Annual Salary
£21,000 to £40,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Engineering maintenance technicians service and repair equipment in industries like manufacturing, production and transport.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; on shifts
There will be
0.5% more Engineering maintenance technician jobs in 2027.
As an engineering maintenance technician, you could:
You may need to wear safety clothing and use safety equipment.
You could work in a factory, on a construction site or at a manufacturing plant.
Your working environment may be noisy and outdoors some of the time.
You can get into this job through:
You could do a foundation degree or higher national diploma in engineering before applying for a job as a trainee technician.
You'll usually need:
You could take a college course, which would teach you some of the skills needed for this job.
Relevant courses include:
You may need:
You could apply to do a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, such as:
You could also do an intermediate or advanced apprenticeship in a specific industry, like:
You'll usually need:
You could start as an engineering craftworker and train on the job to become an engineering maintenance technician.
You can get more advice about engineering careers through Tomorrow's Engineers and The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
With experience you could:take a Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship to become a senior maintenance technician; do further training to qualify as an engineer in a specific field like mechanical, electrical or building services; move into technical sales, maintenance team management or contract management; become a further education teacher
For other roles linked to Engineering Maintenance Technician, employers such as SSE have roles as an Electrical Power Engineer and Craft Apprenticeships: Linesperson, Electrical Fitter, Electrical Jointer, Electrical Engineering.
Engineering Maintenance Technicians are needed to work on the installation and maintenance of renewable energy technology, including wind turbines, heat pumps and solar panels in the West of England.
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You'll need: