Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprentice

WADDINGTON EUROPE LIMITED

Buckinghamshire (MK11 3HA)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 October 2025

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Summary

Love fixing things? Curious about how things work? Join us to learn hands-on maintenance, help solve real problems, and make a difference in the world around you. No full experience needed - just enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. Ready to get stuck in? We want to hear from you!

• Wage:

  £15,463 a year

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  Annual Salary

• Training course: Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Monday 5 January 2026

• Duration:

  3 years 6 months

• 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

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Learn how to fix and maintain machines and equipment
• Help manage spare parts so everything runs smoothly
• Use smart systems to plan regular checks and repairs
• Keep important site services working properly
• Share ideas to make things work better and faster
• Get support from experienced engineers when things get tricky
• Go to training and stay on track with your apprenticeship Keep records of what you’ve done - it’s part of the job!
• Always wear the right safety gear and work safely
• Speak up about anything unsafe - safety comes first
• Follow rules for working safely with equipment Help protect the environment and keep quality high

Where you'll work

37-39 Burners Lane
Kiln Farm
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK11 3HA

Training

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

Training provider

MILTON KEYNES 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

Qualification Level:

Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship

Duration: Typically 3 - 4 years, depending on the employer and individual progress Delivery:

A mix of on-the-job training and off-the-job learning at MK College

Content Includes:

• Mechanical and electrical engineering principles
• Robotics and automation systems
• Control systems and diagnostics
• Health and safety in engineering environments
• Appropriate Training will be provided on inhouse machinery & PPE will be provided to the candidate

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• Maths (grade 9-4)
• English (grade 9-4)
• Science (grade 9-4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Teamwork
• Safety Procedure Knowledge
• Initiative
• Communication skills
• Methodical approach

Other requirements

To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must meet the following residency criteria: You must have lived in the UK, the British Overseas Territories, or Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.

About this employer

Waddington® Europe, a Novolex® brand, is a premier European thermoformed packaging specialist for a variety of sectors, including food, pet food, medical and industrial. Our high-quality rigid plastic product portfolio has been designed with optimum clarity, maximum shelf presence, ease of use and circularity in mind. We are a vertically integrated company and provide a complete end-to-end packaging supply service, including design, extrusion, tooling manufacture and thermoforming for our standard ranges as well as for bespoke designs

After this apprenticeship

• The apprentice will undertake and successfully complete a structured engineering apprenticeship programme, leading to a nationally recognised qualification and professional accreditation within the engineering sector, while maintaining full attendance at both college and work to support the achievement of the course

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348633.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

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