Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprentice

Leonardo UK Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK is offering an Apprenticeship in Manufacturing Engineering. The role includes design and testing of products within Integrated Project Teams, offering a competitive salary of £21,525, with a hybrid working model. Candidates will gain practical skills and attend university to obtain a Manufacturing Engineering degree. The company supports academic learning without incurring debt.

Benefits

Generous leave including flexi-days

Up to 15% employer pension contribution

Mental health support and financial advice

Bonus scheme for all employees

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Flexible benefits package including healthcare and gym memberships

Responsibilities

• Support different aspects of manufacturing engineering.
• Design and test new products with experienced engineers.
• Participate in the Integrated Project Teams.

Skills

Mathematics

Physics

Engineering principles

Problem-solving

Education

120 UCAS Points at A'Level including Maths and Physics

BTEC Extended Diploma or equivalent

5 GCSE grades 4 - 9 or A* - C including English, Maths, and Science

Job description

Job Description

Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprentice

The Opportunity

Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships from 2-4yrs. across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, coupled with on the job learning that enables you to gain practical skills, experience and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career.

As you would expect from a globally renowned Company, we offer competitive salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, so there is no need to get into debt. We support helping you settle into your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Early Careers team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.

What you’ll do as a Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprentice

As a Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprentice, you will support different aspects of manufacturing to gain experience and knowledge of our business processes and requirements in different departments before moving into your final placement within our Manufacture Engineering team, here you will join a specialist team of engineers and work within our Integrated Project Teams. During your placements you will work with experienced engineers to design and test new and existing products, learning about the engineering lifecycle and using your new skills to solve problems, generate new ideas and support the development of the next generation of EW products.

You will also attend university on a mixture of day and block day release to complete your Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship (ST0025) which includes a BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering. Through your work placements you will record learning activities and evidence to show your competency in set criteria and in your final placement you will complete a project which forms part of your degree.

During your apprenticeship, you will:

• Grow your knowledge of an engineering business and what the role of a Manufacturing Engineer is by being part of our Integrated Project Teams.
• Develop practical skills in manufacturing engineering and understanding key processes and technologies.
• Support early careers activities - our apprentices have the opportunity to work as STEM ambassadors in schools, colleges and universities

What we need from you:

Qualifications

You must have (as a minimum) the following qualifications:

120 UCAS Points at A'Level to include Maths and Physics, BTEC Extended Diploma or equivalent and 5 GCSE grades 4 - 9 or grades A*- C or equivalent - Mandatory: English, Maths and Science Plus 2 subjects

Salary: £21525

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your wellbeing matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding performance: All employees are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Join in our success: Our annual Employee Stock Ownership Plan provides you the opportunity to own shares in Leonardo.
• Tailored perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits

We are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people, communities and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Be part of something bigger - apply now!

Primary Location: GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type: Fixed term

Hybrid Working: Hybrid