This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to study electrical engineering in a practical and hands-on environment at a National award-winning apprenticeship employer in the Sheffield and Rotherham area.
As an Electrical Engineer, you will study the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication systems. As a Speciality Steels apprentice, you will learn how:
To work safely with electrical equipment
Understand electrical drawings
Install equipment to a professional standard
Fault find and repair a range of electrical equipment
You will work within the Speciality Steels business, which produces high-performance alloy and stainless steels designed to meet the detailed and demanding requirements of some of the world’s most challenging markets and industries. Electrical Engineering at Speciality Steels involves multiple-electrical disciplines, which range from high to low voltage systems, preventative maintenance to rapid response for breakdowns and working site service support teams to being part of a specialised department engineering team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants study electrical engineering in a practical and hands-on environment at a National award-winning apprenticeship employer in the Sheffield and Rotherham area.
Your apprenticeship will initially be at the Stocksbridge Training Centre and then you will move to either Rotherham, Brinsworth or Stocksbridge and will include time at college and a training programme that guarantees variety and hands on work. It’s an ideal blend of classroom and ‘on-the-job’ training. The Apprenticeship Programme lasts three years, however this is reviewed every 12 months.
Apprentice attachments will rotate every 3 months and apprentices will find themselves at all three South Yorkshire sites at some point within year 2 and 3. The first 10 months will be based at Stocksbridge, with rotations thereafter. Please be aware no positions are specific to just one location until substantive positions are offered and most of these positions include shifts/weekend working.
Once you have completed the 3 years you will gain an Apprenticeship Standard Certificate Level 3 qualification. Following this you will look to move to a permanent position within Speciality Steels and your 4th year will see you transition into this role.
The apprenticeship programme offers a range of benefits to help you make the right start in your working life. It’s a competitive package that recognises your contribution to our business and supports your professional development. As a Speciality Steels Apprentice, you’ll enjoy the same range of benefits as other employees from day one. These include:
• 35 days holiday per year running April to March (pro rata for those starting in September)
• Up to a combined 16% pension contribution
• Access to Free Parking
• Retail Discount Scheme
• Career Development and Training
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team in a rapidly expanding company with exciting development opportunities
You can expect to start your career as a team member in a specific department. After that, the next step would be to become a Craft Team Member, then onto a Team Leader. After that, there are numerous career paths that you could follow
You could become a Maintenance Technician, Engineer and Senior Engineer. Alternatively, you might aim to be a Plant Engineer, Works Engineer and Director of Engineering. Alternatively, you might choose to move around different specialisms ‐ from production planning to safety
About the Training
Level 3 Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician Delivered at the Stocksbridge Training Centre.
Year 1:
In your first year you will:
Start modules towards Electrical maintenance and the first year of your BTEC Level 3 in Electrical Engineering
Undertake specialist engineering training programme at our on-site training centre at Stocksbridge.
Year 2:
During your second year you will:
Undertake on-site working alongside qualified Craftspeople and Technicians
Complete a BTEC Level 3 in Engineering
Continue to complete your competence portfolio through experience within the workplace
Year 3:
Your third year will see you:
Working on‐site with qualified Craftspeople and Technicians
Complete an end point assessment
About the Employer
LIBERTY Steel UK is the third largest steel manufacturer in the country, with a footprint that covers nine sites across England, Scotland and Wales. It employs over 2,000 people and has an annual steel rolling capacity approaching three million tonnes.
With steelmaking heritage dating back to 1842, LIBERTY Steel’s sites in the UK have a wealth of expertise thanks to our team of metallurgists, steelmakers, engineers and technicians.
Our capabilities range from electric arc, vacuum induction melting, mill processing and value added services. The business manufactures and distributes products supplied mainly into the aerospace, construction, automotive, oil and gas and energy industries domestically and overseas to over 60 countries.
The UK business sits within LIBERTY Steel Group, which is the GFG Alliance’s global steel manufacturing arm. With a total rolling capacity exceeding 18 million tonnes it is one of the top 10 producers globally, excluding China.
Liberty Steel UK is playing an active role in meeting the group’s global ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030. Its Speciality Steels business in Rotherham uses an electric arc furnace – a less carbon-intensive form of producing steel than blast furnace production – to melt scrap steel for rolling into downstream products for a range of high-specification industries including oil & gas and aerospace. The UK business also has plans to create a GREENSTEEL hub at its Newport site using renewable energy from sister company SIMEC Atlantis’ Uskmouth biomass plant to power a new electric arc furnace.
Skills Required
Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness
Training Provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Course/Training
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
