Ready to kick-start your engineering career?
Join Thames Water as a Mechanical and Electrical Apprentice, gaining hands‑on skills with key systems while working towards a Level 3 Engineering Maintenance Technician qualification
What you’ll be doing as a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer Level 3 Apprentice:
* Learn to maintain and repair plant and equipment, including motors, power supplies, actuators, pumps, valves, gearboxes, and pipework.
* Gain knowledge in planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance, including responding to breakdowns.
* Develop skills to complete jobs safely and keep accurate work records.
* Contribute to continuous improvement activities as part of your training.
* Work alongside skilled engineers, both independently and as part of a team, to build hands‑on experience.
Where you’ll work:
Location: KT17 1BW Epsom WTW
Hours: 38‑hour week over four working days plus one training day, with a 7:30am start
Start date: Sept 2026
Training and qualification: You’ll train with Basingstoke College of Technology through on‑campus or online sessions, with travel and accommodation covered in line with our travel expense policy
Qualification achieved: Engineering Maintenance Technician – Level 3 City & Guilds Diploma in Engineering (dual discipline)
Duration: Permanent contract with a 48‑month structured programme
What you should bring to the role:
* GCSE Maths and English. (grades 9–4 / A–C)
* Good time management and organisational skills.
* Able to work well in a team and independently.
What’s in it for you?
* Excellent salary: £22,500 per annum
* Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
* Performance‑related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
* Generous Pension Scheme through AON
* Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
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