M&E Apprentice

Join Our Team:Mechanical & Electrical Technician ApprenticeStart date: September 2026Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and apprenticeship programmes play a key role in protecting traditional canal skills supporting local employment and ensuring we continue the vital work of maintaining and restoring the waterways for future generations. This programme is designed to develop you into a well rounded multiskilled Mechanical & Electrical professional who understands the operational environmental and heritage considerations of working along the UKs Hours & LocationThis role follows anannualisedhours systemincluding5days out of 7(could be weekends and statutory holidays). Youllbe based at ourHeckdepot (Heck Maintenance Yard Heck Lane Great Heck Goole DN14 0BL) and travel across the Yorkshire region with occasional support in other work alongside the local M&E team to deliver maintenance and repair works on a wide variety of mechanical and electrical assets. This includes reactive repairs planned preventative maintenance general works and project gain handson experience across key items of floating plant and equipment including but not limited to Engines gearboxes hydraulic systems electric circuits helping to keep the waterway network operational safe and ResponsibilitiesFollow the Trusts Health & Safety policies and standards; report incidents accidents and near misses; and assist with pointofwork risk assessments to ensure safe working excellent customer service when working outside on site maintaining a professional and helpful approach with our customers colleagues and the planning and preparation of mechanical and electrical tasks including organising tools equipment and the Workboat and Plant team to ensure all mechanical and electrical equipment PPE and resources are appropriate and available for each mechanical and electrical inspections identifying and reporting defects or issues to Technicians or Supervisors for logging in the Workboat and Plant team with key maintenance duties across the Trusts fleet machinery and operational inclusion and diversity across the Trust challenging behaviours or decisions that conflict with our the Trusts values and behaviours at all & DevelopmentYou will work towards the Level 3 Land-Based Service Engineering Technician apprenticeship with one of our expert training providers. Whilst on-the-job you will work with supportive colleagues to get the best out of your apprenticeship apprenticeship includes residential block-release training at a college in Cheshire requiring you to stay away from home for approximately nine weeks each Canal & River Trust is committed to supporting apprentices to become experts in their field offering structured development pathways and long-term career prospects. About YouYou dont need any prior experience - well teach you everything you need. What matters is you have a genuine interest in practical hands-on work. You love to understand how things work and have a passion for all things mechanical and electrical. You enjoy solving problems and feel comfortable working outside in all weathers. Ideally you have grade A-C or grade 9-4 in Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent) already achieved or on story: Eunilzo was always fascinated by a career in engineering and has a passion for nature and the outdoors which led him to the Mechanical & Engineering Apprenticeship at the Trust. Hes soon coming to the end of his apprenticeship and is moving into a M&E Technician role. See more here: Eunilzos StoryContact & ApplicationIf you have any questions feel free to reach out to us at encourage early applications as we may close the vacancy once we receive enough suitable We OfferWe offer a starting annual salary of 22095. Enjoy a competitive pension scheme increasing holiday entitlement and a range of employee benefits. For a full breakdown of our benefits check out our brochure here:EVP - 1(