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Apprentice ICTS Support Engineer

WILLIAM HARE LIMITED · Bury

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Pay
£14,976 to £23,793 a year
Hours
36 a week
Length
18 months
Starts
4 Jan 2027
Advertised closing date
31 Dec 2026
Openings
1 position
Last checked
an hour ago

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What you would do

As an Apprentice ICTS Support Engineer, you will provide 1st Line IT Support, answer calls, diagnose hardware and software faults, log customer queries, escalate complex issues to Engineers, assist with hardware builds, install and deploy hardware and software, and support unified communications deployment.

Day to day

As a potential WHL ICTS Support Engineer, your list of tasks will include:

To supply 1st Line Support for the IT Department. Take calls and be the initial contact for the IT department, Have knowledge of fault diagnosis on hardware and software. Be responsible for logging customer queries, escalating complex queries to Engineers. Assist in the build of hardware, install and deploy hardware and software, assist with the unified communications deployment.

  • Take 1st Line Calls
  • Fault diagnosis on hardware and software
  • Communication both written and orally - relaying complex queries to seniors
  • Build of hardware
  • Installation of hardware and software
  • Installation and deployment of the unified communications systems
  • Be flexible, to work additional hours if requires
  • Be able to travel to visit other business premises
  • Gradually be exposed to the other areas of IT within WHG

What you would study

Information communications technician (level 3)

  • You will attend QA Limited virtually on a day release basis, completing your Level 3 over 2 years
  • You will follow a learning plan in the workplace, supported by a mentor

Other training

Training Required skills Required:

  • Basic IT Knowledge
  • Problem solving skills and common sense
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Eye for detail and identifying problems
  • An understanding of business

Training provider: QA LIMITED

Working week

Based in our Bury office 4 days per week and 1 day per week from home. Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm. Friday 8.30am - 1.30pm.

What you need

  • GCSE or equivalent English,Maths and IT at grade 6 (essential)

Skills they are looking for

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

After the apprenticeship

Once qualified, you will progress to a Level 4 DevOps engineer apprenticeship and then a Level 6 degree apprenticeship.

Where

Bury, North West (BL8).

About WILLIAM HARE LIMITED

The William Hare Group is a family owned business with origins in the UK dating back to the 1880s. William Hare is Europe’s largest independent structural steel contractor, specialising in engineering, fabrication and erection of steel structures – such as Manchester airport (T2), Trafford Centre and Hinkley Point C. Throughout the world, the group has carried out projects in over 50 countries and currently employs over 2000 skilled staff.

Benefits

  • Life assurance from day one, covering four times annual salary.
  • Pension eligibility after probation: 4% employer and 5% employee contributions
  • BUPA medical insurance eligibility after probation, premiums paid by the company and taxed as a benefit in kind
  • Opportunities for academic development and career progression
  • Early finish every Friday at 1.30pm
Apprentice ICTS Support Engineer, WILLIAM HARE LIMITED