**First Year Apprentice Vacancy** Toolmaker - At Sulzer Pump Solutions Ireland Ltd, we are offering the successful candidates a great opportunity to join our Toolmaking Apprenticeship Programme in our plant in Wexford. This is a four-year apprenticeship programme run in conjunction with SOLAS. The apprentice will work with the multiskilled Toolroom Department and be mentored throughout the apprenticeship. Sulzer Pump Solutions Ireland Ltd, is part of the Flow Equipment division of Sulzer specializes in pumping solutions to meet our customers. With our onsite global design team, we engineer and manufacture products and solutions that support water recycling in a sustainable energy efficient way. Our products have been working hard in the environment for over 50 years. We’re proud to support manufacturing in Ireland and our community, and we always strive to make local infrastructure work better. Over 100,000 pumps are manufactured in Wexford annually to control and clean water for a global market. There are currently 260 employees employed in the Sulzer factory in Wexford. As an apprentice you will have the opportunity to learn your trade, developing your skills in Toolmaking as you work across the different areas of the facility. This apprenticeship program consists of four on-the-job training modules at our facility in Wexford and three off-the-job training modules which may take place at a SOLAS Training Centre and/or designated Institute of Technology based around the country. The modules are usually alternating, and the apprentice must be able to attend the designated training centre for off-the-job training. The duration of the program will be four years but may extend into a fifth year depending on availability/timing of the off-site training modules. Responsibilities include: Your main tasks and responsibilities: • Learning and developing new practical craft-related skills, knowledge and competence • Working with and learning from experienced Craftsperson • Seeing a job through from start to finish • Comply with Health and Safety requirements • Using tools and operating machinery • Being responsible for controlling or adjusting equipment • Demonstrate good analytical and troubleshooting skills • Understanding technical drawings and diagrams • Being accurate with numbers in counting, measuring and arithmetic • Being well organised and careful with practical tasks • Keeping up to date with changing technologies • Being physically active • Taking responsibility for own learning, including the allocation of study time • Working in a noisy environment • Using tools or machinery to restore/repair/fabricate parts • Working with control systems • Passing all your phase exams (theory, practical’s skills demonstration) To succeed in this role, you will need: • The minimum educational requirement at Sulzer is a successful Leaving Certificate Examination • Plan and organise • Communicate effectively • Solve problems • Work independently and as part of a team • Show a positive attitude • Recognise the need for good customer relations • Demonstrate good work practices including time keeping, tidiness, responsibility, quality awareness and safety awareness requirement Please note that applicants must be eligible to work in Ireland - there is no relocation or employment permit assistance offered with these opportunities. As a Toolmaker you will need to be physically active and to be able to work with your hands. An awareness of health and safety and good housekeeping is essential as well as attention to detail. Applicants should have a genuine desire for a career in Toolmaking and should enjoy working in a team environment.