Summary
Our Facility Technicians provide site facilities and building maintenance support that enables safe and efficient operations of the plant and its infrastructure. Tasks will include Facility electrical and mechanical preventative maintenance as well as dynamic repair tasks. Building and infrastructure site maintenance
Wage
£18,165 a year
Year one starting salary is £18,165 rising to £27,424 in year 4. Salary paid monthly, annual salary increase subject to an annual performance review. Any agreed overtime will be paid at the relevant rate.
Training course
Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 7.00am - 3.00pm. One day per week at Hartlepool College (day to be confirmed). May require overtime or unsociable hours at times.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 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
* Facilities Technician will carryout fault finding activities and undertake timely repair of equipment
* Prepare technical reports to analyse breakdown cause and recommend counter-measures
* Support specialist service providers and statutory inspection protocols.
* Work with Electrical power instillations
* Building fabrication maintenance and services
* Maintenance of site access systems such as vehicle barriers, pedestrian gates and turnstiles
* Trained in mechanical handling equiment such as FLT, P60 and MEWP
* Undertake planned preventative maintenance activities on site infrastructure & systems
Where you’ll work
1 Skerne Road
Aycliffe Business Park
Newton Aycliffe
County Durham
DL5 6EP
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
HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Your training course
Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
* Comply with current company policies and procedures.
* Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
* Produce a risk assessment.
* Produce a method statement.
* Plan work activities.
* Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
* Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
* Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
* Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
* Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
* Minimise delays to planned work.
* Amend and replan work activities.
* Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
* Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
* Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
* Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
* Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
* Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
* Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
* Isolate building service engineering systems.
* Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
* Replace components.
* Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
* Handover completed maintenance activities.
* Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
* Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
* Provide internal feedback.
* Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
* Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
* Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
* Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
* Repair components.
* Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
* Comply with current company policies and procedures.
* Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
* Produce a risk assessment.
* Produce a method statement.
* Plan work activities.
* Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
* Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
* Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
* Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
* Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
* Minimise delays to planned work.
* Amend and replan work activities.
* Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
* Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
* Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
* Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
* Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
* Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
* Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
* Isolate building service engineering systems.
* Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
* Replace components.
* Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
* Handover completed maintenance activities.
* Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
* Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
* Provide internal feedback.
* Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
* Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
* Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
* Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
* Repair components.
Your training plan
* Our Apprenticeship Programme lasts 48 months and you will spend day release at Hartlepool College learning the role basics
* This will be supported while working on site developing your competencies within the experienced facilities team
* The programme leads to a Level 3 Building Services Engineering apprenticeship standard qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* English Language (grade 5 or above)
* mathematics (grade 5 or above)
* other (grade 5 or above)
* science (grade 5 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
* Problem solving skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Patience
* Physical fitness
Other requirements
We are looking for people who are looking for a long term career so we expect a proactive attitude to learning and a desire from you to progress your own development. You have to complete an application form which is then assessed and based on the information you provide you may then be invited to an assessment day.