Higher Apprentice Quality Practitioner

BAE Systems.; Preston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in the UK is seeking a Higher Quality Practitioner Apprentice to join their team. You will engage in a three-year training program focused on Quality Practices in the Air sector, supported by skilled professionals. The role offers a starting salary of £23,748 with annual progression, and includes benefits like a pension scheme and private health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• You will learn to design systems for reliable outputs.
• You will conduct audits to ensure quality standards.
• You will verify that products meet agreed specifications.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of skilled Quality Professionals.
• Implement Quality Management Plans.
• Analyze and address root causes of poor quality.

Skills

Quality Planning

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Continuous Improvement

Education

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths & English

72 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Job description

Description

Job title: Higher Quality Practitioner Apprentice

Location: Samlesbury and Warton

Salary: Starting from £23,748 with annual progression through the scheme duration.

What you'll be doing

You will be joining a team function of skilled Quality Professionals who will guide you through a three-year learning journey to deploy effective Quality Practices within the Air sector.

This includes four main elements:

• Quality Planning: Designing systems for reliable outputs and implementing Quality Management Plans to ensure reliable outputs with a focus on left shift quality
• Quality Assurance: Providing confidence to stakeholders ensuring that Quality standards are maintained to provide confidence to stakeholders by activities such as conducting audits
• Quality Control: Verifying that a product or service meets the agreed specifications, and customer requirements carrying out inspections
• Continuous Improvement: Preventing recurrence of poor quality through analysis and addressing the root cause of poor quality through investigation activities

What qualification will you get?

• Level 4 Quality Practitioner Business and Administration Standard

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Air Team

The Air sector leads in aerospace innovation, designing advanced aircraft, supporting global customers, and developing cutting‑edge technology. With 23,000 employees worldwide, it offers world‑class training, career growth, and opportunities to impact the future of aviation.

Please note you must not book any annual leave within the first 3 months of your apprenticeship. Following this, leave will be considered depending on the individual training delivery schedule and must be approved by your line manager.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Export Control / Security

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Qualification requirements

• 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9‑4 / A*‑C which must include Maths & English
• 72 UCAS points (or equivalent) (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level)