Apprentice Electrician in Hexham

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City: Hexham (UK) Contract Type: Full-time Job-Code: **** Department: Maintenance Your Tasks At EGGER, our Electricians assemble, install, maintain and repair electrical installations, machines and equipment across our site.
Whenever there is an incident or installation breakdown they are expected to respond rapidly and effectively.
As an Apprentice, you will undertake a comprehensive 4 year training programme to learn all the tasks required of a member of our Electrical Maintenance team.
You will spend your first year completing off site training (based at SETA in Washington – we provide transport for this) to achieve an apprentice standard qualification in Electrical Engineering, with the following 3 years spent on site supported by day release.
During your training you have the opportunity to work towards an HNC qualification.
During this time you will develop and maintain working knowledge of Siemens PLCs, whilst working on a range of projects and making short presentations on your progress.
Our Requirements For all our apprenticeships, we are looking for self-motivated learners with excellent interpersonal skills as you will be working with a range of departments.
You will also need the following: Good standard of secondary education with a minimum of 5 GCSEs grade C / 4 or above, including Maths, English, Science and a GCSE in Technology or Engineering would also be advantageous.
Basic standard of IT skills and competent us of Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Strong interest in Electrical principles and practice.
We Offer The opportunity to join the largest manufacturing employer in Northumberland; focussed on quality, customer service, the environment and sustainability.
Competitive employee benefits (including company pension scheme, learning and development opportunities, and a travel/fuel