Apprentice Maintenance Technician (Mech/Elec)
DEARING PLASTICS LIMITED
Brough (HU15 1EQ)
Closes in 26 days (Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 September 2025
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Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to begin your career in engineering as an Apprentice Maintenance Technician at Dearing Plastics in Brough. You’ll train to maintain and repair injection moulding machinery, mould tooling, and plant equipment while learning how to keep production running smoothly.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday (30-minute unpaid break).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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3 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
- Learning how to conduct planned and reactive maintenance on machinery and tooling.
- Supporting fault-finding on mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
- Assisting with equipment inspections, lubrication, and cleaning as part of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
- Gaining experience in basic mould tool maintenance and minor repairs.
- Working with engineers to support the installation, testing, and commissioning of new machinery and tooling.
Helping to maintain accurate maintenance records and learning to use CMMS systems. - Supporting Continuous Improvement projects that improve machine reliability and reduce downtime.
- Developing an understanding of safe working practices in a busy manufacturing environment.
- You’ll work alongside experienced engineers who will guide you through your training, ensuring you build both practical ability and confidence in a technical role.
Where you'll work
Building 80, Aviation Way
Humber Enterprise Park
Brough
HU15 1EQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HULL COLLEGE
Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
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Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Team working
About this employer
Established in 1986, Dearing Plastics Ltd are a privately owned Plastic Injection Moulding company based in Brough, East Yorkshire. We are the UK’s largest manufacturers of First Aid cases. In almost 40 years of business we have gained an impressive reputation for quality, reliability and technical expertise, not only in Brough but on a National scale. We have the ability to produce a wide variety of complex components in an extensive range of materials and have the flexibility to undertake both high volume and small batch operations with equal efficiency.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be qualified to step into a full Maintenance Technician role. With experience, career paths include Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer, or Technical Manager, with opportunities to specialise in areas such as Continuous Improvement, Tooling, or Advanced Automation.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HULL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343691.
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Closes in 26 days (Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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