Job Description
Job Title:
Higher Apprentice Mechanical / Electrical Engineering
Location:
Broad Oak, Hilsea, Portsmouth
Salary:
We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.
What you will be doing:
During the Engineering Higher Apprenticeship, you will develop knowledge, skills, and behaviours across a range of different engineering disciplines. You will gain valuable experience in electrical, mechanical, and electronic manufacturing engineering environments, culminating in an End Point Assessment with a view of becoming a Test Engineer.
The Engineering Higher Apprenticeship is a 3-year programme where you will spend time in various areas within the manufacturing business. You will undertake a range of engineering activities and gain valuable experience across the project lifecycle. During the first 2 years, you will undertake a HNC in Engineering on a day release basis.
The first 3 months of your apprenticeship will be spent undertaking initial engineering and health and safety training in the Skills Development Centre located in Portsmouth Naval Base. Upon successful completion of this training, you will transfer to our manufacturing site, located at Broad Oak in Hilsea. During your third and final year, you will complete an End Point Assessment to confirm that you have gained the required knowledge, skills, and behaviours to successfully complete the apprenticeship.
Specific activities could include:
Test Engineers utilise engineering drawings, data, and documentation to undertake the measuring, diagnosing, and verification of technical performance on a wide range of electrical and electronic assemblies and components. This covers sensors, automatic voltage regulators, wiring harnesses, and other bespoke assemblies. Test Engineers require knowledge and expertise in the use of a wide range of common and specialist measuring and diagnostic testing equipment (such as Digital Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, and other Automated Testing Equipment) to follow a technical testing specification and process to ensure individual components and assemblies meet the required specification.
What Qualification will you get?
By the end of the apprenticeship, you will obtain:
1. Level 4 Apprenticeship Certificate (Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Standard)
2. Higher National Certificate in Engineering
3. Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English (If not previously achieved)
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
Qualification requirements:
5 GCSE A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) Including Maths, English & Science or Technical Subject.
A minimum of 96 UCAS Tariff Points (240 point old system) (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level) achieved from either:
1. A levels at grade C or above (Or equivalent). One subject must be Maths and one subject must be in Engineering, Science or a Technical subject.
2. A STEM based Level 3 Extended BTEC Diploma (which meets the required UCAS points) or equivalent.
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