Apprentice General Assembly

Summary

Join Our Team as a General Assembly Apprentice at Safran Electrical & Power! Are you ready to dive into your career in manufacturing and technology? This is your chance to be at the forefront of innovation and technology in manufacturing. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn, grow, and make a real impact!

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Hours

8am – 4.45pm Monday to Thursday with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break and then Friday they would work from 8am – 12pm with no break.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

3

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

As an Apprentice, you'll dive into hands-on experience with diverse manufacturing and assembly methods. You'll play a key role in advancing our operations and enhancing our automation processes.

What You'll Do in This Role:

Assemble with Precision: Put together products on time, following aerospace specifications and internal processes using a variety of manufacturing skills.
Quality Assurance: Ensure your work meets the highest quality standards.
Machinery Mastery: Operate machinery according to standard operating procedures.
Safety First: Follow and apply health and safety processes on site.
Team Player: Contribute positively to team performance and productivity.
Skill Development: Learn multiple techniques to produce or refurbish components and assemblies.
Blueprint Brilliance: Interpret drawings and plan your work, ensuring you have the right tools, equipment, and resources to complete tasks to the required specifications.
Comprehensive Knowledge: Develop a deep understanding of various manufacturing and assembly skills, including balancing, testing, inspection, and winding.

We might end this ad sooner if we get enough candidates applying. So don't delay! Send us your application and show us what you've got!

Benefits including life assurance, dental, pension, gainshare bonus 5% target and a range of voluntary benefits and discounts.

Please note: You will need to travel one day per week to Milton Keynes College for qualification training and four days per week to the employer's workplace in Leighton Buzzard.

Where you’ll work

Safran Electrical & Power Uk Ltd, Pitstone Green Business Park, Westfield Road
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 9GT

Training

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

College or training organisation

MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE

Your training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.

Your training plan

What You'll Gain:

Hands-On Experience: Get your hands dirty with real-world manufacturing and assembly techniques.
Skill Development: Equip yourself with the skills needed for the future of manufacturing and tech-driven production.
Innovation: Be part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of operational excellence and automation.
Apprentices will be follow the Advanced Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship qualification with Milton Keynes College, Innovation & Technology Centre.
Various training is available to meet company and functional objectives as well as to enhance the apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English, Science and Maths (grade 5)

Desirable qualifications

AS Level or equivalent in:

Science, Maths, Technology, Engineering (grade C)

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
Analytical skills

About this company

Safran Electrical & Power is one of the world's leaders in aircraft electrical systems. It is a key player in the equipment electrification & in the electric and hybrid propulsion sector. Mastering the on-board energy system, the company designs and provides modular, innovative and optimized architectures and solutions.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the qualification, there will be the opportunity to progress into a number of different roles particularly across Operations, these roles will support our future capabilities, meet business needs and provide career progression.

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