Engineering Design and Draughtsperson Apprentice

Summary

Do you want to turn your passion for engineering design into a rewarding career? Our 4-year apprenticeship gives you hands-on CAD experience creating advanced designs for the Royal Navy fleet.

Annual wage

£15,878 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Year 1: £15,878 Year 2: £20,312 Year 3: £26,346 Year 4: £31,210

Training course

Engineering design and draughtsperson (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

4 years

Positions available

10

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

This is no ordinary engineering apprenticeship. As a design and draughtsperson, you'll produce detailed drawings, models and specs to guide the manufacture and maintenance of state-of-the-art maritime vessels and infrastructure
Focusing on electrical, mechanical or structural design, you'll work on varied projects including submarine and warship refits. Using the latest CAD software and following codes and standards, you'll help to solve real-world engineering challenges

You'll gain a broad range of skills including:

Interpreting technical specifications
Assessing design factors and constraints
Creating CAD models and drawings
Evaluating and refining designs
Communicating options to stakeholders
You’ll also have the opportunity to embark on work placements across the site, gaining valuable insights into various operations from a design perspective
This will prepare you to join a specialised team of designers who work on a diverse range of projects, including design packages to support submarines and surface vessels

Where you’ll work

Devonport Royal Dockyard

Devonport

Plymouth

PL1 4SG

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

CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH

Your training course

Engineering design and draughtsperson (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

You’ll spend an initial period of time at City College, Plymouth, learning the basics
Then you'll put theory into practice as you alternate college and onsite work in the remainder of year 1 and years 2 and 3. In year 4, you'll be fully immersed, solving challenges alongside experienced designers
Along the way, you’ll study towards a Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering to complement your on-the-job training

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

any subject (grade C/4 or above)
any subject (grade C/4 or above)
English (grade C/4 or above)
Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Science or Technology based subject (grade C/4 or above)

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
Organisation skills
Team working
Creative

Other requirements

Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold may impact which roles you are eligible for. You must be able to achieve BPSS (Baseline security) and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.

About this company

Babcock is an international defence, aerospace and security company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. We meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.

https://earlycareers.babcockinternational.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Fully funded qualification, personal development, training and opportunities, minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays, competitive pension scheme, employee share scheme, flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme.

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

It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive
You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career

Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Apprentice Development Programme.

Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partners, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286770.

Apply now

Closes on Thursday 20 March

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