Summary
Are you ready to live your future? Do you want to be part of building a greener, healthier, and stronger North West? Come and join us! With a range of award-winning roles on offer, you’re sure to find your perfect career here at United Utilities. We’ll provide you with industry-leading skills and experience you need to succeed in your chosen field.
Wage
£19,000 a year
You have a starting salary of £19,000, which will increase each year based on performance
Training course
Utilities engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Usually Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm. Once you’ve completed your apprenticeship you’ll be asked to join part of a formal standby rota, which may require you to do some out of hours work.
37 hours a week
Possible start date
Wednesday 3 September
Duration
4 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
As an Apprentice Field Service Engineer - Instrumentation, you’ll learn how to:
* Install, repair and maintain our process instrumentation, control and automation systems, ensuring our wastewater assets are available and are working correctly, helping to keep services running smoothly for our customers
* Work as part of a dedicated team focussed on ensuring our plants continue to operate at maximum efficiency
* Work with a wide range of equipment, be able to identify any faults and carry out routine maintenance, following the company’s rigorous health and safety standards
* Schedule maintenance activity and how to organise your workload effectively
Where you’ll work
Butley Lane
Prestbury
Macclesfield
SK10 4DS
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
Your training course
Utilities engineering technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Your apprenticeship will last 48 months, and successful apprentices will achieve a Utilities Engineering Technician, Level: 3 standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships.
During your first year, you’ll spend 8 months working from Bolton Technical Training Centre during the working week (Monday – Wednesday). If you’re from outside of the area, accommodation will be provided by United Utilities during this period, excluding weekends.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* 5 GCSEs incl. Maths, English & Science/Tech (grade grades A-C or grades 9-4)
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
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Patience
Other requirements
Offers subject to pre-employment checks before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory report from the Disclosure Scotland/ the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please only apply for one apprenticeship. Please note that we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role.