Apprentice - Mechanical Engineer: L6 - (Widnes), 2025

at  ALSTOM

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a “disability confident leader accredited employer”, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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Our Requirements:

• 3 A Levels or equivalent at Grades A-C
• 5 (or more) GCSEs at grade 5-9 (A*-C), including Maths, English and Science

PURPOSE

Take on a new challenge and apply your skills in a new cutting-edge field working alongside dedicated and passionate teammates. You’ll support the Services Engineering business responsible for vehicles already in passenger service. During the apprenticeship, alongside your studies, you will learn about various train systems working alongside experienced engineers, taking ownership of work packages to deliver a technical solution with all supporting documentation. Work will range from small technical queries relating to parts overhaul up to full ownership of a work package on a major fleet modernisation. As your experience grows we can increase the complexity to make sure you are always challenged and interested in the work.
You will attend Birmingham City University on block release to complete the academic side of the course whilst getting hands on experience and learning from the company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting work on in Service fleets owning work packages from the start.
• Acting as an interface with the Widnes workshops between the Production teams and Engineering
• Providing timely progress updates to keep customers up to date on their projects.
• Visit various depots in the UK to support fleet projects
• Visiting suppliers to support projects

Our Requirements:

• 3 A Levels or equivalent at Grades A-C
• 5 (or more) GCSEs at grade 5-9 (A*-C), including Maths, English and Science.

We will also be looking for candidates to be skilled in MS Office and database, along with having demonstrable organsisational and time management skills. Excellent spoken and written English skills are essential, as well as an understanding of the absolute requirement to observe health and safety measures.
Ideally, you will also be logical and an innovative thinker, who is proactive and an enthusiastic self-starter.
As part of the application process, you will need to answer a series of mandatory questions; please allocate a few minutes in going through them and answering, as they are the first shift out step. If you have successfully completed your application, a follow up e-mail will come through in a few days, explaining in detail the next steps of the selection process (online test, online interview, Assessment Centre), together with approximate timelines for each.
We wish you the best of luck for all the steps and look forward to getting to know you!