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A prestigious Formula One team is offering an exciting Electronics Apprenticeship where you'll gain hands-on experience learning key skills like electronics assembly, sensor calibration, and harness manufacture. This training opportunity promises structured support and development in a high-performance environment focused on innovation and sustainability.
The company:
Williams’ core competencies are the design and development of racing cars to compete in the Formula One World Championship. As one of the world's leading Formula One teams, the company has secured 16 FIA Formula One World Championship titles since its foundation in 1977 and is now moving into an exciting era under new ownership defined by relentless innovation and living sustainable performance in every dimension.
Role Purpose:
As an Electronics Apprentice within Williams, you will be given the opportunity to learn a variety of skills within the Electronics manufacturing department such as soldering, surface mount work, sensor calibration, harness manufacture, use of automated harness testing and development of fault investigation abilities.
As part of your training, you will attend college and coming to site at Williams.
Throughout the duration of the apprenticeship, you will receive ongoing structured support, which will include regular performance evaluations with the training officer to aid professional and personal feedback on your development. Successful applicants will be able to communicate effectively, have a positive attitude to work and a mature outlook. A flexible attitude towards work and hours is essential, as well as being a good team player.
Operational Duties & Key Objectives:
You will expand your knowledge, learning a wide range of skills and techniques such as harness manufacture, sensor calibration and the assembly of Electronics parts all whilst in a training environment. You will be set tasks and phase tests in line with your NVQ requirements which will be assessed at regular intervals over the year. Alongside this you will be involved with manufacturing current F1 components whist adhering to our work orders and timing plans.
You will be exposed to the manufacturing environment where you will gain hands on experience whilst manufacturing F1 car components both unaided and alongside the department’s mentors and or training officer and continuing with work towards your NVQ obligations. This term will also provide a period to specialise on relevant areas as training becomes more focused on Harness manufacture, electronics assembly or sensor calibration.
You will then continue to work within the Electronics department working towards manufacturing our class ‘A’ components both unaided and alongside the department’s mentors., whilst working towards the completion of all your NVQ obligations and end point assessment.
Over the course of your apprenticeship, you will gain knowledge and become competent in the following disciplines:
Brand Management
People Development & Talent Acquisition
Communication
Health & Safety
This job description is not exhaustive or exclusive to Formula 1, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.
What can Williams offer?
The Williams Group is based in multi acre complex located in Grove, Oxfordshire. The Williams Group offers a competitive holiday package, staff events/open days, a subsidised restaurant on site and various car schemes. We have an on-site gym (open 24 hours a day) as well as various fitness classes including outdoors bootcamps, pilates and yoga free for all staff and contractors to use. Aside from these benefits we can offer free onsite parking and large open green spaces to unwind during breaks. We are a based just 30 mins from Oxford City Centre by bus.
Williams is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments