Concentric - Level 3 - Multi-Skilled Maintenance Apprenticeship with Great Benefits
CONCENTRIC BIRMINGHAM LIMITED
Birmingham (B24 8HW)
Closes in 20 days (Friday 30 May 2025)
Posted on 1 May 2025
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Summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a mechatronics maintenance apprentice to join our maintenance team. As a maintenance apprentice, you will be learning and gaining skills to assist with the proactive and reactive maintenance of machinery from CNC machines to Assembly test cells and robots.
- Wage
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£16,500 a year
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£16,500 per annum (£317.30 per week) for the first year. With increases each year for successful completion.
- Training course
- Engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 12.30pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 17 September 2025
- 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
As a maintenance apprentice, you will be learning and gaining skills to assist with the proactive and reactive maintenance of machinery from CNC machines to Assembly test cells and robots. Whilst on site at Concentric during your apprenticeship, you will join a team of experienced engineers to gain knowledge and experience across a wide range of areas.
You will learn to:
- Assist in preventative, predictive and routine maintenance work
- Identify and ensure critical spares are stocked and reordered
- Co-ordinate with suppliers to supply spare parts for machines
- Carry out TPM (Preventative Maintenance) schedules
- Carry out the maintenance of plant machinery, electrically or mechanically (depending on your role)
- Identify and liaise with suppliers of maintenance services when required
- Investigate maintenance problems affecting production and identify improvements
- Maintain and record work and machine breakdown history
- Assist and learn from experienced electrical/ mechanical workers to help build skillset
- Focus strongly on safety, knowledge of electrical/mechanical systems and building good mechanical/electrical systems
- Work within and abide by the company policies
Where you'll work
Unit 10 Gravelly Industrial Park
Tyburn Road
Birmingham
B24 8HW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
EEF LIMITED
Your training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
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Your training plan
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll work towards several academic and vocational qualification levels throughout your time with us, which are fully paid for, including:
- Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Foundation Competence - in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
- Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Competence - in years 2 to 4 in company
- Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 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 Engineering Technician
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths and English Language (grade 4 or above)Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Science (grade 4 or above)Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Self-motivated
- Enthusiastic
- Confident
Other requirements
Working outdoors in all weathers, noisy or dirty environment, extensive UK travel with some early starts, shift work.
About this company
Concentric is one of the world’s leading pump, fan and thermal management solution manufacturers. We develop innovative technologies which are tailored to the needs of our customers. Our productions include oil, water, and fuel pumps, fans, thermal management solutions and hydraulics systems.
https://www.concentricab.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Company pension scheme, high street discount vouchers for retail / Leisure, Quarterly Profit related Bonus Scheme (up to £275 per quarter), 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, Recognition schemes, Employee Assistance Programme, On site parking
After this apprenticeship
- Once you have completed the apprenticeship programme, you will be given the opportunity to join the maintenance team as a fully qualified maintenance engineer, however development doesn’t stop there
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EEF LIMITED
Make UK recruitment team
asrecruitment@makeuk.org
01213447900
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318154.
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Closes in 20 days (Friday 30 May 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
To apply, follow the link to Make UK's recruitment portal to complete an application form. Please remember that this application is your introduction to the company, so you should spend time ensuring that it represents you as you wish to be seen. These roles are very popular, so try to impress.