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Level 4 Lead Engineering Manufacturing Technician

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Duration: 36 months + 6-month Gateway

Solving skills gaps in Engineering through funded apprenticeships

The Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician occupation is found within the engineering and manufacturing sector, including industries such as automotive, energy, engineering construction, maritime and general engineering maintenance.


The broad purpose of the role is to offer engineering support, technical leadership and expertise, often within complex and safety critical environments. Individuals typically perform a multi-disciplinary role, managing or leading other technicians and coordinating engineering activities
 

Engineering student receiving hands-on instruction from a tutor while operating machinery in a workshop
Engineering student working with electrical components and technical diagrams in a practical learning environment

What your apprentice will learn

This apprenticeship is designed for experienced engineering technicians who are progressing into a lead, supervisory or senior technical role.


Throughout the programme, apprentices develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to:

  • Provide technical leadership and support to engineering teams
  • Analyse engineering and maintenance data to plan and schedule work
  • Coordinate and lead engineering activities to meet time, cost and quality requirements
  • Diagnose and resolve complex engineering and maintenance problems
  • Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations
  • Liaise effectively with internal teams, customers and suppliers
  • Support the delivery of complex and critical asset management programmes.

This is an apprenticeship offer, led by Total People — part of the LTE Group

Apprentices attend UCEN at our Openshaw campus one day a week to be taught the HNC qualification that is a mandatory qualification within the standard.

Off the job training includes:

  • Technical and theoretical learning
  • Work based projects aligned to the apprentice’s role
  • Supported study and preparation for assessment.

All learning is planned, relevant and designed to build new knowledge, skills and behaviours in line with the standard.

Engineering student standing in a workshop with industrial machinery used for practical engineering training
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I’m gaining both Electrical and Mechanical unit skills and knowledge, along with CAD drawing. All of this will help with my eventual goal of becoming a Site Technician.

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