Machining Operative Apprentice

Boeing Company; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace manufacturer in Rotherham is offering a Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship. The successful candidate will work on machining complex components, ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards. This role requires GCSEs in English and Mathematics and values strong communication and analytical skills. The apprenticeship includes training at the University of Sheffield's AMRC Training Centre, leading to widely recognized engineering qualifications.

Qualifications

• GCSE in English Language and Mathematics with grade B or 5.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Attention to detail in tasks.

Responsibilities

• Machine complex components to engineering specifications.
• Comply with health and safety regulations.
• Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Analytical skills

Logical

Team working

Initiative

Patience

Education

GCSE in English Language (grade B or 5)

GCSE in Mathematics (grade B or 5)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Machine complex components to engineering specifications, using cutting edge equipment
• Working to quality standards required for the components
• Ensure you adhere to Health & Safety policies and procedures
• Working to given time scales
• Work alongside skilled Machinists to provide you with the knowledge needed to become fully trained
• You will also be expected to respond quickly to changing demands throughout your working day
• Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
• Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
• Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
• Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
• Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
• Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
• Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
• Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
• Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
• Plan and organise own work and resources.
• Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
• Select machining process.
• Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
• Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
• Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
• Measure and check components.
• Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
• Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
• Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
• Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
• Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
• Apply ethical principles.
• Apply team working principles.

Additional Outcomes

• Delivering increased productivity
• Reduced production costs maximising end user machine output
• Working with people at all levels of the organisation

The successful candidate will work within a team whilst demonstrating personal drive and motivation to deliver results.

Training Schedule

You will study on a Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship: On completion of this, you will gain a qualification in Engineering at Level 3 standard. During the first year of the apprenticeship, your learning will take place at the University of Sheffield's AMRC Training Centre based at Catcliffe, Rotherham, for an initial block of study on a full-time basis. After this, you will attend the training centre for one day a week for knowledge study.

Qualifications

GCSE in:

• English Language (grade Grade B or 5)
• Mathematics (grade Grade B or 5)

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative
• Patience

Company Overview

In October 2018, we opened the Boeing production facility in Sheffield - our first manufacturing site in Europe. The £40 million, 6,200-square-metre facility is located on Sheffield Business Park, in South Yorkshire, not far from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC). We make more than 100 different high‑tech actuation system components for the 737, from raw materials sourced in the UK. These components are used on the trailing edge of the wings. Trailing edge actuation systems are responsible for extending and retracting the wing's flaps during different phases of flight. The flaps add lift to enable take‑off and landing at lower speeds, and provide drag to help slow the aircraft. Boeing Sheffield is part of a broader plan to increase in‑house manufacturing of key actuation components and systems in the U.S. and the UK and enhancing production efficiency. The components made in Sheffield are shipped to our facility in Portland, Oregon, for assembly.

Career Path Opportunities

After completion of the University of Sheffield's AMRC Training Centre apprenticeships are nationally recognised qualifications which are acknowledged and respected by employers across the world. These can open the door to many more opportunities, such as Engineering Management and Project Engineering positions across a range of sectors worldwide.