Apprentice Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineer

Pitkin & Ruddock • Apprenticeship • Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom • £31.27k - £40.01k / year • 1w ago

Location(s):

Bury St Edmunds

Outline of the job

Initially you will be working with a member/s of our engineering staff (RAC Engineer) who will provide one to one support and guidance in your professional development.
As your ability and experience develops you will undertake simple tasks on your own but under our direct supervision.
As your skills and experience develop further you will undertake simple tasks yourself, this will gradually increase in line with time and your skills sets with the eventual aim of you being able to undertake the majority of our workscope unsupervised.

Training....

In addition to ‘on the job’ in-house training we will work with training establishments such as technical colleges and other specialists to deliver nationally recognised qualifications in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.

Additional information

This is a challenging job role based in a busy technically challenging environment, it requires a high degree of flexibility, motivation and a proactive dedicated approach to all the work tasks and your own development.
You will need to be well presented, energetic and enthusiastic with good interpersonal and communication skills as in many circumstances you will be customer facing.
An important skill is the ability to build good working relationships with our own team members and with our customers. The ability to communicate effectively at all levels is therefore essential.
Good time management and organisation skills are necessary to ensure workload and study is prioritised and balanced, and that required responses are timely and relevant to our and our customers’ needs.
Taking ownership of tasks and personally taking responsibility for outcomes being of the highest quality is also important within this job role.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

You will need to have a logical organised approach to both your learning and the physical aspects of our work.
You will need to develop a good set of problem solving skills and be adaptable to technical changes in a fast moving industry.
You will need to be flexible and adaptable in your approach to work and adopt a ‘can do’ approach.
You will need to have good IT skills and be able to adapt to different learning styles.
You should be physically fit as the role has a reasonable degree of manual work in a variety of work situations / sites. Areas of concern include, colour blindness, vertigo, epilepsy or similar conditions, hearing, dexterity problems.

Desirable Criteria

Ideally at least 17 years of age. Site attendance restrictions prohibit those under 18 years of age.
Passed driving test for, or learning to drive manual vehicles.
No, or minimal points on driving licence.
Own transport to get to P&R work base.
Achieved Grade ‘C’ or ‘4’ in English, Maths, and IT as these are required to meet apprenticeship level 2 minimum enrolment requirements.

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