Job Description:
The opportunity:
Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships from 2-4yrs across a variety of STEM and business routes, providing paid training coupled with on-the-job learning. This enables you to gain practical skills, experience, and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career. We offer competitive entry salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, with salary increases as you progress.
Whether leaving School or College with GCSEs/Standards, A Levels/Highers (or equivalent), or in work and looking for a new career path, you are fully supported as you rotate within the business, working on real-time projects alongside highly skilled professionals who are passionate about their work. We help you settle into your new location, ensuring you are familiar with the team and welcomed from day one. A member of our Apprentice team is present at each site to help you progress, protect your study time, and provide access to digital learning, as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects.
Programme Description
Looking for a great start to your career in Electronics Engineering, earning and learning on a professionally accredited, award-winning scheme? We are looking to recruit the experts of the future on our nationally recognised, award-winning Apprenticeship Programmes.
You will be working within world-class facilities regardless of which site you are based. There may also be opportunities to travel between the Company’s UK sites to meet with colleagues, customers, and suppliers.
How this role fits in
Leonardo's four-year Electronics Engineering Degree Apprenticeship programme is looking for people who understand the importance of communication, who can work well as part of a team and on their own initiative. You will have the drive and commitment to work through difficult problems to find the right engineering solutions.
Role description
You will study with one of our academic partners for completion of a Level 6 Bachelor Honours Degree (BEng) through a mixture of work-based learning and attendance at University. This Apprenticeship aligns with the current edition of the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) at Incorporated Engineering (IEng) and Embedded Electronics & System Design standards (ST0151).
We need people who understand the importance of our Customers and are ready to commit to working in the business while also committing to a 4-year degree programme. At the end of the programme, you will work as a highly qualified member of our Electronics Engineering community.
You will be working for a company at the cutting edge of technology, enhancing your skills and business acumen, and opening up your horizons to the diverse and dynamic ways to apply your academic learning in a practical environment.
We have created a programme across our UK sites that values those who continuously ask questions and look to resolve problems through creative and innovative thinking.
Who would suit this role?
Leonardo values people who seek to develop throughout their career. A successful apprenticeship with Leonardo involves a drive to deliver results, sometimes from your own initiative, patience for problem-solving, and a commitment to comply with safety instructions and clear process compliance at all times. We view commitment to the programme and learning objectives very highly.
Note: This Apprenticeship assumes the candidate has little professional engineering experience and is NOT suitable for candidates who already have an engineering degree.
Key Responsibility Areas
You will be required to regularly attend University. You will:
* Learn skills and develop knowledge in engineering processes & practices; analytical methods; regulatory and quality requirements; systems design and integration & test.
* Develop business behaviours in communication, interpersonal skills, planning, leadership, and professional commitment.
* Practice the full engineering lifecycle to become a professional Electronics Engineer:
o Work to timescales.
o Work as a contributory engineering team member.
o Undertake day-to-day engineering activities with guidance and support.
o Ask for support where appropriate and learn from more experienced team members.
o Contribute to engineering team decisions, understanding their relationship to project success criteria.
o Explore new experiences and opportunities to learn within the engineering environment.
* You will be assigned a Mentor to support your journey to achieving professional status and invited to attend group-based events, providing you with an opportunity to network with your peers and share best practices.
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required
Mandatory
Qualifications
You must have (as a minimum) the following qualifications:
3 x A Levels (A*- C), one of which must be English, Maths, or a technical related subject
OR
An alternative Level 3 qualification, which must be an engineering or ICT related subject
AND
GCSE (Grade 4 - 9 / A*- C) in Maths and English.
How will we support you?
Leonardo values people with a passion for technical analysis, judgement, and problem-solving. We reward commitment with a competitive remuneration and flexible benefits package including:
* Competitive starting salary of £21,525.
* Annual incremental pay increases.
* 33 days holiday and flexible working arrangements.
* Pension scheme (Contributory).
* Cycle to Work initiative.
* Custom Working Model – supporting health and wellbeing and Inclusion and Diversity.
We recruit on a rolling basis so don’t delay – these roles attract high competition so APPLY NOW to avoid disappointment.
Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. Normally this is to the level of Security Check (typically known as “SC”) for our business, which includes having a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK.
At Leonardo, we are strongly committed to supporting all our people. As society and the environment we work in change, our approach to Inclusion and Diversity continues to evolve and adapt. A culture of inclusion creates an environment for greater collaboration, innovation, and opportunities to develop as an organisation. If you are willing and able to commit to giving your best performance, you will find Leonardo a very rewarding place to work!
Primary Location:
GB - Basildon
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hybrid Working:
Onsite
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