Summary
Working as part of the UK Operations team to ensure planning, production and control (PP&C) customer orders are facilitated and completed to meet monthly targets. As an Operations Engineering Apprentice, you will engage across all business sectors to ensure challenges are addressed with active end user support.
Wage
£18,000 a year
Yearly salary review
Training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Year 1 - Monday to Friday at college in Bicester - 08:30 - 16:00. Year 2 - Monday to Thursday at Lucy Electric in Thame - 07:30 - 16:30 (Friday at College). Year 3 and 4 - Specializing in operations department in Thame.
37 hours a week
Start date
Monday 1 September 2025
Duration
4 years
Positions available
2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
* Phased training to achieve successful completion in each Operations product area.
* Work and support closely with the Operations Management team.
* Actively work alongside each Team Leader for progression across each product area.
* Participate and facilitate CI opportunities throughout all business areas.
* Active involvement in NPD projects and undertake associated reports alongside project team.
* Work with Production Engineering team to deliver targeted improvement opportunities.
* Review, investigate and report process improvement activities to achieve defined targets across Cost, Safety, Quality and on time delivery, ensuring sustainability can be achieved.
* Conduct Operations Business Operating Systems (BOS) monthly figures alongside Operations team and support actions through to successful outcomes.
* Attend Quality Review meetings and support improvement activities.
* Active involvement across all Kaizen projects to drive efficiencies and opportunities.
* Work alongside Quality team to determine supplier led Non-Conformances, goods in validation and Post Production Audit (PPA) activities.
* Providing support to other departments or projects as needed.
* Focus on Customer Support Incidents (CSI’s) with Quality team engagement through to RCA and report submission towards customer closure.
Where you’ll work
Howland Road
Thame
OX9 3UJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
* 10 Months full-time college at The Engineering Trust in Bicester.
* 12 months engineering rotations at Lucy Electric in Thame (including an ongoing 1 day per week at college).
* 2 years specialising in the Engineering Operations department in Thame.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 4)
* Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
* Engineering (grade 4)
* Science (grade 4)
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
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative