Apprentice Maintenance Operative Engineering Technician - Electrical

We are vehicle conversions company in Doncaster, handling a range of conversions for vehicles and welfare units, with work touching nearly all corners of the LGV market looking for our next ambitious apprentices to join a growing team in our electrical engineering, conversion and maintenance department.

Frequent conversion includes turning new vehicles into welfare, racking/utility, command centre, rescue/blue light and onboard power systems. With more mechanical work being undertaken on welfare units with servicing, maintenance, generator repair, running gear servicing, and fuel system repair/replacement.

Automotive electrical fitter:

This role involves the installation and maintenance of the following equipment, but not limited to, below:

• 12V Auxiliary batteries
• 12V Charging systems, including DCDC converters and split charge contactors
• 12/48V – 240V Power inverters
• 12/48V Control/monitoring systems
• 12V Accessories, including but not limited to, handwash units, parking sensors, additional lighting, warning equipment, and extraction fans
• Solar panels installation includes isolation switches and solar controllers
• Wiring of consumer units, including MCB, RCD’s etc.
• Wiring up of 240V sockets and switches
• Position, assemble, install, and dismantle electrical plant and equipment, which may include motors, switchgear, cables and conductors, to agreed specifications
• Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on electrical plant and equipment
• Replace, repair, or remove components in electrical plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition
• Diagnose and determine the cause of faults in electrical plant and equipment

Skills required:

The role would include the regular use of the following skillsets:

• Soldering of wiring, either new connections or connections to existing wires.
• Terminal crimping, from smaller ferrules to larger battery cable crimps.
• Measuring and marking of drilling/mounting points.
• Drilling of multiple materials, wood, plastic, and metal.
• Measuring of voltage, resistance, current etc.
• Following drawings and wiring diagrams/schematics.
• Stripping of vehicle panels and interiors.
• Following health and safety guidelines.
• Using hand and power tools to complete installation work.
• Fault finding skills and logical thinking.
• Basic metal working skills to mount equipment.
• Ability to identify different cable types.
• Ability to identify electrical components.

Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.  

Day release.   

You will undertake Maintenance and operations engineering technician electrical Level 3 Standard.  

Maintenance and operations engineering technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

You will undertake both on and off-the-job job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience.