Summary
Are you ready to start your engineering career? At Johnson Controls, we're on the hunt for enthusiastic individuals to join our dynamic design engineering team. Our design engineering team focus on key projects for our Global Marine and Navy business unit. By joining Johnson Controls you will be joining a global leader in engineering.
Wage
£14,920 a year
Earn extra with Overtime.
Training course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Inclusive of a lunch break directed by your manager. Hours may vary depending on customer and team requirements.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
3 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* We help protect 90% of the world’s top fifty marine and oil and gas companies for all types of assets and facilities. From Global navies, tankers, cruise ships, drill ships, cargo vessels, oil tankers, platform supply vessels to Mega yachts around the world
* During this apprenticeship, you will learn essential design concepts for all products and equipment related to our Global Marine and Navy department
* You will learn 2D AutoCAD design and engineering drawing concepts
* You will gain knowledge on fire protection calculations and system component selection
* You will understand fire protection engineering methods and principles related to the International Maritime Organisation and Naval requirements
* You will assist lead engineers with fire protection design concepts and calculations
* You will work closely with the broader engineering team and assist in project estimation
Where you’ll work
Tyco Park
Grimshaw Lane
Manchester
M40 2WL
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
TRAIN'D UP RAILWAY RESOURCING LIMITED
Your training course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
* Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
* Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
* Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
* Select materials and parts.
* Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
* Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
* Provide feedback on engineering designs.
* Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
* Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
* Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
* Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
* Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
* Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
* Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
* Read, interpret and establish design intent.
* Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
* Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
* Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
* Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
* Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
* Option 1. Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
* Option 1. Identify cable types and application.
* Option 1. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
* Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
* Option 2. Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
* Option 2. Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
* Option 2. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
* Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
* Option 3. Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
* Option 3. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
* Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
* Option 4. Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
* Option 4. Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
* Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
* Option 5. Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
* Option 5. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
* Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
* Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
* Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
* Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
* Select materials and parts.
* Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
* Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
* Provide feedback on engineering designs.
* Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
* Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
* Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
* Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
* Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
* Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
* Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
* Read, interpret and establish design intent.
* Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
* Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
* Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
* Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
Your training plan
* You will gain a level 3 Engineering Design Technician qualification
* You will have a day release to train but this will be done remotely
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade Level 5)
* Maths (grade Level 5)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
* FULL UK Driving Licence (grade FULL)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
Other requirements
This exciting opportunity may involve traveling so you need to be comfortable traveling to customers sites.