Job Description Materials Engineering Degree Apprenticeship Starting Salary: £20,735 per year Location: Derby Duration: 4 years As a Materials Engineering Apprentice, you’ll work with world-class scientists and engineers to make sure the materials we use are as innovative and safe as possible. Joining our central Engineering, Technology & Safety function, which supports all of our divisions, you’ll build on your studies developing your knowledge of different materials and their uses. All while gaining experience in failure investigation studies, research and development, process control, manufacturing support, supplier management and laboratory-related improvement activities. Rolls-Royce designs, builds and services the world’s most vital technologies, providing critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We’ve been a force for progress for over 100 years. And it’s what’s fuelling our next chapter as we power, protect, and connect people everywhere. That’s our vision for you, too. Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive culture that invests in you and gives you access to opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. The programme Across four years, you’ll complete a series of placements in both materials and manufacturing. You’ll support the various processes involved in designing and manufacturing a component, such as additive layer manufacturing, investment casting, welding, heat treatments, application of coatings, laser processes and chemical processing. You’ll also work on a variety of laboratory equipment, from initial microscopic component preparation through to scanning electron microscopes. This practical experience will be supported by formal learning as you undertake a degree in a Materials or Manufacturing discipline at the University of Derby. Across it all, you’ll develop a broad overview of this area as you split your time between offices, laboratories, manufacturing sites and university, providing a mix of hands-on and theoretical experience. What will I do? As Materials Engineering is a broad discipline, you could be involved in failure investigation, capability acquisition, manufacturing support, materials application, specifications and data and supplier management. Depending on your placements, you could be: helping our suppliers deliver products and materials within specification statistically analysing and modelling material properties to help Design Engineers understand how they behave in extreme environments conducting forensic failure investigations by carrying out metallurgical analysis into a product or material to understand how its performance can be improved and higher product safety can be achieved mapping out various technical processes and improving them to reduce cost and enhance delivery times testing materials to understand their properties. What you’ll need Five GCSEs which must include Maths and Physics at grade B/6, English Language at Grade B/5 plus 2 others at grade 4/C in any subject. 112 UCAS points (obtained or predicted) from either: 3 A-levels, at BBC including Maths at grade B, plus Physics or Chemistry or Engineering at grade C or above, plus one other at grade C or above, excluding General Studies A Level 3 Extended BTEC Diploma in an Engineering-related subject (including Further Maths) at DMM. A mixture of equivalent qualifications to the minimum requirement of 112 UCAS points excluding EPQ qualifications. If you have equivalent qualifications, please contact us. Every bit as important as your academic achievements, however, are the personal qualities you bring to the role. You need to show real passion for the work you do, be confident in your abilities, and eager to build on what you know. Beyond that, you've got to be open-minded, curious, collaborative and creative in your approach to problem-solving. Our behaviours drive us - we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. We’ll expect that of you, too. What you’ll get A competitive starting salary with annual pay rises Fully sponsored BEng (Hons) Materials Science Technologist degree 33 days’ holiday per year (including bank holidays) Competitive pension A choice of voluntary benefits including discounts at nationwide stores, gyms, discounted health care, free digital GP, Cycle to Work scheme and more all available on our TotalReward portal Continuous learning and development Support from managers, leaders, mentors and other apprentices Opportunities to develop beyond your day-to-day role and get involved in social activities An independent, 24-hour, confidential counselling service At Rolls-Royce, we recruit people based on merit, and regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race/colour/nationality/ethnic or national origins, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation. CLOSING DATE: 21st February 2025, 12pm (GMT) We reserve the right to close the job advert early dependent on application volumes. Assessment centres for this programme will take place in April. At Rolls-Royce, we recruit our people based on merit, and regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race/colour/nationality/ethnic or national origins, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation. Programme Job Posting Date 06 Dec 2024; 00:12