Engineering Maintenance Apprentices Doncaster, England
Job description
Join us at Wavin: Where purpose comes to life.
You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Wavin – an Orbia business where our purpose to advance life around the world drives our entire global team.
Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting our world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.
Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for. How about you?
At Wavin, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The very places we live in: our cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join forces with us, join our team, and help build more sustainable environments!
We want to build a team of people with purpose. That’s why Wavin is currently looking for two Engineering Maintenance Apprentices to join our team at Doncaster . If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.
The role
Reporting to the Engineering & Site Services Manager & Lead Engineer, the Engineering Maintenance Apprentices will work on a full-time basis. During the first year, the Engineering Maintenance Apprentices will attend the Training Centre/college for an initial block of study on a full-time basis. After this it will be one day a week knowledge study, studying towards a qualification in Engineering at Advanced Level 3 standard with the remaining 4 days based onsite. The Engineering Maintenance Apprentices will undertake an Advanced Level 3 apprenticeship programme in Engineering, including Key Functional Skills training (where necessary), to support the Engineering team in maintaining plant and equipment, customer service requirements and required OEE. They will undertake the required training on and off the job, to safely maintain and repair a variety of machines to include Injection Moulding machines, Plastic Extruders and fully Automated Assembly machines to maintain production volumes. This will involve training in the operation and process of Plastic Polmer machines.
The main duties and responsibilities of the role are to:
On and off the job learning and training in and outside of the Company, to develop competence and become a Multi Skilled Engineer
Undertake the required training to maintain and repair a variety of machines including injection moulding and extruders and Company specific equipment and machinery.
To train in the operation and process of plastic polymer machines.
Operate in line with all Wavin H&S Standards whilst on site, adhering to safe working practices in accordance with current legislation.
Carryout day to day maintenance activities, maintaining machine availability
Carryout proactive work including PPM and improvement work
Carrying out complex fault diagnosis and repair activities on high technology engineered systems such as:
Maintaining mechanical equipment
Maintaining fluid & pneumatic power equipment
Maintaining electrical & electronic equipment
Maintaining process control equipment
To be successful in the role you will:
Hold GCSEs or equivalent in Maths & English Language grade C/4 or above.
Have previous work experience.
Be able to develop the required knowledge including IT skills through on and off the job learning and training/mentoring.
Possess good organisational and time management skills with the ability to multi-task. You will be self-motivated with the confidence to work unsupervised.
Have excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Be a good communicator with strong teamwork abilities and interpersonal skills.
Wavin offers
Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Wavin! At Wavin, we encourage all our employees to develop their talent and to become the best version of themselves with great innovative programs. Here, we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Wavin is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.
Organisation
Orbia’s Building and Infrastructure business Wavin is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, Wavin is advancing life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Wavin collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Wavin has 12,000+ employees around 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network.
Wavin is a business of Orbia. A company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluorinated Solutions (Koura) sectors. The five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, with global headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $9.6 billion in revenue in 2022.
Contact us
If you have questions or you want to know more about the position, please contact our People Team via [email protected]. To apply, use the apply-button.
Acquisition based on this vacancy is not appreciated and unsolicited applications from third parties will not be accepted.
