Maintenance Engineer Apprentice

PLATINUM STAIRLIFTS LIMITED

West Yorkshire (BD21 4NS)

Closes in 29 days (Saturday 15 August 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 15 July 2026

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Summary

We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic about engineering and is keen to learn. Whether you've enjoyed Design & Technology at school, worked on vehicles, carried out DIY projects, or simply have a passion for engineering, we'd love to hear from you! 

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Starting at £8.00 per hour, reviewed after 6 months.

Training course
Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

4 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

As a Maintenance Engineer Apprentice, you will work alongside our experienced Maintenance and Facilities team to develop the skills and knowledge needed to maintain our manufacturing equipment, facilities and working environment. You will gain hands-on experience supporting planned preventative maintenance (PPM), responding to equipment breakdowns, carrying out repairs, and maintaining machinery, tools and site facilities. Throughout your apprenticeship, you will learn a wide range of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and joinery skills while working closely with colleagues, managers and external contractors to ensure the business operates safely and efficiently.

  •  Assist with Maintenance & Facilities team.

  • Working with team leaders and managers.

  • Maintaining of weld booths, prep bays, test bays and air line repairs as required.

  • Cleaning of weld, prep and test bays.

  • Cleaning & repairing of weld sets, hand tools, ducting and lights.

  • Repair and replace air lines in bays.

  • Repair and replace welder torches in bays.

  • Repair and replace hand tools in bays.

  • Assist in day-to-day reactive work/breakdowns.

  • Help maintaining the PPM schedule on machinery.

  • Assist with the upkeep of building and grounds

  • Assist maintenance in machinery repairs.

  • Learning new skills and techniques on mechanical and electrical repairs.

  • Assist in different aspects of joinery, plumbing, electrical and mechanical work.

  • Assist contractors on site.

Where you'll work

Foundry Park
Chesham Street
Keighley
West Yorkshire
BD21 4NS

Training

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

Training provider

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4)
  • Mathematics (grade C/4)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills

Other requirements

You don't need previous engineering experience—we'll provide the training—but you should be curious about how machinery works, enjoy solving problems, and be committed to developing your skills.

You may have interests such as:

  • Building, fixing or making things at home.
  • DIY and home improvement projects.
  • Engineering, mechanics or manufacturing.
  • STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
  • Taking things apart to understand how they work.
  • Working with tools and equipment.
  • Design and technology projects completed at school or college.

About this employer

We have been manufacturing stairlifts in the North of England since 1996. If you are looking for a company with an international reputation, and products that offer years of reliable use at realistic prices, then look no further.

We are committed to supplying the highest level of quality, safety, comfort, and reliability. Every stairlift is custom built, designed to satisfy the needs of you and your home. Before your stairlift leaves our warehouse, it is rigorously tested and comes with its very own signed certificate of quality.

We will always assist you in choosing the very best option for you or your loved one’s circumstances, helping to provide a better quality of life, and peace for mind for everyone concerned.

At Platinum, we believe that the best place to buy a stairlift is from a company in your local area. Choosing one can be an overwhelming decision, so it’s nice to know that company that supplied it is right around the corner and on hand to address any concerns. We hand pick our partners, and work with them to carefully train their staff and installers.

https://platinumstairlifts.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Employee assistance programme (24/7 free access to health & wellbeing info, legal advice).
  • 25 days holiday.
  • Free access to remote 24 hr GP, physio, mental health support.
  • Birthday gift voucher.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Potential full-time role upon completion of apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Emmie Brown

emmie.brown@luminate.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000042823.

Apply now

Closes in 29 days (Saturday 15 August 2026 at 11:59pm)