Engineering Apprenticeship
11 days ago
Nottingham
Apprentice Programme 2026 KONE Door Business, UK\n\nKONE Door Business (KDB) provides comprehensive solutions for automatic entrance systems, from maintenance and repairs to modernization and full replacements. Serving all brands and types – including sliding, revolving, hermetic, high-speed, and industrial doors, as well as shutters, grilles, barriers, and gates – KDB operates in 16 countries with over 1,100 field technicians.\n\nKDB is a member of the KONE Group, a global leader in managing the smooth flow of people and goods throughout buildings.\n\nWhy choose KDB Apprentice program?\n\n * \n\n Earn while you learn with paid, work‑based training\n\n * \n\n Learn from experienced engineers on live sites\n\n * \n\n Work for a global leader in lifts, escalators and doors\n\n * \n\n Build a career in a growing, future‑focused industry\n\nBy the end of your apprenticeship, you’ll be a qualified Door engineer, ready to take the next step within KONE.\n\nWhat you’ll do;\n\nAs a KONE Doors Business Apprentice Engineer, you’ll gain real, practical experience, including:\n\n * \n\n Hands-on learning: Shadowing and working alongside experienced engineers on-site\n\n * \n\n Maintenance & installation: Supporting the maintenance, repairs or installation of industrial and pedestrian doors, gates and barriers\n\n * \n\n Servicing & fault finding: Learning how to diagnose and resolve technical issues\n\n * \n\n Customer interaction: Working professionally with customers and site contacts\n\nNo two days are the same — and every day you’ll be learning something new.\n\nPractical information\n\n * \n\n Working Week: Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm.\n\n * \n\n Hours of work: 37 per week.\n\n * \n\n Duration: 42 months.\n\n * \n\n Start date: 7th of September 2026.\n\n * \n\n Level and qualification: L3 Engineering maintenance technician Apprenticeship standard, NOCN NVQ2, DHF Level 2 Award, ADSA - EN16005, ADSA - EN17352\n\n * \n\n Salary: starting at £17,534.02 with annual increases subject to performance.\n\nTraining is work‑based, primarily at customer sites, so you must be prepared to travel.\nTravel to and from customer sites takes place outside standard working hours.\n\nLocations\n\nWe offer apprenticeships in South London, Bristol, Nottingham, Warrington, Scotland.\n\nWho can apply?\n\n * \n\n Age: 16+ on the apprenticeship start date (7 September 2026)\n\n * \n\n Education: qualifications in Maths, English, and Science\n\n * \n\n Skills & qualities we’re looking for: practical and hands-on approach, problem-solving, customer service mindset, good communication skills, positive and proactive attitude, willingness to learn and develop\n\nEqual Opportunities\n\nKONE is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds (gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual preference, etc.). Proud partners of Women Into Construction and the Women’s Engineering Society.\n\nTrain’d Up, a national apprenticeship training provider, supports KONE with this recruitment and will conduct the first interview stage