Manufacturing Engineer – Level 6 Apprenticeship 2027
AWE · South East · RG30 3RP
About the role
✨ Manufacturing Engineering Apprentice ✨
Ready to transform awesome ideas into reality? 💡🛠️ This apprenticeship is your chance to dive deep into how products and parts are made safely, accurately, and consistently. You'll be the wizard behind the scenes, turning designs and materials into awesome, repeatable manufacturing processes. You'll team up with design wizards, operations gurus, quality champions, safety experts, and project leaders to make it all happen. 🚀
What you'll be doing:
- Bringing designs and materials to life through robust manufacturing processes.
- Learning the ins and outs of safe, accurate, and consistent product creation.
- Collaborating with diverse teams: design, operations, quality, safety, and projects.
Think you're a good fit? Here's the scoop:
- Entry Requirements: You'll need 5 GCSEs at grade 4/C or higher, including Maths, English, and a science, technology, or engineering subject. Plus, an A-level grade C or above in a Maths-based subject and a science, technology, engineering, or additional Maths-related subject. OR, a BTEC Level 3 Engineering qualification with 90+ credits. 📚
- Security Clearance: This role requires you to be a British National, aged 18 or over by 31 August 2027, and be able to obtain and maintain security clearance. 🔒
- Where you'll be: This is an onsite apprenticeship at AWE Aldermaston and/or Burghfield, with every other Friday off. 📍
- Key Dates to Remember:
- Applications Close: 20 December 2026 🗓️
- Assessment Centres: 4 & 9 February 2027 🗓️
- Start Date: 1 September 2027 🗓️
Why being onsite rocks for your growth:
Get hands-on experience directly from manufacturing, engineering, and quality pros. See real-world processes in action and build your practical skills and confidence in a big way! 💪
We're looking for these superpowers:
- Practical Problem-Solving: You love figuring out why things work (or don't work!). 🤔
- Attention to Detail: You know safety, quality, and accurate records are non-negotiable. ✅
- Curiosity about Making Things: You're fascinated by how designs, materials, machines, processes, and data all connect. 🤯
- Teamwork: You can chat clearly and work with all sorts of engineering whizzes. 🤝
Where this apprenticeship can take you:
After you nail your apprenticeship, you could land a role as a Manufacturing Engineer in one of AWE's engineering teams. The future is bright with opportunities in new product introduction, manufacturing system design, tooling, production support, and continuous improvement! 🌟
Your application journey:
1. Online Application: Submit your application before the closing date. 🚀
2. Online Testing: If you're eligible, get ready for numerical, verbal, logical, and cognitive reasoning tests. Practice materials will be provided! 🧠
3. Assessment Centre: Successful candidates will be invited to an in-person assessment centre. 🎉
4. Offer, Medical & Clearance: If you shine, you'll move to the offer, medical, and security clearance stages before starting.
Apply Early! Applications close on 20 December 2026, but we review them as they come in. Don't miss out – apply early to avoid disappointment! Click the apply button to start your journey. ➡️
Key responsibilities
- Turn ideas, designs and materials into safe, repeatable manufacturing processes.
- Work with design, operations, quality, safety and project teams.