2027 Industrial Process Engineer Apprentice - Templecombe

Thales; Itchen Abbas; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Group in the United Kingdom is offering a 5-year Manufacturing Engineer apprenticeship (degree level 6) in partnership with Yeovil College. You will study towards a BEng in Engineering while embedding learning in the workplace and progressing to an Industrial Process Engineer position within the Underwater Systems business.

The programme runs on-campus with day-release study for the first four years and a work-based fifth year focused on End Point Assessment.

Qualifications

• GCSE subjects to include Maths and English (grade 5x 9-4 or A*-C) – essential.
• A Level additional STEM subject (grade 4 (C) or above) – essential.
• A Level x2 including Maths (grade 4 (C) or above) – essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of the behaviours and codes of practice of a professional engineer.
• Define and optimise manufacturing documentation, tools and workflows for manufacturing.
• Attend Material Review Boards and Configuration Control Boards on behalf of manufacturing.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Number skills

Team working

Education

GCSE Maths & English (grade 5-9)

A Level STEM subject (grade 4/C or above)

A Level x2 including Maths (grade 4/C or above)

Job description

About the Role

The role will develop your engineering skills to become a confident, positive and flexible industrial process engineer with well-honed technical knowledge gained from both the academic commitments and on the job training. You will be part of a team that provides manufacturing solutions in support of our customers’ requirements.

This will provide many opportunities to experience the various aspects of engineering such as, defining and optimising manufacturing documentation, tools and workflows for manufacturing, performing manufacturing readiness reviews, contributing to the technological innovation to reduce costs and workflows, whilst guaranteeing the feasibility and reproducibility of the process.

What You Will Learn

Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience and knowledge in:

• Develop an understanding of the required behaviours and codes of practice of a professional engineer
• Understanding complex systems by working on different tasks on on-going projects
• Assessing Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of products by reviewing the product maturity with project teams to identify and minimise risk
• Define, set up, prepare and optimise manufacturing processes and tooling for a defined area or product line
• Contribute to Health, Safety and Environment processes
• Define and optimise manufacturing documentation, tools, workflows for manufacturing and inspection based on the information supplied by upstream R&D engineering departments
• Contribute to the technological innovation to reduce costs and workflows, whilst guaranteeing the feasibility and reproducibility of the process
• Attend Material Review Boards and Configuration Control Boards on behalf of manufacturing, actively manage failures and changes
• Implement test & control plans for manufacturing equipment

Training

Apprenticeship Programme

You will study towards a Level 6 Manufacturing Engineer with Yeovil College.

Manufacturing Engineers help take products from design to manufacture, ensuring that they are launched on time, at cost and to the right quality. This programme will provide a strong foundation across mechanical, electrical, digital, materials, product design and advanced manufacturing.

This is a 5-year programme delivered via an in-person delivery model on campus. Over the first 4 years you will attend college on a day release basis to complete your academic studies and will embed your learning in the workplace through your day job. Year 5 will be 100% work-based and will focus on the completion of your End Point Assessment.

At the end of the programme, you will have achieved a BEng in Engineering, as well as a Level 6 Manufacturing Engineer Apprenticeship and will roll-off the scheme into an Industrial Process Engineer position in our Underwater Systems business.

What happens at the end

Secure a permanent role from day one at the start of your apprenticeship.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Number skills
• Team working

Qualifications

• GCSE subjects to include Maths and English (grade 5x 9-4 or A*-C) - essential
• A Level additional STEM subject (grade 4 (C) or above) - essential
• A Level x2 including Maths (grade 4 (C) or above) - essential

Key details

• Wage: £24,000 a year
• Working week: Monday - Thursday, 37 hours a week (9.25 hours, Monday - Thursday).
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Duration: 5 Years
• Start date: 2027-09-06
• Closing date: 2027-02-17
• Apprenticeship standard: Manufacturing engineer (degree) (level 6)
• Training provider: YEOVIL COLLEGE

About the employer

Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.