KUKA Robotics - Level 3 Field Service and Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship

Brief Description

This is an amazing opportunity to provide fault finding and maintenance of robotic automation equipment for [Employer hidden] Ltd. across the UK in a field based maintenance apprenticeship

Qualifications Required

5 GCSEs at 9 – 4 / A* - C (5 or above preferred), must include maths, English language, and ideally Science, or equivalent related qualification.

Personal Qualities

• Must have a professional approach dealing with customers, Suppliers and colleagues.
• Practical Hands on approach

Skills Required

• Excellent communication skills, written, reading and oral
• Good IT Skills & Outlook
• Good observation skills and eye for detail
• Confident, good teamwork and ethics behaviours
• Good numeracy skills
• Must to be willing to travel internationally

Training to be Provided

Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with your employer and Make UK, which are fully paid for, including: 

• Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Practical Foundation Training – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
• Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Workplace Competence Training - in years 2 to 4 in company
• Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 1, 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK
• In house training in line with your requirements.
• Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer

On completion of your studies, you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Engineering Technician.

Future Prospects

On completion of your apprenticeship, you can look forward to becoming a qualified Field Service Engineer, covering national clients, however the sky's the limit. Progression is always there for the right people.

Vacancy Detail

COMPANY

KUKA AG is an internationally active company with sales of around 3 billion euro. Every day, roughly 13,200 KUKA employees at our headquarters in Augsburg and around the world work to ensure that we remain one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions. Our international customers come from, among other sectors, the automotive industry and general industry. KUKA offers you everything from a single source: from the individual components to fully automated systems.

In the United Kingdom, KUKA operates from two locations in the West Midlands – Wednesbury and Halesowen. Each of these locations represents a KUKA division. In addition to sharing a region, the two locations have one other thing in common: their passion for KUKA as a company and its technological innovation. This role is based at the KUKA Robotics Wednesbury site.

ROLE

During your apprenticeship, you will be working towards the following competencies:

• In depth support from specialists and Technical Mentors to support the apprentice in developing the skills required for a Field Service Engineers.
• To provide fault finding on all equipment including mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, robotics and control and safety systems.
• To assist with installation, programming and testing of new installations and make modifications or enhancements to existing installations.
• To provide breakdown assistance both at customer sites and by telephone.
• To assist with service work / preventative maintenance and mechanical and electrical upgrades.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

* Gold Standard Accredited Kitemark Employer

- Europe’s biggest Producer of Industrial RobotsAutomation

- National Travel

- Pension

- Healthcare and Medical

- Wellbeing support

- PPE*

Other Information

Field Service Engineering may involve staying away from home, so you should be prepared to be away for up to a week at a time.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

*Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn*

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