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BMW Plant Hams Hall, Birmingham - Level 6 Control Engineer - 4 Year Apprenticeship (August 2025)
We are looking for a committed and eager to learn individual to join our Maintenance team, responsible for ensuring all production equipment, both mechanical and electrical, is operating efficiently and safely. This involves engaging in tasks such as repairing and rebuilding machinery, designing process improvements, and assessing the need for future repairs to prevent issues from occurring, tasks that you will be involved in as your apprenticeship progresses.
Your Training
The training that you receive during your apprenticeship involves studying modern, state-of-the-art automotive production technology as well as the latest innovations in manufacturing techniques.
The BMW Group offers an enhanced level 6 degree apprenticeship commencing end of August 2025. The four-year programme is designed to enable you to experience different aspects of engineering and production technology, including robotics, controls systems, machining, fluid power, electronics, welding, and many more.
Your Year-on-Year Progression
The first year of the program is exclusively in a learning environment where in addition to starting the academic requirements of your program you will undertake practical training to qualify you with Employers Units of Competence. Your training will cover a wide range of engineering disciplines such as milling and turning, hand skills, electrical and electronic circuits, control systems, fluid power, programmable logic controllers, welding and more.
In the second and third year, you will continue with the academic requirements of the programme alongside on-the-job training. Your on-the-job training will comprise of placements in a number of different areas of the business, with particular focus on developing, creating and quality checking our products and systems.
In your fourth year your on-the-job training will continue and will become more targeted to your final job role and where the job requires it you will start working a shift pattern to help better integrate you with your team.
Whilst developing specialist, on-the-job knowledge, the apprentice will also undertake fully funded study toward the attainment of a BEng (Hons) in Manufacturing Engineering.
Qualifications and Experience
* A minimum of 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) at level 5/C (or above) including Maths and English.
* A minimum of 3 A levels grade C or above both in a mathematical based subject and a Science, Technology, Engineering related subject or a BTEC Level 3 in a relevant Engineering or Technology discipline.
When it comes to selecting the right apprentices, it’s as much about attitude and behaviours as it is about vocational and academic success. That’s why in addition to the qualifications we require from you, we’ll also look for you to have a range of skills, attributes, and behaviours. These include team working, the ability to work without close supervision, quality focus, good communication skills, enthusiasm, initiative, and the ability to take on responsibility and show accountability for your work.
Why Choose Us?
* Great Pay – A competitive salary enhanced every six months depending on individual progress and performance starting at circa £16,179 per annum, rising to circa £30,000 at the end of the programme.
* Rewarding Work-Life Balance – You will have a 38hour working week. Start and finish times will vary to meet the needs of your work-based placements and college hours.
* Development Potential – In the UK, we invest around £3 million per year in vocational and professional training for our employees.
What do you need to do now?
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, then apply today using the link below:
Once you click apply, you’ll be asked to create a profile, complete the eligibility questions and upload evidence that you have or will have the required qualifications for the role for which you are applying. There is no need to provide a CV.
Please note:
To be eligible for this position, you must have lived in the UK for three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship and be able to provide proof of your legal right to work in the UK.
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 9th March 2025
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