Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineering Apprentice - Bedford Factory Ibstock Plc

What you will do in your working day

Ibstock PLC

We are currently recruiting for a Multi-skill Apprentice Engineer to join our team at our Bedford Factory.

Location:  -10 minute drive from the centre of Bedford
                            - 30 minute drive from Milton Keynes

The programme will take 4 years to complete gaining an Engineering Technician – Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship.
The starting salary for this role is £20,888 per annum with annual pay increases upon successful completion of each year.
This programme offers you the chance to train for a highly skilled role, gain a nationally recognised qualification and get paid while you learn!
Upon completion of the programme you will have attained the skills and knowledge to start your career with Ibstock Group as a fully qualified Engineer.
During the first year you will attend MAKE UK Training School full time which will require you to stay in Birmingham during term time. (All travel and hotel costs are covered by Ibstock plc).
The Company:

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions. 

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain. 

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

What will you be doing? 

• As a Multi-skilled Apprentice, you will be supporting the Engineers with the maintenance of the plant and equipment within the factory and undertaking preventative maintenance tasks.
• At college you will be studying subjects to give you the appropriate knowledge and skills to carry out these tasks, such as Electronic Fault Finding, Features and Applications of Electrical Machines, and Principles and Operations of Three Phase Systems to name but a few.
• You will input information into a planned maintenance system, and you will support the collection and analysis of production data, so computer skills will be necessary. 
• You will also learn extra NVQ modules in Mechanical engineering allowing you to have knowledge in both principles of engineering!
  
  

The training you will be getting

You will be staying in Birmingham all week during your first year, in a hotel, with the other apprentices.

Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with us and Make UK, which are fully paid for, including: 
• Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence) - Engineering Basic Skills training – off the job full time
• Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence) 
• Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge) – BTEC Diploma or City & Guilds

During the first year you will attend Make UK Training School on a 6 week rotation, spending 4 weeks learning a hands-on practical skill to complete your Level 2 Diploma before returning to Ibstock to put what you've learnt into practice in a real world environment. This first year will require you to stay in Birmingham during term time. (All travel and hotel costs are covered by Ibstock plc).
Once you have passed the Gateway Assessment you progress into your second and third years which is based at the factory with block release to Make UK to continue with your BTEC Level 3 Diploma.
During your fourth year you will be based in the factory full time putting your newly gained skills and knowledge into practice and completing your Level 3 (DC) Diploma.
The final year also includes your End-Point Assessment which once successfully completed leads to your new role within Ibstock plc as a qualified Maintenance Engineer.

In addition you will also gain other industry relevant qualifications such as:

• LEEA Accredited Lifting and Slinging

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

Upon completion of the programme you will have attained the skills and knowledge to start your career with Ibstock Group as a fully qualified Maintenance Engineer.

From here, your future is your own, Ibstock will support you to reach your full potential.