Apprentice Refrigeration Equipment Engineer - London

Refrigeration Technician Apprenticeship Opportunity London City & Guilds Approved Programme – National Living Wage rising to £16.50 per hour after successful completion of the programme.

Do you want responsibility? To be known as someone who delivers consistently high standards? To become a leader? Then we want to speak to you! We are looking for our next cohort of trainees to join our City and Guilds Approved technical academy training programme. You will be joining an industry leading provider of commercial kitchen service and maintenance in the UK and internationally. We pride ourselves on the strong relationships we have with our customer base of blue-chip, prestigious establishments and organisations from a range of industries.

We are proud to have won the Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employer Award by the Department for Education, received Platinum awards from the 5% club, the Princess Royal Training Award, as well as being awarded City & Guilds, ILM and LCL Approved status for our Technical Academy.

Why join MCFT?

• You’ll gain Level 3 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Heat Pump Engineering Technician
• Additional training such as Level 3 Emerging Leader
• We give you the skills and experience for a long term in demand career.
• The chance to learn a new trade, with no prior experience.
• Earn-as-you-learn on our 2-year, paid training programme.

Salary & Benefits:

• Competitive starting salary.
• City & Guilds approved training and development programme.
• Company mobile phone.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Income protection.
• Health cash plans.
• Discretionary bonus.
• Excellent opportunities for progression.
• Company part funded trips here and abroad.

Essential Requirements:

• Must have held a full UK Manual Drivers licence for a minimum of one year.
• Ambition and drive, we’re looking for future team leaders.
• Must be willing to travel.
• As we are looking for people to join us for a career, rather than a job, we expect a minimum four-year investment from you. If you were to leave before this time period, training costs would be applicable.

What’s the journey?

You will begin with 3-months based at our brand-new technical academy where you’ll learn the basics, getting you ready to go out into the field. From there you’ll be attending our customer sites with one of our experienced technicians who will support your learning, returning periodically to the technical academy for the next part of your classroom-based learning, this is genuinely a mix of classroom-based and practical, hands-on education.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity, then look no further…! I’m waiting to hear from you.

What a Typical Day Looks Like:

There isn’t one! Every day is different, different locations and different customers - from schools and colleges to commercial kitchens at well-known sporting venues. You will be building your portfolio to evidence your competence in each area of the training programme giving a structured approach to your learning.

You will be carrying out preventive maintenance, callouts and repairs on a wide variety of commercial kitchen equipment. You will have your own allocated sites upon completion of the trainee programme where you will build relationships with your customers and really get to know the ins and outs of each kitchen you come across.

You will be delivering work for our customers that adds genuine value, you aren’t coming here to be a bag carrier, you will be making real impact! You’ll earn a pay increase annually as you become more experienced and be able to work on more complex jobs.

To find out more about us and what makes MCFT a great place to work visit our website www.people.mcft.com. To register your interest in attending one of our quarterly Recruitment Days, please apply.