Manufacturing Engineer Apprentice
John Crane UK Limited
Slough (SL1 4LU)
Closes on Thursday 19 June 2025
Posted on 14 April 2025
Contents
Summary
Enrol on a Level 6 Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship with the University of Hertfordshire. Gain a BEng in Mechanical Engineering, rotate across technical teams, develop practical and professional skills, receive mentorship, and contribute to improving performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
- Wage
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£24,000 a year
- Training course
- Manufacturing engineer (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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This role is based in our headquarters within Slough working Monday to Friday during normal office hours. Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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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
Job Description:
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. As an Apprentice, you will be involved in supporting our production area assisting with the smooth operation of our manufacturing processes and supporting daily production activities. You will gain a good understanding of our production activities and learn about advanced manufacturing technology. You will be rotated through and learn from our gas seals assembly and testing team and spend time with our quality professionals. This role is based from our headquarters within Slough working Monday to Friday normal office hours.
By the end of this 4-year Apprenticeship, you will be able to provide critical support to our operations process controls, addressing machine issues and help to implement improvements in the team using Lean methodologies.
Full training will be given so you will be able to:
- Increasing the KPI’s for productions areas within our Slough plant
- Create and update standards and process instructions using Visual Factory
- Implement cost-reduction initiatives
- Manage key projects from conception through to completion. Ensuring key milestones are hit and project delivers objectives on time and within cost
- Support the production areas with CI initiatives [SW1] and Kaizen generation
- “Hands On” support for production functions
- Support the NPD team with PFMEA's, risk assessments and control plans
- Prepare cost estimates to formulate schedules and coordinate and monitor assigned Production/CapEx projects
- Support and communicate effectively with internal stakeholders within JC Slough Operations and external suppliers as appropriate to provide technical support/assistance
Where you’ll work
Buckingham House 361-366
Buckingham Avenue
Slough
SL1 4LU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Your training course
Manufacturing engineer (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
- Foundation Stage: Complying with statutory regulations and stringent organisational safety requirements
- Foundation Stage: Producing components using hand fitting, fabrication and joining techniques
- Foundation Stage: Producing Computer Aided Design (CAD) models (drawings) using a CAD system
- Foundation Stage: Preparing and using lathes, milling and other general or specialist machines and high tech equipment
- Foundation Stage: Preparing and proving Computer Numeric Control programmes
- Foundation Stage: Using computer software packages to assist with and evaluate engineering activities
- Foundation Stage: Producing and managing engineering project plans
- Foundation Stage: Producing assemblies using a wide range of materials and techniques
- Development Team: Project management and scheduling engineering activities
- Development Team: Securing appropriate resources and managing budgets and resources
- Development Team: Implementing, monitoring and evaluating engineering processes
Your training plan
Education: You will be enrolled on the Level 6 Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship which will be delivered one day a week on campus by our training partner: The University of Hertfordshire. If you successfully complete your Apprenticeship, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Mechanical Engineering.
Learning Opportunities: Gain practical engineering and manufacturing skills
Rotations: You will have the opportunity to rotate across different technical teams to broaden your knowledge.
Mentorship: Learn from and interact with our manufacturing team
Professional Development: Develop professional skills such as writing, communication, time management, and teamwork.
Impactful Work: Contribute to enhancing revenue, delivery performance, efficiency, technical reputation, and customer satisfaction.
More training information
- Start date: September 2025 (one intake per year)
- Delivery: Combination of day and block release teaching
- Duration: 4 years
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 5 or above)
- Maths (grade 5 or above)
- Non Specific (grade 5 or above)
- Non Specific (grade 5 or above)
- Non Specific (grade 5 or above)
A Level in:
- 2 x a science, tech or Engineering (grade B or Engineering BTEC Level 3)
- Maths (grade B)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Advanced MS Office skills
- Willingness to learn CAD
- Decision making ability
- The ability to influence
- Time management
Other requirements
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. As an Apprentice you will be involved in supporting our production area assisting with the smooth operation of our manufacturing processes and supporting daily production activities. You will gain a good understanding of our production activities and learn about advanced manufacturing technology. You will be rotated through and learn from our gas seals assembly and testing team and spend time with our quality professionals. This role is based from our headquarters within Slough working Monday to Friday normal office hours. By the end of this 4 year Apprenticeship, you will be able to provide critical support to our operations process controls, addressing machine issues and help to implement improvements in the team using Lean methodologies.
About this company
About Us - Founded in 1917, John Crane is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and engineering of mission critical flow control solutions for increased efficiency, emission reductions and energy transformation. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems and predictive digital monitoring technologies. John Crane customer service is accessed through a global network of more than 200 global sites in over 50 countries employing more than 6,000 employees worldwide. We partner with our customers and help them meet the latest environmental standards and keep their operations safe and controlled. John Crane is part of Smiths Group, For over 170 years, Smiths has been improving our world through smarter engineering. Our technology benefits millions of people every day – making travel safer, supporting sustainable energy transition, efficiently heating, cooling our homes, and helping our world stay connected.
After this apprenticeship
Professional chartered mechanical engineers and mechanical engineering graduates are highly sought after around the world. Our graduates have an excellent employment record illustrating that this degree gives you the flexibility to work in virtually any manufacturing setting, both in the UK and abroad.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Dominic Whyte-Ifill
D.Whyte-Ifill@Herts.ac.uk
07543301817
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315569.
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Closes on Thursday 19 June 2025
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