Advanced Apprenticeship Manufacturing – Engineering & Manufacturing Technician within Manufacturing
JLR
Solihull, B92 8NW
Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March)
Posted on 12 February 2025
Contents
Summary
A JLR Advanced Apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to expand your knowledge by learning cutting-edge concepts and technologies at college and applying them to real-world projects. This apprenticeship takes four years to complete and adheres to the IfATE Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician apprenticeship standard.
- Wage
- £16,893 a year
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday. Working hours to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 8 September
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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5
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 exciting programme is designed to help you build practical skills, deepen your technical knowledge, and develop key workplace behaviours like teamwork and problem-solving.
Solihull Plant
- Solihull is at the forefront of UK automotive manufacturing: a fast-paced environment delivering modern luxury for our customers and offering fantastic opportunities for learning and growth. As an apprentice, you will join us at Solihull Plant within our Plant Quality or Current Manufacturing (CME) team or within our Stampings CME team in Castle Bromwich.
Plant Quality (Solihull)
- Plant quality - help to ensure that we maintain our high product standards, optimising process efficiency, adhering to safety procedures and supporting to help minimise our environmental impact. These elements collectively contribute to producing our modern luxury vehicles, improving operational efficiency, and promoting a safe and sustainable working environment.
- Apprentices within Plant Quality will work on attribute testing of our vehicles. Our attribute testing covers several areas, which includes Structural and Adhesive testing, Sealing testing, Acoustic testing and Calibration testing in which apprentices will train across.
Current Manufacturing Engineering (CME) Solihull
- CME is responsible for ensuring that our processes can enable the production team to produce vehicles that meet and exceed the business safety, quality, delivery, people and environmental requirements. As an apprentice you will join a team within our state-of-the-art build halls, ensuring we continue to build and grow our Modern Luxury vehicles. You could be involved in helping to support the implementation of robust process controls, improvement projects and enhancements through data-driven actions and continuous improvement and benchmarking initiatives. Within your role, you will help to ensure internal and external quality metrics are monitored and actioned to achieve business targets. You will develop your problem-solving and process improvement skills, which will help to drive departments to meet their key performance indicators.
Stampings CME (Castle Bromwich)
- Stamping Operations are responsible for manufacturing all of JLR's outer body and critical structure panels, bringing the designs of our vehicles to life. You will join our team within our Stamping Operations, ensuring we continue to build and grow our Modern Luxury vehicles.
- As an apprentice joining the CME team, you will help to ensure that our processes can enable the production team to produce body panels that meet and exceed the business safety, quality, delivery, people and environmental requirements. You will be involved in all aspects of panel conformity including Process, Cosmetic, Quality and Measurement adherence to standards. You will also be involved in helping to support the implementation of robust process controls, improvement projects and enhancements through data-driven actions and continuous improvement and benchmarking initiatives. Within your role, you will help to ensure internal and external quality metrics are monitored and actioned to achieve business targets. You will develop your problem-solving and process improvement skills, which will help to drive departments to meet their key performance indicators.
Where you’ll work
Jaguar Land Rover Solihull
Lode Ln
Solihull
B92 8NW
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
EEF LIMITED
Your training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Your training plan
During your apprenticeship, you’ll spend a significant portion of your first year at Make UK based in Aston, Birmingham (B6 7EU). Your typical hours at the training provider will be from 8:00 AM to 4:30PM Monday – Thursday and reduced hours on Friday's; you will receive a confirmed timetable upon joining us. Here you’ll be assigned an Industrial Training Manager (ITM) and a JLR early careers cohort leader to support you throughout your apprenticeship journey.
Year 1 – Foundation Phase
In your first year, you'll focus on building your foundational knowledge of engineering and essential workplace competencies to ensure safety. You’ll spend time in workshops developing practical skills such as welding, electrical installation, milling, and fault-finding. You’ll also take part in regular plant placements where you’ll have the opportunity to apply these newly acquired skills in a real-world environment.
Year 2 – Academic Knowledge and Skills Development
In your second year, you’ll divide your time between your workplace and college, spending four days on plant and one day at your training provider each week. During this time, you’ll start your Level 3 BTEC qualification and put your academic knowledge into action while working on site.
Year 3 – Academic Knowledge and Competence Development
Your third year follows a similar structure, with four days at your workplace and one day at college each week. You’ll continue working towards your BTEC qualification, focusing on developing your skills beyond the basics and working on real-world projects on-site at JLR.
Year 4 – Completion and Assessment
In your final year, you’ll complete your apprenticeship and prepare for your End Point Assessment, supported every step of the way by your Early Careers Cohort Leader.
This exciting programme is designed to help you build practical skills, deepen your technical knowledge, and develop key workplace behaviours like teamwork and problem-solving.
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)
- STEM Subject (science, technology or engineering) (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
- Interest in manufacturing
Other requirements
Due to the hands-on nature of this role, hybrid working is not feasible. JLR is a multi-site business, and you will be required to work with various departments across multiple locations.
About this company
LIVE THE EXCEPTIONAL WITH SOUL We are the proud creators. The curious minds. Inspired to create unique vehicles, to realise our vision of modern luxury. We work as one. Shaping the future. Motivated by a love for our customer. United by a deep admiration for each other. Our sense of integrity and our spirit of excellent empowers us. Our ambition to grow. Our passion to chart new landscapes of innovation, encourages us to dream. It’s what drives us. To be visionaries. To be creators.
https://careers.jaguarlandrover.com/early-careers (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
You’ll enjoy a generous holiday allowance, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, an excellent pension scheme and access to a wide range of deals and discounts from retailers and sports clubs.
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
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, you will move into a substantive position within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EEF LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000303220.
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Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March)
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Company’s application instructions
Please be aware that we may close our programmes at any point and at short notice based on the volume of applications received. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please apply early.