Engineering Apprenticeship
Kepak Group
- Bodmin, Cornwall
- Training
- Full-time
- To carry out effective Planned Preventative Maintenance as directed
- To carry out maintenance and rectification works following audits, inspections, and production reports.
- Working to make continual improvements to plant and equipment to reduce repeat common point failures and improve site efficiencies.
- Keeping workshops, plant rooms and engineering storage areas to a standard that exceeds the requirements of internal and external audits.
- Keeping workshop tools and equipment serviceable, clean, and ready for use to meet the requirements for tool control.
- To keep up to date records of work completed on paper based and computer systems.
- All accountabilities support the engineering function which in turn reduces production down time and allows the department to meet its goals and objectives.
- Responsible for highlighting any additional spare parts required to carry out tasks. Spares usage is monitored against each team member by way of monthly KPIs.
- Report any risks or any evidence of unsafe or out of specification product, equipment, packaging, or raw materials, to a designated manager to enable the resolution of issues requiring immediate action.
- Understand mathematical techniques, formula and calculations in a maintenance environment and the type of equipment being maintained.
- Understand mechanical, electrical, electronic, fluid power and process control principles in a mechatronics maintenance environment.
- Understand how equipment being maintained functions and operating parameters in individual components and how they interact.
- Understand fault diagnostic methods, techniques and equipment used when maintaining equipment and systems.
- Understand condition monitoring methods and equipment used and understand how the information gained.
- Supports the planning of maintenance activities.
- Understand how to minimise machinery downtime by implementing planned preventative maintenance programmes.
- Be reliable and fully committed to the 4 year Apprentice programme
- Have a positive attitude with strong attention to detail
- Be willing to learn at all times
- Be flexible in their approach to work
- Have an interest in problem solving
- Employee Discount Scheme
- Service-Related Annual Leave
- Educational Assistance/ L&D
- Discounted Meat Products
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme