Design and Technical Support Engineer Apprentice

Summary

Guhring are offering an exciting opportunity for a Design and Technical Engineering Apprentice to design specialist tooling for a range of customers, read and interpret customer drawings and then generate 2D drawings, create and build the material lists for projects and much more.

Wage

£16,489 a year

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Wage may be dependant upon age and year of apprenticeship

Training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Hours

At In-Comm Monday- Thursday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Friday, 8:30am -2:30pm. On site at Guhring (shifts may vary). Monday- Thursday, 8:30am - 5:00pm. Friday, 8:30am -5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years 8 months

Positions available

1

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

Day to day tasks will include:

Designing special tooling for customers
Generating 2D drawings
Building material lists
Create accurate costs for projects
Work as part of a team
Communicate effectively to discuss projects/tasks

Where you’ll work

ESTONE DRIVE
ASTON HALL ROAD
ASTON
BIRMINGHAM
B6 6BQ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Your training plan

This is a 4 year Level 3 Engineering Manufacturing Support qualification
You will be required to attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services in Aldridge, WS9 8UG. Full-time pathway, spending the first 6 months at the training provider to undertake a variety of engineering training and theory work

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (grade 5)

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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Willingness to learn
Interest in engineering

About this company

Guhring Limited founded in 1973 was the first subsidiary of the Guhring Group. Initially starting as a sales, stocking and distribution operation Guhring Limited has now grown into an established UK manufacturing company with capability to produce special tools on short deliveries and regrind/recoating service. Guhring Limited employs a team of field technical support engineers and in house design and application engineers who are focused on offering customers with a continuous stream of the very latest in cutting tool technology. The need to support manufacturing is the main goal and this is achieved by ensuring that optimised tools are designed, developed, manufactured and applied. Guhring Limited can offer all the above from the Company’s UK operation and complemented by an extensive stock holding of standard and special products. With a range of 1620 standard products in over 44,000 sizes the aim is to provide the ideal tooling solution in the fastest possible time.

https://www.guhring.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there would be a full time position at Guhring available and further specific training specific to the job role

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Keira Stead (In-Comm)

keiras@in-comm.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309772.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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