ELECTRICAL ENGINEER APPRENTICE
RS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (NORTH EAST) LTD
Gateshead (NE11 0SH)
Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Join our expert engineering team as a Crane Service Engineer Apprentice. You’ll learn to inspect, service, and repair overhead cranes and lifting equipment while gaining hands-on electrical and mechanical skills. A great opportunity to start a career in a safety-focused, high-demand industry.
- Wage
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£20,800 a year
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm, with a 30 minutes unpaid lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 October 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- 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
An average week will involve:
- Travelling to customer sites with qualified engineers.
- Assisting with inspections, servicing and maintenance of cranes and lifting equipment.
- Supporting diagnosis and repair of electrical systems, motors, drives and gearboxes.
- Learning to identify safety and compliance issues and record accurate service reports.
- Helping with breakdown response, planned maintenance and customer liaison.
- Developing safe working practices, including working at height and in challenging environments.
Where you'll work
190 Kingsway South
Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead
NE11 0SH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
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
The apprentice will work towards the Level 3 apprenticeship in Mechatronics Maintenance Technician via Sunderland College. This nationally recognised qualification combines both electrical and mechanical engineering skills, tailored to working with cranes and lifting equipment. Training will be delivered through a mix of: On-the-job training alongside experienced Crane Service Engineers, gaining practical skills at customer sites and visits to our Teesside branch.
The combination of structured learning and hands-on experience will equip apprentices with the technical knowledge, safety awareness and industry-recognised qualification needed to progress in to a full-time engineering role.
More training information
Additional accredited training provided:
- Abrasive Wheels
- EMSS Safety Passport
- IPAF
- Radio Controlled Crane inc Basic Slinging
- Working at Height inc Harness
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 - 9)
- Maths (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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Due to the nature of the role and the requirement to work with heavy equipment, at height and in potentially hazardous environments, apprentices must be a minimum of 18 years old at the start of their apprenticeship. The role will involve working in a wide variety of environments – indoors and outdoors, in both clean and dirty conditions. Apprentices will encounter a broad range of equipment, from brand-new systems to older installations. Some work may require heavy lifting, working at height or in confined/challenging spaces.
About this employer
We are a trusted engineering company specialising in cranes and lifting solutions, with a reputation for going the extra mile for our customers. From our Teesside and Tyne & Wear branches, we support a wide range of industries by inspecting, servicing, maintaining and repairing overhead cranes and lifting equipment. Our team of expert engineers work with both new and older equipment across diverse environments, indoors and outdoors, ensuring safety, reliability and compliance for our clients. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent service, investing in our people and are looking forward to developing the next generation of skilled engineers through high-quality training and apprenticeships. Alongside our Cranes & Lifting division, we also provide Industrial Supplies, offering a wide range of safety and workplace products and operate a Training division that delivers accredited courses to help businesses and individuals stay safe, compliant and skilled.
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Company benefits
Benefits include: • 33 days annual holiday including statutory bank holidays • Life Assurance • Company mental and financial wellbeing support • Discounts, Cycle2Work Scheme and Electric Vehicle Scheme • Healthcare Cashback Plan
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, there is potential to progress into a full-time Crane Service Engineer role. With experience, further opportunities include lead engineer, team leader, supervisor or specialist technical positions within the cranes division.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341598.
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Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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