Bailey & Mackey - Level 3 - Machining Engineering Apprentice
BAILEY & MACKEY LTD
BIRMINGHAM (B42 1DE)
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 14 May 2025)
Posted on 28 April 2025
Contents
Summary
The opportunity to join a very successful & long-established engineering company with excellent prospects of career advancement. This role will give you the opportunity to learn how to operate a number of manual and CNC machines and join the production team in order to make pressure measuring tooling.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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You will get annual pay reviews based on performance
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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At company: Mon - Thur 7.30am - 4.30pm, Fri 7.30am - 12.30pm
At Make UK: Mon - Thur 8am - 4.30pm, Fri 8am - 12.30pm
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 17 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
Duties and responsibilities during training:
• Compliance with all relevant Health and Safety and Legislative requirements
• Learning all aspects of the business from production commencement to completion
• General Machine operating / CNC Machine Operating / CNC Setter Operating/ CNC Programming
• Operating and using the following equipment: measuring equipment, hand tools, grinding machines, turning machines, milling machines, CNC machines, ancillary machines, inspection requirements
• Booking stock out of stores
• Transferring stock to appropriate locations.
• Picking stock from stores and recording part numbers.
• Checking equipment looking for faults/damage and potential hazards
• Filling out job sheets recording work carried out, parts used and condition of equipment.
• General housekeeping duties
• Ad-hoc duties as requested.
• Undertake internal training as appropriate
Once trained you will be responsible for:
• Carrying out production operations
• Monitoring and inspecting product and process characteristics within the scope of their activities, carrying out production first off inspections, quantity counts, recording the details and signing and dating the Inspection Check Sheets
• Notifying Supervision following the detection of suspect or non-conforming products
• Notifying Supervision following the completion of specified production activities, as applicable
• Ensuring products are finished off safely and properly in line with good practice (e.g. removal of burrs, countersinking etc. as appropriate and transporting them to the next process Holding Area)
• Carrying out relevant safety checks and maintenance on plant and equipment used, as applicable
• The provision and maintenance of relevant Quality records
• Completing work in a timely manner to the required quality/standard
Where you’ll work
1 BALTIMORE RD
BIRMINGHAM
B42 1DE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
EEF LIMITED
Your training course
Machining technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
Your training plan
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll work towards several academic and vocational qualification levels throughout your time with us, which are fully paid for, including:
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Foundation Competence – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Competence - in years 2 to 4 in company
● Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK
● In house training in line with your requirements.
● Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer
On completion of your studies, you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Engineering Technician.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this company
Who is Bailey and Mackey? Wherever pressure needs to be measured, we can deliver a solution. Bailey & Mackey is a well-established family owned business which is proud to have established a worldwide reputation for providing a high quality products which are reliable in service in the field of pressure measuring equipment. We have been manufacturing high quality instrumentation for over 70 years. The product range has been extended over the years and we now manufacture Pressure Switches, Pressure Gauges and Pressure Transducers all made in our factory in Birmingham. Our core design enables our products to be easily adapted to meet specific customer requirements, this enables us to satisfy the requirements of a widely diverse industries including Fire Safety, HVAC (Heating & Ventilation), Medical, Waste Water, Chemical, Automotive and Food. We pride ourselves on suppling high quality and reliable products to almost all industries.
Company benefits
As well as your basic salary, we offer a contributory pension and annual bonus scheme.
After this apprenticeship
The prospects of career advancement through the company is a goal that the company itself requires. Previous apprentices are now either supervisors or work in R&D.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EEF LIMITED
Make UK Recruitment Team
asrecruitment@makeuk.org
01213447900
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315257.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 14 May 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
To apply, follow the link to Make UK's recruitment portal where you can fill in an application form. Please remember that this application form is the first contact you will have with the company, so try to make it count by filling in all information requested, and trying to represent yourself the way you'd like to be seen. Should you be selected for the next stage of the process you will receive an invitation to complete an interview, either online or in person. Good luck!