Advanced Apprentice Electrical Manufacturing Engineering

Job Description

Description

Job Title: Advanced Apprentice Electrical Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight (For the first 12 months you will work within our Skills Development Centre located in Portsmouth Naval Base)

Salary: Starting from £18,848 with annual progression through the scheme duration

What you’ll be doing:
• Overhaul and manufacture components and assemblies found within our complex radar and underwater military products
• Produce or re-furbish the components found in our underwater military products
• Interpret drawings/specifications to plan work, ensuring you have the right tools, equipment and resources to complete the task to the required specification
• Develop a detailed understanding of manufacturing and assembly techniques, to include, but not limited to, electrical wiring, mechanical fitting, printed circuit board rework and microelectronics processing
• During the first year you will be based within our Skills Development Centre located in Portsmouth Naval Base

What Qualification will you get?
• EAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
• At the end of the apprenticeship, you will obtain a nationally recognised apprenticeship Completion Certificate

Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Maritime Team:
With collaboration, innovation and a laser-like customer focus at its core, Maritime & Land Defence Solutions is growing a strong, long-term UK product and support business. It focuses on four key areas: Future Warship Support, Underwater Battlespace, Future Land Capability and Future Air Defence, encompassing both major investment in new products and cutting-edge technologies that deliver real benefits to its customers.

Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Export Control/Security:
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Qualification requirements

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9-4 / A*-C which must include Maths & English & a Science / Technical Subject