About the Role
We are seeking individuals to join our apprenticeship program as a Mechatronics Technician with the opportunity for further training as a Certified Power Plant Operator. This program offers a comprehensive 3.5-year apprenticeship followed by a 1.5-year advanced training, leading to a role as a Power Plant Operator after a total of 5 years. The training includes a theoretical component that may take place outside of Berlin or online.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and repair machinery.
- Participate in the continuous optimization of power plant processes.
- Inspect, maintain, and repair mechatronic systems.
- Install electrical circuits and assemblies.
- Assemble and disassemble machines, systems, and plants.
- Identify and resolve faults and malfunctions in mechatronic systems.
- Work with pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
- Install, test, and use PC hardware and software.
- Provide customer support and manage quality.
- Take responsibility for the operation of power plant facilities.
- Work in modern control rooms.
- Contribute to the security of electricity and district heating supply for Berlin.
- Work in a competent team and actively support the energy transition.
- Support the transformation of facilities, including the replacement of fossil fuels.
- Operate new, modern facilities in an environment of continuous transformation.
- Work in a modern and digital work environment within power plant control rooms.
- Participate in the introduction and development of solutions in Virtual Reality, AI, and robotics.
- Operate Berlin's district heating network using state-of-the-art technology.
- Work in an ergonomically designed workspace with optimal lighting and acoustics.
Requirements
- Good school leaving certificate.
- Good German language skills, both written and spoken.
- Manual dexterity, as well as electronic and logical understanding.
- Communication and teamwork skills.
- Good color perception.
- Willingness to work shifts.
- Submit complete application documents, including cover letter, CV, and final certificate or last two school reports.
Skills
- Mechatronics
- Mechanics
- Electrical Engineering
- Control Engineering
- Pneumatics
- Hydraulics
- PC Hardware and Software
- Customer Support
- Quality Management
- Virtual Reality
- AI
- Robotics
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Apprenticeship
- Full-time
- Shift work
Experience Level
- Apprentice
Education Level
- High School Diploma
Salary/Compensations
- EUR 1511.98 - EUR 1721.79 monthly
Benefits
- 37-hour work week
- 30 days of vacation
- Competitive salary and pension plan
- Challenging and complex work environment
- Predictable shift work (5-group 3-shift model)
- Further collective agreement benefits during later shift work
- Company covers the cost of advanced training as a Certified Power Plant Operator (approx. €60,000), including paid leave
- Continuous training opportunities
- Potential for qualification as a Power Plant Master
- Company-wide talent and mentoring program
- Employee counseling for occupational health promotion (PME-Familienservice)
- Job ticket (subsidized BVG ticket)
- Job bike (leasing of a bicycle or e-bike)
- Discounted membership in a sports club and company sports groups
- Supportive training environment with dedicated trainers and coordinators
- Attractive additional qualifications, such as foreign language and team training
- Support for IHK exam preparation
- Showers
- Changing rooms
- Bicycle parking spaces
- Tea kitchens
- Break rooms with kitchenettes
- Canteens
About the Company
- BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme GmbH supplies the capital with climate-friendly electricity and heat.
- Operates the largest district heating network in Western Europe.
- Supplies approximately one-third of Berlin households with heat.
- Covers the entire district heating value chain with the expertise of over 2,300 employees.
- Working towards phasing out coal by 2030 and achieving climate-neutral generation by 2045.
- Significantly supports the State of Berlin in achieving its climate goals.
- Aims to increase the share of renewable energies and waste heat.
- Actively involved in transforming sites and facilities for a local heat transition.
Equal Opportunity
- We are convinced that diversity makes our company more efficient and attractive.
- Applications from individuals of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, and ethnic-cultural backgrounds are welcome.
- Severely disabled individuals are given special consideration if they have the same professional qualifications.
- A pre-employment screening is part of the recruitment process.
