GXO - Level 3 - Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship
GXO Logistics/ Wincanton Holdings Ltd
Faraday Avenue (B46 1Al)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 31 July 2026)
Posted on 8 July 2026
Contents
Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly automated site and develop hands-on engineering skills in a fast-paced logistics environment.
You will work alongside experienced engineers while completing a Level 3 Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship, gaining both practical and academic qualifications.
- Wage
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£24,999.96 a year
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Working week at company (08:00 - 16:00, Monday to Friday, excluding a 30-minute unpaid break).
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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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
A vacancy has arisen within our flagship site at Hams Hall, working with Automated Machinery used to store and retrieve finished Goods products to meet customer demands on time every time. The Engineering Team’s role is to ensure equipment reliability through high maintenance standards.
About GXO
GXO is a fortune 500 company and is widely recognised as the world’s largest pure play contract logistics provider, providing supply chain consultancy and solutions to some of the world’s most admired brands. Employing approximately 150,000 globally people across more than 970 facilities. Improved stock visibility and availability, reduction of lead times, collaborative warehousing and transport models, and an absolute commitment to continuous improvement, are just some of the reasons why many of our customer relationships are so high.
This role is based at the Nestle Purina Factory in Hams Hall.
Your Responsibilities
- Site activities but not exclusive to whilst working with a qualified Engineer you will be expected to achieve the following: -
- Ensure all planned preventative maintenance schedules are completed to high standards every time
- Carry out repairs/maintenance tasks, with a first-time fix approach
- Ensure any spares are booked out to the correct asset via the PPM system
- Ensure any Company Quality Health & Safety objectives and statutory obligations are adhered to at all time
- Will involve working at heights up to 30 metres (full training will be given)
- Deal with all breakdowns effectively ensuring any downtime is minimised
- Ensure spare parts availability by monitoring stock levels and reordered as necessary
- Communicate with Operations Team ensuring all planned preventative maintenance is scheduled efficiently
- Involved in ensuring Key Performance Indicators are met and delivering a high level of customer service
- Be involved in the continual improvement of equipment
- Responsible for fault diagnosis and problem solving on all Material Handling Equipment ASRS Cranes/Conveyors
- Small amount of Co-Packing machinery equipment to maintain
Where you'll work
Hams Hall
Faraday Avenue
B46 1Al
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EEF 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
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with your employer and Make UK, which are fully paid for, including:
- Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Practical Foundation Training – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
- Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Workplace Competence Training - in years 2 to 4 in company
- Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 1, 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK
- In house training in line with your requirements.
- Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer
On completion of your studies, you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Engineering Technician.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Science (grade 9-4)
- English (grade 9-4)
- Maths (grade 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to the programme
- Communication skills
- Focus
- Initiative
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
Other requirements
The role is based on a 37.5-hour working week (08:00 - 16:00, Monday to Friday, excluding a 30-minute unpaid break).
Make UK reserve the right to close this advert early once a suitable number of applications have been received. If you are interested in being considered, you should apply as quickly as possible to avoid disappointment.
About this employer
GXO is a world leader in providing cutting-edge logistics solutions for the world’s best companies.
We excel at moving goods through supply chains with critical efficiency and reliability. When we talk with customers, we want to know their most complex requirements and biggest challenges. The logistics processes that we engineer create faster, leaner, smarter supply chains tailored to those needs.
Our decades of experience in B2B and B2C verticals and our significant investments in innovation have put us in a strong position to capitalize on the tailwinds in our industry. These tailwinds include customer demand for advanced automation, the ongoing growth in ecommerce and the trend toward outsourcing supply chain services — all core competencies of GXO that set up our customers for success.
Logistics at full potential.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There is a structured engineering career pathway with incremental pay increases linked to performance and apprenticeship progression.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EEF LIMITED
Feona-Jayne Montaque
fmontaque@makeukorg.onmicrosoft.com
0121 331 3930
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041387.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Friday 31 July 2026)
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