Apprentice - Production Engineering - Linwave Technology

What Will the Apprentice Be Doing?

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What You’ll Do at Work

Must have the following skills:

• Good inter-personal and communication skills are required as this is a pivotal role in ensuring that current production continues to run smoothly whilst new products are developed and introduced in the most cost-effective and timely manner

• A high level of manual dexterity is required in order to work on chip and wire, soldered and epoxy mounted components

• Good team working skills are required to work with a broad range of people both within and external to the business

Must have the following attributes:

• A fundamental requirement of this role is to play an active part in supporting ongoing improvement activity and suggesting and implementing changes to increase efficiency

• A professional manner is required to deal with customers and suppliers alike

Duties will include, but will not be limited to:

• Work on a wide range of production based products ensuring compliance to company procedures for device build, electronic tuning and testing

• Working closely alongside development Engineers to support new product design activity

• Pulling new products through from the development team in a timely manner in order to support the output forecast for design projects

• A fundamental requirement of this role is to play an active part in supporting ongoing improvement activity and suggesting and implementing changes to increase efficiency

What Training Will the Apprentice Take and What Qualification Will the Apprentice Get at the End?

• The Apprentice will work towards their Apprenticeship Standard in Engineering Fitter Level 3.

  The successful candidate will be assigned a dedicated assessor who will provide support and guidance throughout the course.

  This is a Day Release programme which means you will attend Lincoln/Newark College, 1 day per week, term time only. This will fall within your contracted working hours.

Course outline:

• Engineering operative / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

You will receive the following training in addition to the Apprenticeship Standard:

• Manual Handling

• COSHH

• Environmental Awareness

• Lean and 5S Awareness

• Continuous Improvement

• Product and process-specific practical training

• In-house training on all company policies and procedures
  

What is the Expected Career Progression After this Apprenticeship?

- Permanent position on successful completion of the apprenticeship 

- Progression within the business is encouraged and supported through further training and development opportunities

Desired Skills and Personal Qualities

• Communication skills

• IT skills

• Attention to detail

• Organisation skills

• Problem solving skills

• Analytical skills

• Logical

• Team working

• Initiative

• Non judgemental

• Patience

• Physical fitness
  

Qualifications
GCSE in:

• English and Maths (grade A*/9 – C/4) - Essential

• GCSE or equivalent Science and 1 other subject (Grade A*/9 - C/4)- Desirable
  
  Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Other requirements

• Your own transport is desirable, but not essential as we are located on a regular bus route.