Apprentice Electronics Mobile Engineer
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Position Overview & Specifications
Salary £15000 per year
Duration 42 months
Advert closing date 19/05/2023
Description
RDS MME is the world’s largest distributor of Topcon/RDS on-board weighing and measuring products which are retrofitted onto mobile
machinery serving the quarrying/aggregates, recycling, civil construction and agricultural markets. We have field engineers all
over the UK and Scotland and are looking for an apprentice Electronics Mobile Engineer.
We have an exciting career opportunity for an Apprentice or Trainee Electronics Mobile Engineer in South East England around the Essex/Suffolk area.
- You will have on the job training for tasks include installing our mobile measuring equipment for many applications, to a vast array of machinery, on a variety of business sites, from quarries to farms to recycling sites.
- Over time you will learn the skills required to mount in cab displays, the fitting of various sensing technology and wiring installation looms onto normally new Fork Lift Trucks, Telehandlers, Loading Shovels, Excavators, Combine Harvesters, Agricultural Drills and Sprayers.
- Training will include how to calibrate our systems plus diagnosing of problems and servicing, all to a high standard.
- The role also involves installing routers to transfer information to data transfer platforms via WiFi or 4G Link. Knowledge of the platforms with be part of your training modules as you advance.
- This is a hands-on role for a conscientious individual that can work and train alongside our experienced engineers using their own initiative.
- This is a field-based position. (There is no office). You will be expected to train with our engineers who depart from the Colchester area daily and work in South East England counties of: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, London, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
- Basic IT knowledge. Word & Excel.
- Have an understanding and an ability to use technical/professional knowledge and information.
- Applicants need to have 4 GCSE’s including Maths and English grades 5-9/A-C or a commitment to undertake Level 2 maths and English prior to embarking on the apprenticeship.
- A clean driving licence is required.
- The learner will be studying the Engineering Fitter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification.
- Day release to West Suffolk College.
- Functional skills will be studied if equivalent qualifications are not held.
This is a hands on mechanical and electrical field based role - the applicant will be working on ancillary systems and or agricultural/industrial mechanical machinery sometimes outside, in quarries, recycling sites, aggregates businesses and farms. This is a field-based role, departing from Colchester.
Skills required
Array
Future prospects
After sufficient training they will be a fully qualified Engineer with the world's largest distributor of Topcon/RDS on-board weighing and measuring products. You will be appointed a company vehicle which is effectively their mobile workshop and earning a competitive salary.
Hours per week 37.5
Working week Monday - Friday, 08:30-17:00
Apprenticeship standard Engineering fitter (Level 3)
Christchurch, Dorset, GB, BH23 3TG
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Colleges & Universities
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Apprentice Electronics Mobile Engineer roles across West Suffolk College's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Colleges & Universities.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £15,000 - £15,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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