Mechanical mainenance engineer Review

Mechanical maintenance of chemical manufacture plants. Breaking into pipework and performing proactive and remedial work. This can vary on a day to day basis. We aim to purely perform pro active maintenance which allows us to plan for all failure but due to the age of the site we can often find ourselves performing remedial work. this can be changing pipework

I have learnt and developed many different skills during my time at the company, these skills range from hand skills, which I have thoroughly developed since before I started, to learning the skill of working on various paperwork tasks to conform to both health and safety and control of major accidents and hazards regulations.

I enjoy the program very much, the people that I am learning from are heavily experienced in the field and many have worked at this company since their own apprenticeships which many started 30 years ago. As a result they have a very good understanding of this equipment and also how to teach apprentices the skills required for the jobs that we will be undertaking.

At Syngenta I feel very valued, we have a whole floor of a building which provides access to computers at all times along with meeting rooms to allow for NVQ meetings. They put a lot of time and effort into making the apprenticeship scheme the best by also providing enrichment activites such as team work exercises which we complete on a week away on an outward bound course.

The program itself is very well structured, we know when and where we need to be at what points in our apprenticeships, this is through good communication between ourselves and managers on our 8 weekly review meetings. This is time for the manager to give us feedback and also for us to raise concerns discuss on-going projects that we can get involved in and much more.

The training provider provide the correct training which is required for the course and allow us to complete the course in a timely fashion. This is due to the college’s vast facilities that enable us to get physical understandings of our project. A key aspect of Kirklees College is the vast variety of different machine tools. These vary from lathes to 5 axis machine centres. The exposure to this machinery allows for a better understanding of the course and a more interesting experience.

We receive large amounts of support from our employer, this can be seen by the vast resources we are provided with such as access to computers, time to spend doing work, etc. On top of this we are put on a variety of different training programs within our apprenticeship. Here are a few examples: Forklift truck training Making and breaking joints Asbestos removal (Non-licensable)

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many, these are through the training programs that we perform.

Yes

The company is a very good company that cares about the employees, they work in a very safe manner and ensure that everyone on site is working with the same health and safety mind-set. The site retains staff like no other site in the area and the aim of the site in to secure its position here in the next 50 years. This mind-set makes for a happy working environment and secure job.

Be yourself, be honest, and be interested to learn about the different aspects on site. We vary from mechanical maintenance to making new chemical products that could be going into production in 15 years time. There is a wealth on knowledge and people are willing to teach you if you are willing to learn.