Maintenance Apprentice Level 3

**Date Posted**:
2024-12-11
**Country**:
United Kingdom
**Location**:
Crompton Technology Group Limited, Chalker Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 4XD
**Position Role Type**:
Unspecified

**Job Title**: Maintenance Apprentice

**Time Commitment**: 37 hours per week

**Salary**:**£15,500 per annum

**Location**: Banbury

**Contract Length**: Initial 4-year scheme

**Start Date**: September 2025

Are you looking to kick-start your career with a flying start within the Aerospace industry? Then consider joining us here at Collins Aerospace where you can learn more about the industry whilst finishing your degree.

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**What does taking part in the Collins Aerospace**Maintenance** and**Facilities** Apprentice** involve?**

Aimed at highly motivated and ambitious individuals, eager to be a part of a world leader within the aerospace and defence industry. This scheme is geared towards supporting the career development of apprentices who wish to play an instrumental role in the manufacturing activities of the next generation of civil and military aircraft.

We are looking to recruit a high calibre apprentice who can support our Maintenance and facilities team to ensuring that all employees and visitors have the best experience while at our state of the art facility, whilst also installing and maintaining complexed manufacturing equipment. We believe in the power of intelligence and partnership to guide us into the next era of flight making the skies and spaces we touch smarter and safer than ever.

**Why Choose Collins Aerospace** for your apprenticeship**?**

The scheme will provide you with opportunities to progress your career in Maintenance and Facilities. You will be part of our facilities Community and be assigned a Mentor, who will support and guide you throughout your career with us. All of this is designed to complement your career development, fuel your aspirations, and give depth to your training and career.

An Apprentice within the Collins business leads from the front, living and driving our core values of Engaged, Empowered and Accountable - always.

You will be accountable for the service, repair and maintenance of the sites building, infrastructure and manufacturing equipment ensuring that the needs of the business and our diverse customer base are met across key facets such as Schedule, Cost, Quality & Scope to name but a few.

A successful Collins Apprentice is super organised with excellent attention to detail, demonstrates a passion for hands on engineering, an expert communicator and can solve the toughest of challenges all while placing the customer at the centre of everything they do.

Our community is a diverse group of self-starters with a passion to succeed, do you have what it takes to join them?

**Development and training to build your career**

We recognise that your development is key for you to fulfil your potential in the world of work. That’s why we’ve created a programme that will support your learning to deliver real business value.

Your first year will be sent attending Engineering Trust in Bicester where you will spend time learning basic engineering skills in Maintenance Engineering. You will then come on-site to putt your learning into practice where you will learn from our skilled engineers the basic principles and under pinning knowledge needed for your career.

The apprenticeship lasts for a period of 4 years and is a partnership between Collins Aerospace and Engineering Trust. You will learn key engineering principles at Engineering Trust which will be vital to your development at Collins Aerospace such as:

- To understand technical documentation.
- Carry out system diagnosis
- Carry out repairs and modifications
- To become capable of performing a multi skilled role when required
- To liaise with external service and parts providers
- To assist in Root Cause Analysis of Breakdowns & identify improvement opportunities.

By the end of the programme, having completed your functional training and apprenticeship, you will be awarded Level 2 Foundation Competencies, Level 3 and the Apprenticeship.

**What are we looking for?**

We are looking for the best individuals who have the following attributes:

- Minimum of 5 GCSE’s at Grade C/5 or above including Mathematics and English
- Be a UK resident living in the UK for a minimum of 3 years
- Good analytical skills and problem solving
- Demonstrates a passion for hands on engineering
- Good personal management and self-organisation skills
- Effective communicator - written and verbal

**Benefits**
- 185 hours holiday per annum (not including Bank Holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Private Healthcare and Dental Cover
- Competitive pension scheme

**Equal Opportunities**

**Application Process**

Apprenticeship will start with the business in September 2025.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and there may be a requirement for you to work on military related projects for w