Trainee Tooling Engineer

Howmet Aerospace; Telford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with up to 10% employer

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Disability Insurance

Holidays starting at 22 days per annum

Cash plan for employees and theirfamil

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Online savings platform

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace in the United Kingdom seeks a Trainee Engineer to join the engineering team. The role offers a part-time pathway to an Engineering Degree while developing core skills across manufacturing processes, application engineering and systems engineering.

You will tackle daily engineering challenges, grow CAD drafting capabilities and contribute to reliability improvements across tooling and processes, with a strong emphasis on safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Mechanical aptitude and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on approach to solving engineering issues daily.
• Develop designs and CAD drafting abilities.
• Support improvement initiatives to increase reliability of products and manufacturing tooling.
• Assist in evaluating and improving manufacturing processes, tooling, heat treatment, coatings and lubricants.
• Maintain up-to-date technical standards and drawing databases.
• Support broader engineering, manufacturing and site management needs.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Numeracy

Excellent communication

Education

A levels or equivalent in Science/Mathematics/Engineering

Tools

CAD drafting

Job description

• Job Schedule Full time

Responsibilities

Overview

The successful candidate will join our Engineering team and will be provided with the opportunity to complete an Engineering Degree on a part-time basis. The Trainee Engineer will develop engineering skills to support the manufacturing processes from raw material to end product, Application Engineering and Systems Engineering.

Specific Responsibilities

• Hands on approach to solving engineering issues on a daily basis
• Develop designs and CAD drafting abilities
• Support improvement initiatives to increase the reliability of products, manufacturing tooling, manufacturing processes, and installation tooling.
• Support projects on the continuous review and analysis of the efficiency and reliability of manufacturing processes, including, tooling, heat treatment, coating, plating, lubricants
• Support the maintenance of up to date technical standards and drawing databases

General Company Support

Perform other duties which may be assigned by the Engineering Manager. These are determined in order to meet the needs of the business.

Support engineering, manufacturing and location management to achieve the needs and objectives of the business.

Work with the Engineering team to develop and support productivity improvements.

Maintain and operate in compliance with current Quality Management System, and EHS policies and procedures.

Company Responsibilities

Maintain full compliance with Howmet policies and procedures and conduct all activities in accordance with the Howmet Guide to Business Conduct.

Demonstrate a knowledge of and commitment to Advanced Business Systems principles and techniques.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Person Specification

• Self-motivated with the desire to develop their career
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Mechanical aptitude with logical approach to problem solving
• Team player with the ability to work with people at various levels within the organisation
• Flexible approach with capacity to adapt to advancing environment
• Pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Disability Insurance
• Holidays starting at 22 days per annum
• Cash plan for employees and their families
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Online savings platform and employee assistance programme

Friendly culture with a strong emphasis on safety and inclusion

Qualifications

Experience & Background

• A levels or equivalent in Science/Mathematics or Engineering biased subjects

Strong mechanical interest & aptitude

• Excellent standard of numeracy & literacy