Apprentice Maintenance Engineer
AVON POLYMER PRODUCTS LIMITED
Melksham (SN12 6NB)
Closes in 12 days (Sunday 5 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 June 2026
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Summary
As an Apprentice Maintenance Engineer, you will support the maintenance team in ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of machinery, equipment, and facilities. You will gain hands-on experience in mechanical maintenance while completing a structured training program that develops your technical skills, problem-solving ability.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Apprentices will be on rotating shifts between 6.00am - 2.00pm and 2.00pm - 10.00pm.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- 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
- Perform planned preventative maintenance
- Diagnose and repair breakdowns
- Optimise manufacturing equipment
Where you'll work
Hq
Hampton Park West Semington Road
Melksham
SN12 6NB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE
Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with industry health, safety and environmental working practices and regulations.
- Locate, and rectify faults on plant and equipment.
- Communicate with and provide information to stakeholders in line with personal role and responsibilities.
- Read, understand and interpret information and work in compliance with technical specifications and supporting documentation.
- Prepare work areas to undertake work related activities and reinstate those areas after the completion of the work related activities.
- Inspect and maintain appropriate plant and equipment to meet operational requirements.
- Assess and test the performance and condition of plant and equipment.
- Communicate, handover and confirm that the appropriate engineering process has been completed to specification.
- Position, assemble, install and dismantle electrical plant and equipment, which may include motors, switchgear, cables and conductors, to agreed specifications.
- Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on electrical plant and equipment.
- Replace, repair or remove components in electrical plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
- 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.
- Position, assemble, install and dismantle plant and equipment which may include instrumentation and control of temperature, pressure and flow systems to agreed specifications.
- Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on plant and equipment.
- Replace, repair or remove components in plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
- Calibrate and configure instrument and control systems.
- Install, assemble and dismantle wind turbine plant and equipment, which will include pitch systems, yaw systems, switchgear, control systems to agreed specifications.
- Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on wind turbine plant and equipment including mechanical drive systems.
- Replace, repair or remove components in wind turbine plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
- Position, assemble, install and dismantle integrated electrical apparatus, systems and process control equipment.
- Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on integrated plant and equipment.
- Replace, repair and/or remove components within integrated plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
- Calibrate and configure integrated electrical apparatus, systems and process control equipment.
- Position, assemble, install and dismantle integrated electromechanical power and control systems.
- Replace, repair or remove components within integrated plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
- Safely and efficiently carry out routine and non-routine operating procedures on plant and equipment.
- Monitor and control the operation and performance of the plant and equipment.
- Handover and accept responsibility for plant and equipment.
- Evaluate and solve complex problems within energy conversion plant and systems.
- Rapidly and correctly respond to contingencies and abnormal conditions, to maintain energy conversion and production plant and equipment within operational parameters.
Training schedule
First year - 2 days at college and 3 days at work.
Second year - either 2 days at college, 3 days at work or 1 day at college and 4 days at work.
Third year - 1 day at college and 4 days at work.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 1 other subject (grade 4-9)
- English (grade 4-9)
- Maths (grade 4-9)
- Science (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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Avon Protection is a global leader in mission-critical personal protective equipment (PPE). Established in 1885, they specialize in advanced respiratory, ballistic, and CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) defence systems used by military personnel, law enforcement, and first responders worldwide.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Maintenance Engineer, Shift Lead, Engineering Lead, Tooling Engineer, Process Engineer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE
Wiltshire College and University Centre Apprenticeship Team
apprenticeships@wiltshire.ac.uk
01249465282
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038016.
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Closes in 12 days (Sunday 5 July 2026 at 11:59pm)