Advanced Automation and Control Engineering Apprentice
This Advanced Apprenticeship programme will be split between attending college and on the job training and assessments. During the programme, the apprentice will gain a Level 4 Automation and Control or equivalent qualification, whilst also gaining valuable on-the-job practical experience.
Role
You will be involved in day to day activities covering a multitude of Automation and Control & associated engineering activities and being trained and assessed on Automation & Control industry standard modules. Day to day contact will be the with the Regional Process Control & Automation Manager & Site Engineering manager and other maintenance / electrical engineering colleagues.
Example of activities:
- Learning from electrical engineers, Process control Engineers, this will be electrical principals, circuit diagram interpretation, circuit design, electrical safety systems, control systems, plant automation, PLC fault finding and alteration, variable speed drives, installation safety standards.
- Maintain a wide range of hardware and software found on today’s industrial networks and control systems including, but not limited to PLC's, Robots, Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, variable speed drives, soft-starters, energy monitoring equipment, instrumentation, safety systems.
- To learn and follow integral health and safety processes and procedures, LOTO, risk assessment, Atex environments. With this knowledge you will be able to assess risks and negate them appropriately.
- Work on a broader than usual array of engineering competencies and skills.
Training
Full Automation and Control Engineering Level 4 Apprenticeship.
1 day in college at Luckyn Lane, Basildon.
4 days with the employer.
Full time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Automation and controls engineering technician (level 4)
- Training Provider
- SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm
- Expected Duration
- 51 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Monday, 6th May 2024
- Start Date
- Sunday, 1st September 2024
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
Qualifications
- English and maths GCSE or equivalent, grade 4 (Essential)
- Engineering Other, grade Level 3 (Essential)
About the Employer
PURA FOODS LIMITED
Overview of ADM: For more than a century, the people of ADM Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with approximately 40,000 employees serving customers in nearly 200 countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately 450 crop procurement locations, more than 330 food and feed ingredient manufacturing facilities, 62 innovation centres and the world’s premier crop transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Our Vision: Because the need for food and energy is both vital and growing, we must look ahead, plan and grow. Our vision is to be the most admired global agribusiness. Creating value. Growing responsibly. Serving vital needs. Pura Foods Ltd is a purpose built state of the art customer focused speciality food oil refinery and packaging facility in Purfleet, Essex. A speciality feed oil facility has recently been added allowing it to create bespoke blends for customer in the feed industry. Pura Foods refines and packs high quality liquid oils including rapeseed, high-oleic rapeseed, sunflower seed, high-oleic sunflower and winterized sunflower seed, as well as tropical oils including palm, palm derivates; olein, stearine, kernel, kernel stearine and coconut. Pura Foods blends and packs many of these oils into bespoke formulations and nutritional values that offer tailored solutions to the Bakery and Frying sectors.
- Company
- PURA FOODS LIMITED
- Location
- London Road, Purfleet, Essex, England
- Employment Type
- Higher Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £26,000.00
- Posted
- Company
- PURA FOODS LIMITED
- Location
- London Road, Purfleet, Essex, England
- Employment Type
- Higher Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £26,000.00
- Posted