Aerospace Degree Apprentice

Summary

An Aerospace Engineer Degree Apprenticeship will prepare you for a career within our engineering and design teams over a four-year programme. An apprenticeship with GKN Aerospace combines learning practical skills with classroom studies, preparing you for a future career at the heart of engineering.

Annual wage: £12,313.60 to £22,010.56 a year
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Training course: Aerospace engineer (level 6)
Hours: Monday - Friday. Shift times to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 2 September
Duration: 4 years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

An Aerospace Engineer Degree Apprenticeship will prepare you for a career within our engineering and design teams, over a four-year programme. Examples of target occupations/functions listed below:

Design Engineering - Design Engineers are involved from the early phases of concept development right through to design, supporting in-service product repairs and upgrades. You will work closely with our customers to provide innovative solutions to a variety of wing related components, sub-assemblies & complex integrated assemblies
Analysis - Analysis Engineers work closely with all engineering functions. Key activities include loadsets, sizing, optimisation, strength, & test reports
Manufacturing Engineering - Manufacturing Engineers operate across the whole business, from product concepts through to design, procurement, manufacturing and end-product support. As a Manufacturing Engineer you will work closely with Design, Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Customers & Suppliers to achieve world class cost, quality & delivery objectives

Where you’ll work

GKN Aerospace

Golf Course Lane

Filton

BS34 7QS

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Aerospace engineer (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Communicate with stakeholders: verbal and written.

Write reports: data, technical information, drawings, outcomes and recommendations

Present information. For example, presenting project progress and key performance information (KPI's) such as cost, quality, time, risk and opportunities. Presenting technical results or trade studies into design reviews.

Use information technology: digital tools for presentation of data, digital communication and collaboration packages.

Use information technology: digital tools for engineering activities, configuration management, research and analysis. For example, exploiting data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Use problem solving tools and techniques, for example: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Fishbone and Practical Problem Solving (PPS).

Use continuous improvement methodologies. For example, Kaizen, Lean manufacturing and Kanban.

Produce and review design solutions, drawings, sketches using Computer Aided Design (CAD) and manual systems.

Model real-world systems and products using, for example Computer Aided Modelling (CAM), Finite Element Modelling (FEM), Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).

Assess different designs to identify solutions for a given aerospace engineering application and environment.

Produce systems solutions considering integrated structural engineering designs.

Develop and execute test plans to support aerospace product validation and approval.

Design functional aerospace systems and assemblies from component level. For example, designing elements of a landing gear to produce a complete landing system.

Apply project management techniques. For example, estimating, programming, risk, cost and budget control, time management and resource management.

Identify and comply with legal and statutory requirements. For example, health and safety, environmental protection, sustainability, aerospace certification requirements and data protection.

Plan and manage own time.

Work with and lead others including, negotiation, conflict management and developing others.

Your training plan

Year 1: The majority of your first year will be working offsite at college. Towards the end of the first year, you will undertake a return to site induction followed by onsite GKN training.

Years 2 & 3: You will undertake Business Familiarisation, which involves working to a rotation plan in Design, Analysis, Materials & Processes, Component/ Assembly Production, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality. All work carried out within placement areas will be recorded in work packs. These will be reviewed monthly with your GKN Training Advisor. You will return to college/university on day-release to continue studying in the classroom for your degree.

Year 4: You will be assigned to your final placement and will spend the year specialising in this area. You will also finalise your Degree and Level Four Competence Qualification during this time, as well as completion of your End Point Assessment.

Mandatory courses according to the Apprenticeship Standard:

Level 2 Diploma in Aerospace and Aviation (Foundation Competence)
Level 4 Diploma in Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (Development Competence)
Level 6 Bachelor Honours Degree (BEng) Stipulated by the employer and accredited by an Engineering Council licenced Professional Engineering Institution
Functional Skills Level 2 (GCSE equivalent) in English for those with less than a Grade 4/C

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level or equivalent in:

maths (grade 4/C or equivalent)
Physics or Chemistry (grade 4/C or equivalent)
Extended Diploma in Engineering (grade Grade Merit or Distinction)

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

Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team working

Other requirements

Please note: for engineering equivalent qualifications you must specify units contained within the qualification and also specify the grading achieved for each unit I.e. Pass / Merit/ Distinction. Also Level 3 Tech Extended Diploma Qualifications must contain Further Mathematics and Mechanical Principles units. Failure to give this level of detail will result in your application being automatically rejected.

About this company

Every day, around the world, we help aircraft fly further, faster & greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft & engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn. Together as “One GKN” we’re moving our business & industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!

After this apprenticeship

Successful candidates may have the opportunity for progression to a full-time role after completion, but this is not guaranteed.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Charlotte Denning

charlotte.denning@weston.ac.uk

+441934411594

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285661.

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Closes on Friday 21 February

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