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ENGINEER APPRENTICESHIP | AVONMOUTH | National Apprentice Wage for Age

Year 1: Sept - Dec £12,773.42 (£6.40ph full time college) Jan - Aug £17,164.28 (£8.60ph)
Year 2: £17,164.28 - (£8.60ph for 18-20 years old) / £22,832.49 (£11.44ph for 21 & over) Ready to start your career? ENCIRC are recruiting for Engineer Apprentices to join the team at "The Park", a high-tech, award-winning bottling plant in Avonmouth, Bristol.

If you are looking to start your career in a fast paced & innovative business where every day brings new exciting, rewarding and sometimes unexpected challenges then this apprenticeship provides you with a fantastic opportunity to become a multiskilled Engineer by developing your skills whilst gaining an Engineering qualification.

Main Responsibility:

This role will enable you to become a multiskilled trained Engineer working with mechanical and electrical components including:

Pumps
Motors, Including servos.
Gearwheels, belts, and pullies
Invertors
Conveyors
Encoders
Timers
Contactors
PLC's
Safety Circuits
Isolators
3 Phase, 240volt, 110v and 24-volt AC/DC
Pneumatics cylinders, valves, and fittingsDuring your apprenticeship you will learn how to:

Use a Lathe and a milling Machine.
Basic welding
Develop hand skills. (i.e. bench work with files, hack saws, marking out, drilling)
Test motors, drives, safety circuits, cables, pumps, vacuum systems, pneumatics cylinders and valves.
Fault finding
Source and create parts on site.
3D PrintingThe Key Requirements:

5 GCSEs at grade A*-C / 9-4 including Maths & English.
Have a desire to become a Multiskilled Engineer.
Willingness to learn and follow instruction.Encirc 'The Park' is a multi-award-winning bottling facility, employing over four hundred people and producing 25 million 9L case equivalents of wine each year. Our state of the art and highly mechanised manufacturing and blending plant has six packaging lines and the capacity to produce 1,200 bottles of wine every minute. The Park is also home to the largest wine warehouse and distribution centre in Europe (80,000m²) with the largest fleet of reach truck Automated Guided Vehicles in the World!

Encirc produces up to four billion glass bottles and containers each year, many of which you will find in your homes. In 2021, we created the world's most sustainable bottles, using 100% recycled glass. Our collective purpose is to deliver and uphold world-leading sustainable innovation, with great people and a great workplace collaborating on a great future.

In Encirc, you will be joining a business with a bespoke, 360-approach to the beverage supply chain, spanning filling, warehousing, and logistics. Reducing the road miles and carbon footprint of our customers' products, we are conscious disruptors prioritising sustainability and modern technology.

We are proud to be market leaders in glass container design, manufacturing, bottling, and logistics solutions for the UK and Irish food and beverages industries. As a forward-thinking and sustainable business, we are committed to achieving zero emissions by 2030.

The Benefits and Perks

Modern office located at our site in Avonmouth, Bristol
Free and secure on-site parking with subsidised electric car charging
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Onsite gym
Onsite staff restaurant
Go Beyond Day - making a different in your local community.
Access to an extensive online learning library
Various exclusive employee discounts
Cycle to work scheme.
Dental insurance
Employee Assistance Programme
Free pass for Bristol Zoo ProjectLocation: This apprenticeship is with Weston College and The Park, Encirc.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this job opportunity. You can expect to receive an update on your application within two working days. We look forward to hearing from you.

Encirc is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Every applicant will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion.

Thank you for your interest