Summary
Keep the wheels of farming turning. Learn how to diagnose faults, maintain equipment and engineer solutions on machinery used every day in the agricultural industry. If you’re eager to learn, enjoy working with your hands and want a career in engineering, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!
What you will do at work
What you’ll do at work
This role is based near Leighton Buzzard where you’ll learn from experienced engineers while working on agricultural machinery and biomass heating systems.
Applicants must have a full UK driving licence.
As an apprentice, you’ll spend your time both in the workshop and out on farms, learning real engineering skills from day one.
- Service, maintain and repair agricultural and biomass equipment
- Assist engineers with installations and breakdowns
- Learn how to diagnose faults and solve technical problems
- Use professional tools, machinery and diagnostic equipment
- Carry out safety inspections and routine maintenance
- Read engineering manuals and technical drawings
- Complete service records and engineering documentation
Develop valuable mechanical, electrical and problem-solving skills
No two days are the same!
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Curious about engineering and how machines work
- Hands-on and eager to learn
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- A strong team player
- Confident communicating with customers and colleagues
- Enthusiastic and motivated to build a career
Training
You will work towards the:
Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
This apprenticeship combines workplace learning with technical training, helping you become a skilled engineering professional. You’ll attend Milton Keynes College one day a week.
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Qualifications
- GCSE English (4) – essential
- GCSE Maths (5) – essential
- GCSE Science (4) – essential
About this employer
E C Drummond (Brackley Farms Ltd) is a Herefordshire-based agricultural business specialising in soft fruit, top fruit, poultry, and arable farming. Proudly growing, producing, and supplying quality produce from the heart of the countryside.
After this apprenticeship
This isn’t just an apprenticeship. It’s the start of a career.
- Opportunity for a full-time position within the maintenance team
- Ongoing training and development
- Work with modern agricultural and biomass engineering technology
- Develop skills that are highly valued across the engineering sector
Things to consider
- The role involves a mixture of workshop-based work and visits to farms, so you’ll enjoy working both indoors and outdoors
- Applicants must have a full UK driving licence
- Workplace Location: Aston, Wing & Stewkley Poultry Farm, Stewkley Road, Wing, near Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0LD