Apprentice Site Engineer
YORKSHIRE BOTANICALS LIMITED
BROUGH (HU15 2TB)
Closes in 20 days (Friday 29 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 May 2026
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Summary
The successful candidate(s) will be working with the existing site engineering team to keep a range of plant and equipment in the best possible condition as the site continues to grow and expand.
- Wage
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£26,059.80 a year
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Full staff workwear issued, 31 days of holidays (inc b/hol) and a company pension scheme
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday 7.30am until 4pm with a 30 min lunch break.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
This small group maintains and develops a range of systems and machinery, from large scale boilers working on a variety of fuels, to a process control computer that controls climatic conditions on the site, to everything in between.
From electronics to mechanical systems, this very much is a multi-skilled role where adaptability is key to move between different systems.
The site is large, covering over 40 acres and offers the opportunity to learn on the job by getting hands-on experience from colleagues, some of whom have been with us over 30 years.
An average week will involve a range of tasks.
Working through our PPM schedule – planted preventative maintenance – this could be changing seals in a pump to testing and calibrating an electronic part of a crop drying system.
Dealing with breakdowns – despite good maintenance, systems fail, so problems need identifying, a solution, finding and ultimately the problem being resolved.
As the site grows and expands and technology changes, there is often a need for new plant and equipment.
Specialist suppliers may need help installing or commissioning.
No two weeks are likely to be the same with a broad range of plant and equipment to work on.
This is a hands-on, physically demanding role that will involve manual work.
With our large site and range of boiler plant, conditions can be hot and dirty, a can-do attitude is essential.
A strong commitment to health and safety is vital.
Interest in mechanics, problem-solving and practical work is important.
Where you'll work
BROAD LANE
GILBERDYKE
BROUGH
HU15 2TB
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
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 will be at Doncaster College, where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.
Day release.
You will undertake the Mechatronics Maintenance Technician standard.
More training information
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.
The opportunity exists to start with the employer before the apprenticeship start date to gain experience. This could be anytime from receipt of a successful application.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
You must be able to travel to and from work and college.
We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Relevant meaning offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft. A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others. This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points.
A YES ANSWER DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION.
About this employer
Yorkshire Botanicals is a long established East Yorkshire horticultural business. We grow crops in glasshouses year round across our extensive site close to Gilberdyke
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Sarah Barnard
sarah.barnard@dncolleges.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030115.
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Closes in 20 days (Friday 29 May 2026 at 11:59pm)