Full Job Description
Qualification Requirements
At least 4 GCSE's at grade 5/C or above including Maths, English and at least one Science
Salary - £17,500 per annum
It is expected there will be a salary uplift of 25% each year but this will be based on performance.
Benefits
- Holiday Allowance - 25 Days Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays
- Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3%
- Discount Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite Parking
- Onsite Canteen
- Paid sick leave SSP up to 6 months, discretionary company pay after 6 months
- Employee Recognition/Awards and Bonus
- Away Days/Company Parties
Location - Kemira Chemicals UK Ltd, 5 New Potter Grange Rd, Goole, DN14 6BZ
Working Hours
Monday to Friday
During Year 1 the hours will vary but on average will be Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.
On site, apprentices will work a 35-hour week Mon – Fri 08:30 – 16:30 with a one-hour unpaid lunchbreak when not on day release at the training provider.
Duration - 42 months
Start Date - September 2025
Interview Date - To Be Confirmed
Closing Date for Applications - 4th May 2025
To Apply
To apply, please click the Apply Now button and complete the form. If you are having difficulty in completing this, please contact recruitment on [email protected] for assistance
Next Steps
Successful candidates will be progressed to a one way video interview, invites will be sent via email.
The video interview will be reviewed by the Hiring Manager along with your application form to decide who is brought through to the final interview.
Job Description
Cogent Skills is working with Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd to recruit an Apprentice Maintenance Engineering Technician (Mechanical / Electrical) to join Kemira’s growing team. The MOET Technician will undertake installation, testing, servicing, removal, replacement, maintenance and repair of a range of mechanical and electrical plant and equipment as part of planned preventative and reactive maintenance programmes.
Job Responsibilities
At the end of their training, the Technician will apply their knowledge of plant and systems to safely perform maintenance and operational activities with minimum supervision. This will require them to:
- Comply with industry health, safety and environmental working practices and regulations
- Locate and rectify faults on plant and equipment
- Read, understand and interpret information and work in compliance with technical specifications and supporting documentation
- Inspect and maintain appropriate plant and equipment to meet operational requirements
- Assess and test the performance and condition of plant and equipment
- Communicate, handover and confirm that the appropriate engineering process has been completed to specification
The Apprentice will follow the new employer-led Maintenance Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard, which will combine practical, technical and behavioural training with theoretical knowledge of relevant science and technology.
Kemira offers you the right mix of opportunities and challenges in a global and diverse working environment. Our result-oriented and collaborative culture empowers you to solve the challenges of tomorrow in an inspiring company, so that together we can have a major impact on the future – yours, ours and the world’s.
If you want to see results in your work across a growing global company, Kemira is the right place for you.
Candidate Requirements
Skills
- Communicate effectively using a full range of skills
- Work and interact effectively within a team
- Time management and ability to complete work accurately to schedule
- Work independently and take responsibility for initiating and completing tasks
- Practical aptitude
- Ability to handle change and respond to change management processes
- Analytical thinker with the ability to approach problems in a logical manner
Personal Qualities
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Enthusiastic and confident individual who has a high level of personal pride in their work
- Positive attitude and results focused
- Willingness to learn
- Aptitude and passion for mechanical / electrical understanding of how things work
Training To Be Delivered
Qualification to be delivered: Level 3 BTEC Certificate in Engineering
Apprenticeship Standard: Maintenance & Operations Engineering Technician
Training Provider: Humberside Engineering Training Association – HETA
Delivery model: The Apprentices will study full time at HETA for the first 6-12 MONTHS (foundation) year, before they transition into the workplace. Any further agreed study in years two and three will be through day release.
Future Prospects
Potential of a role within the organisation once the apprenticeship standard is completed, with the opportunity to undertake further professional qualifications. Apprentices may be eligible to annual wage increments subject to company budgets and satisfactory completion of goals.
Things To Be Considered
Being successful at the interview stage means that you will receive a conditional offer subject to meeting the following criteria: You will be required to complete an engineering assessment with the provider to evaluate your core Maths and English skills as well as engineering reasoning and problem solving.
About Kemira Chemicals Ltd.
Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries. We provide expertise, application know-how and chemicals that improve our customers’ water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas, and water treatment.
There are four UK manufacturing sites manufacturing water treatment chemicals. The Apprentice would be based at the Goole site, which manufactures ferric sulphate.
Kemira has extensive experience in industrial water treatment. As a global actor we constantly meet with a diversity of water-related challenges. This has provided us with an unsurpassed bank of knowledge. We provide water chemicals and innovative solutions for raw water and recycled water to ensure wastewater is treated in such a way that when released its quality is comparable to, or even better than, the receiving waterway.
