm has also boosted its support for good causes and local communities. Finishing 2025 by raising a total of £60,448.16 for its community fund Give4Good, which supports local and international organisations, chosen by its staff and close to its three sites.
After this apprenticeship
Russell Roof Tiles strive to promote and foster hard working, talented and dedicated employees. Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be offered a full-time position within the maintenance department.
Previous employees starting as Maintenance Apprentices have found their careers progress on through the years to the following roles:
- Production Operator
- Maintenance Engineer
- Production Supervisor
- Trainee Maintenance Manager
- Maintenance Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DCG
Fliss Rogers
fliss.rogers@derby-college.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028762.
Apply now
Closes in 24 days (Monday 1 June 2026 at 11:59pm)