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Manufacturing Engineer Apprenticeship

AWE PLC · South East · RG7 4PR

Apprenticeship Level 6 Engineering
Salary£24,500 yearly
LocationSouth East
PostcodeRG7 4PR
Start date1 Sep 2027
Apply by20 Dec 2026
QualificationManufacturing engineer (degree) (level 6)
Training providerawe plc
Job ID55533
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About the role

🚀 Manufacturing Engineering Apprentice 🚀

Ready to dive into the world of making stuff? 🛠️ This apprenticeship is your launchpad to understanding how awesome products and parts come to life – safely, precisely, and consistently! You'll go from concept to creation, transforming brilliant designs into the real-world processes, tools, and solutions that power our workplace. 💡

What you'll be doing:

  • University & Hands-On: Juggle exciting uni studies with practical, in-the-field placements right here at AWE. 🎓🤝
  • Manufacturing Mastery: Get the lowdown on what manufacturing engineers do, covering areas like:
  • Precision Manufacturing 🎯
  • Fabrication 🏗️
  • Joining & Assembly 🔗
  • Materials Processing 🧬
  • Tooling 🔧
  • Inspection & Quality Control ✅
  • Developing New Production Capabilities 🌱
  • Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Collaborate with design wizards, operations experts, quality guardians, safety champions, and project leaders to see how all the engineering pieces fit together for safe, top-standard results. 🌐
  • Grow Your Skills: As you build confidence, you'll tackle real engineering challenges with guidance from our seasoned pros. This could mean helping to test and improve manufacturing processes, crunching data, solving tricky problems, supporting tool and equipment development, and crafting clear engineering docs. ✍️
  • The AWE Advantage: Discover why safety, quality, cost, delivery, and sustainability are super important in a highly regulated environment like ours. 💯
  • Digital Deep Dive: Manufacturing is going digital! You'll likely get hands-on with cutting-edge tech like CAD/CAM tools, digital work instructions, engineering systems, and data analysis. Learn how tech boosts accuracy, safety, and consistency, and why keeping solid records is key. 💻📊

If you're curious, driven, and ready to build a solid engineering career, this is your chance! ✨

Key responsibilities

  • Helping to test or improve manufacturing processes
  • Looking at data to support engineering tasks
  • Solving practical engineering problems
  • Supporting the development of tools or equipment
  • Creating clear engineering documents