Summary
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.
Wage
£22,500 a year
Training course
Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
Hours
38 hours a week, across four working days, plus one off-the-job training day. Need to be at base location before 7:30am each day, Monday - Friday.
38 hours a week
Start date
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
4 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
What you’ll be doing as a Mechanical & Electrical Engineer 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
Mill Green S T W
Barbaraville Camp, Hertford Road
Hatfield
AL9 5PE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Training course
Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations.
* Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
* Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables.
* Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.
* Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined.
* Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks.
* Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures.
* Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH.
* Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets.
* Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
* Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste.
* Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.
* Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance.
* Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures.
* Apply foreign material exclusion procedures.
* Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage.
* Reinstate the work area.
* Apply team working principles.
* Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
* Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
* Record information.
* Produce or amend documents. For example, handover notes and reports.
* Identify and highlight issues (red pen), with technical drawings.
* Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements.
* Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
* Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Select, check, and use electrical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment. Select, check, and use control and instrumentation maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Use electrical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques. Use control and instrumentation diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Apply problem solving and critical reasoning techniques.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Remove and replace electrical parts.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Set up and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Conduct functional testing.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Inspect and test control and instrumentation systems.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Check calibration and make adjustments.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Check loop function.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Set up and adjust control and instrumentation systems.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Remove and replace instruments and sensors.
* Electrical and control and instrumentation. Re-connect instrumentation power supply, cables, pipework, and services.
* Electrical and mechanical. Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
* Electrical and mechanical. Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
* Electrical and mechanical. Select, check, and use electrical and mechanical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
* Electrical and mechanical. Use electrical and mechanical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
* Electrical and mechanical. Apply problem solving and critical reasoning techniques.
* Electrical and mechanical. Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
* Electrical and mechanical. Remove and replace electrical parts.
* Electrical and mechanical. Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
* Electrical and mechanical. Set up, align, and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
* Electrical and mechanical. Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
* Electrical and mechanical. Conduct functional testing.
* Electrical and mechanical. Check condition and operation of mechanical aspects of plant and equipment. For example, pumps.
* Electrical and mechanical. Remove and replace mechanical parts.
* Electrical and mechanical. Examine mechanical parts for defects. For example, pump seals.
* Electrical and mechanical. Set up, align, and adjust mechanical aspects of plant.
* Electrical and mechanical. Lubricate mechanical assemblies.
* Electrical and mechanical. Apply bench fitting techniques.
* Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations.
* Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
* Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables.
* Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.
* Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined.
* Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks.
* Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures.
* Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH.
* Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets.
* Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
* Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste.
* Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.
* Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance.
* Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures.
* Apply foreign material exclusion procedures.
* Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage.
* Reinstate the work area.
* Apply team working principles.
* Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
* Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
* Record information.
* Produce or amend documents. For example, handover notes and reports.
* Identify and highlight issues (red pen), with technical drawings.
* Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements.
* Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
* Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
Training schedule
* Knowledge, skills and behaviours as set out in the Engineering Maintenance Technician Level 3 standard.
* Level 3 City & Guilds Diploma in Engineering (dual discipline).
* 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.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths and English (grade 9-4 or A-C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative