Alongside this role you will be completing the course Advanced manufacturing (electrical & electronic) > Level 5

Choose from the following

• Advanced Manufacturing (Electrical & Electronic) at Northern Regional College

What does an Maintenance & Operations Apprentice actually do?  

Day to day you will be:-   

• Learning to perform maintenance of the site to achieve a high level of Health, Safety and Environmental performance, production performance and asset security to deliver agreed power generation production plans in line with customer requirements, safely and cost effectively. Developing skills in planning work, with risk assessments, methods statements and contract management. 

• Working within the engineering and maintenance team to support the delivery of the required levels of reliability, availability and flexibility of business targets whilst complying with statutory, regulatory, and Company policies, guidelines and standards, and industry best practice. Demonstrable through the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). 

• Learning to operate, maintain and inspect equipment to meet legislative requirements, (e.g. PAT testing; lifts; lifting equipment; cranes, DSEAR).

• Working with the Engineering Team to effectively plan and deliver outages to time, quality and budget. 

• Establishing and maintaining effective communication networks within own and wider team, ensuring business objectives and activities are understood and best practice is shared, through participation in toolbox talks and site meetings. 

• Supporting the Production team with the operational activities of a gas fired power plant comprising a complex and diverse range of equipment operating 24/7/365 regime.  

The demand for electricity is increasing, and while the energy industry is changing, the demand for talented people to take over in the future hasn't. A career in energy is a career with purpose, one that you can be proud of and one that has a critical impact to every person’s life.   

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Our Ideal Candidate   

Skills & Knowledge 

• Working with others – works well with people from different disciplines, backgrounds and expertise to accomplish an activity safely and on time. 

• Interpersonal skills – gets along well with others and takes into account their needs and concerns. 

• Understanding that the roles are based at a working power station, the apprentices must be comfortable with working at heights and working in confined spaces.  

• Flexible approach adapting quickly to changes in the job and work environment and who enjoys being fully involved in ensuring the business is a success. 

• Good numeracy, literacy and problem-solving skills. 

• Demonstrable competence in use of IT/IS skill e.g. MS Office 

 Behaviours 

• A flexible approach adapting quickly to changes in the job and work environment and who enjoys being fully involved in ensuring the business is a success (essential) .

• Excellent numeracy, literacy and problem-solving skills (essential) . 

• Demonstratable competence in use of IT/IS skills e.g. MS Office (essential) .

Qualifications 

To meet the requirements of the Level 5 course, you will need:- 

• 56 UCAS points.

• STEM A-Levels including Maths or Physics or L3 BTEC Engineering.

We're also looking for people who’ll help run this industry in the future, so we’ll want to know more about why you’re interested in the energy industry and why you think an apprenticeship is the right path for you.  

In your application we’re keen to get to you know as best as we can, so we’ll want to understand your hobbies, work history and extracurricular activities you’ve been involved in as well.   

 We’ll give you the technical training to do the job over time, but we want you to bring a sense of curiosity, enthusiasm, and teamwork to your time as an apprentice at EP Ballylumford Ltd and EP Kilroot Ltd.