Please note, this vacancy is for our March 2027 cohort only.
Job Description
As an Apprentice Maintenance Engineer at William Lee, your duties and responsibilities will vary based on the company’s requirements. You will build your knowledge in a busy foundry environment, and your time will be split between work on plant equipment and mobile plant, including our fleet of Forklift Trucks and Stacker Trucks.
Role & responsibilities
- Ensure that all work is completed to a high standard, whilst complying with the Company’s Health and Safety requirements to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- To conduct risk assessments on all jobs in the form of 'Take Two’.
- Communicate effectively with peers and management.
- To work as part of the Maintenance Team ensuring all equipment is operating efficiently and safely.
- Become fluent in the Company TPM maintenance system (Total Productive Maintenance) to ensure efficient running of plant assets.
- Ensure the working area is clean and tidy on completion of any job/task.
- To install and maintain new and existing equipment, whilst ensuring production is not interrupted.
- To put forward and communicate ideas and get involved with plant improvement.
- To help maintain the Company’s mobile plant, including FLT and stacker trucks.
Health, Safety & Environment
- Ensure that you are always equipped with the correct personal protective equipment and is properly looked after and maintained.
- Ensure that all accidents are reported and recorded in the accident book.
- Ensure any spillages are cleared up immediately and the correct emergency equipment is always available.
- Ensure compliance with the company’s health and safety and environmental policies, ensuring these are understood and upheld.
Personal qualities the candidate must have
- Ability to multitask.
- Self-resilient and capable of making task related decisions.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Be open to and work with change, both culturally and technically
- Works in an inclusive way
- Willingness to undertake additional tasks, within capabilities, to get the job done.
- Willingness to take ownership.
- Take a critical approach to work practice and identify and suggest improvements.
- Believes and promotes Health and Safety within the workplace.
- Self-motivated
- Task orientated.
- Ability to remain calm and effective during stressful times.
- Proactively taking actions to improve
- Adapts quickly to change.
William Lee is one of the largest foundries in the UK and British Owned. It’s continual investment in plant, processes and a dedicated workforce has enabled the company to be extremely successful, with over 150 years of history and long-term plans. We supply global markets to blue chip companies including BMW, Mercedes, Daimler.
Things to consider
During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, full time for an initial block of study. You will return to your workplace one Friday per month. After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.
Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced apprenticeships entry requirements
You will need both of the following:
- GCSE English language C or 4 or above
- GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.
Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.
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