V03090 - Advanced Apprentice Mechanical Fitting (Site & Facilities)

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Cumbria, LA14 1AF

Closes on Friday 28 February

Posted on 7 November 2024

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Summary

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels.

• Annual wage: Competitive

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  We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.

• Training course: Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
• Hours: Shifts to be confirmed.

  37 hours a week

• Possible start date:

  Monday 15 September

• Duration:

  3 years 5 months

• Positions available:

  3

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

Join our team as an Apprentice Maintenance Mechanical Fitter and be part of an exciting period of growth within our safety-critical environment. You will play a vital role in maintaining and ensuring the smooth operation of our plant systems, components, and assets. Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll rotate through different teams, each focused on specific aspects of plant maintenance and repair, working with a wide range of mechanical and specialist equipment. This will give you the opportunity to develop a broad skill set, from servicing and maintaining mechanical and non-mechanical plant equipment to supporting production teams in enhancing operational efficiency.

In this role, you’ll be involved in the regular maintenance of compressors, workshop machinery, and pneumatic and hydraulic systems. You’ll learn how to install and repair components like bearings, seals, and drive keys, as well as maintain CNC machine tools used in both heavy and light engineering. Your training will also cover the safe operation of cranes, hoists, and other lifting equipment, along with testing and repairing specialised tools such as compressed air and breathing air equipment, rotating tools, and burning/pre-heating torches.

Your work will include tasks like pipe bending, soldering, welding, and machining skills such as turning, drilling, and using a band saw. You’ll be trained to follow Health & Safety best practices, ensuring that all work is carried out safely and to the highest standards. In addition, you’ll gain experience on the effective operation of compressors, as well as testing and maintaining air handling units and other specialised equipment. It's a fantastic time to join us with incredible opportunities ahead and this apprenticeship is perfect for those beginning their careers or considering a career change. 

Where you’ll work

BAE Systems

1st Floor, Main Shipyard Offices

Barrow-in-Furness

Cumbria

LA14 1AF

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

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• 5 GCSEs inc Maths, Science, English or Technical (grade A*-C/9-4 (or equivalent))

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
• Organisation skills
• Team working

About this company

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

https://www.baesystems.com/en/careers/careers-in-the-uk/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business there are a world of opportunities – whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Early Careers Recruitment Team

GART@baesystems.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286358.

Apply now

Closes on Friday 28 February

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