Apprentice Maintenance Technician; Mechanical

The Role

As a Mechanical Technician you will spend your first year at a specialist training facility with our training provider Westinghouse Springfields Fuels. You will learn basic engineering and craft skills, giving you a great foundation to progress.

You will then join us on site in year two, coming back to site to join the maintenance team, where you will work alongside other technicians in your technical field, gaining real hands-on experience.

Here are a few examples of what our Mechanical Technicians do:

• Have a pro-active approach to safety, considering own safety and that of colleagues and visitors. Ensuring compliance with all site, local rules and procedures. Escalating any safety concerns that can’t be resolved when found.

• Carry out scheduled Preventive Maintenance routines in line with documented procedures to reduce potential for unplanned breakdowns of equipment.

• Carry out Corrective Maintenance on equipment if it fails, minimising the impact on production where possible.

• Have a pro-active approach to all works, planning and preparing for all preventative or corrective tasks to ensure, safety and quality standards are met.

• Carry out or support root cause analysis of unplanned outages / fault diagnosis on equipment and identify and implement actions to prevent a reoccurrence where practical.

This Apprenticeship will give you an industry recognised qualification via Level 3 Engineering Manufacturing Technician
, with many of our apprentice going on to additional study. Alongside this you will complete additional qualifications up to Level 4 standard.

This duration of this Apprenticeship Programme is 48 months and if successful, you will join our 2026 Apprenticeship Intake in September.

To be eligible for this programme we need you to have achieved or be on course for 5 GCSEs including English & Maths inc. a science at Grade C/4 or above. Of course we understand it is not all about grades and we are on the look out for the following skills/personal qualities:

• Communication Skills

• IT Skills

• Attention to Detail

• Organisation Skills

• Problem Solving Skills

• Analytical Skills

• Logical Thinking

• Team working

• Taking Initiative

We pay our apprentices a competitive wage at Victrex - so whilst you may be in training, you can be sure that you will be rewarded as your confidence and skills grow in role. This means your salary will increase on your journey to becoming a skilled & competent tradesperson and, once you are, you will be rewarded as such!

Apart from a great base salary, you will be enrolled in our company bonus scheme and if eligible you will be invited to join our Company Pension Scheme where 5% employee contributions will attract contributions of 12% by Victrex.

We offer private medical insurance and give employees 29 days annual leave per annum and bank holidays with the option of purchasing up to 2 additional weeks leave too.

The perks are great, but so is our culture - and you can read more about it below.

So you’ve submitted an application to one of our Apprenticeship Programmes – nice work! The Talent Team will review your application in collaboration with the Hiring Manager and Training Providers to determine if you are eligible to undertake the Apprenticeship of your choice with us.

Afterwards, the selection process might look like so:

Stage 1 – Online Interview and Psychometric Assessments

Stage 2 – Assessment Centre (this might include an interview, show & tell presentation, site tours, case study)

Our Apprenticeship Programmes are very popular so please do bear with us whilst we process your application.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.

At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.

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