Advanced Apprenticeship Manufacturing – Engineering & Manufacturing Technician within Manufacturing
This exciting programme is designed to help you build practical skills, deepen your technical knowledge, and develop key workplace behaviours like teamwork and problem-solving.
Solihull Plant
Solihull is at the forefront of UK automotive manufacturing: a fast-paced environment delivering modern luxury for our customers and offering fantastic opportunities for learning and growth. As an apprentice, you will join us at Solihull Plant within our Plant Quality or Current Manufacturing (CME) team or within our Stampings CME team in Castle Bromwich.Plant Quality (Solihull)
Plant quality - help to ensure that we maintain our high product standards, optimising process efficiency, adhering to safety procedures and supporting to help minimise our environmental impact. These elements collectively contribute to producing our modern luxury vehicles, improving operational efficiency, and promoting a safe and sustainable working environment. Apprentices within Plant Quality will work on attribute testing of our vehicles. Our attribute testing covers several areas, which includes Structural and Adhesive testing, Sealing testing, Acoustic testing and Calibration testing in which apprentices will train across.Current Manufacturing Engineering (CME) Solihull
CME is responsible for ensuring that our processes can enable the production team to produce vehicles that meet and exceed the business safety, quality, delivery, people and environmental requirements. As an apprentice you will join a team within our state-of-the-art build halls, ensuring we continue to build and grow our Modern Luxury vehicles. You could be involved in helping to support the implementation of robust process controls, improvement projects and enhancements through data-driven actions and continuous improvement and benchmarking initiatives. Within your role, you will help to ensure internal and external quality metrics are monitored and actioned to achieve business targets. You will develop your problem-solving and process improvement skills, which will help to drive departments to meet their key performance indicators.Stampings CME (Castle Bromwich)
Stamping Operations are responsible for manufacturing all of JLR's outer body and critical structure panels, bringing the designs of our vehicles to life. You will join our team within our Stamping Operations, ensuring we continue to build and grow our Modern Luxury vehicles. As an apprentice joining the CME team, you will help to ensure that our processes can enable the production team to produce body panels that meet and exceed the business safety, quality, delivery, people and environmental requirements. You will be involved in all aspects of panel conformity including Process, Cosmetic, Quality and Measurement adherence to standards. You will also be involved in helping to support the implementation of robust process controls, improvement projects and enhancements through data-driven actions and continuous improvement and benchmarking initiatives. Within your role, you will help to ensure internal and external quality metrics are monitored and actioned to achieve business targets. You will develop your problem-solving and process improvement skills, which will help to drive departments to meet their key performance indicators.Training:
During your apprenticeship, you’ll spend a significant portion of your first year at Make UK based in Aston, Birmingham (B6 7EU). Your typical hours at the training provider will be from 8:00 AM to 4:30PM Monday – Thursday and reduced hours on Friday's; you will receive a confirmed timetable upon joining us. Here you’ll be assigned an Industrial Training Manager (ITM) and a JLR early careers cohort leader to support you throughout your apprenticeship journey.
Year 1 – Foundation Phase
In your first year, you'll focus on building your foundational knowledge of engineering and essential workplace competencies to ensure safety. You’ll spend time in workshops developing practical skills such as welding, electrical installation, milling, and fault-finding. You’ll also take part in regular plant placements where you’ll have the opportunity to apply these newly acquired skills in a real-world environment.
Year 2 – Academic Knowledge and Skills Development
In your second year, you’ll divide your time between your workplace and college, spending four days on plant and one day at your training provider each week. During this time, you’ll start your Level 3 BTEC qualification and put your academic knowledge into action while working on site.
Year 3 – Academic Knowledge and Competence Development
Your third year follows a similar structure, with four days at your workplace and one day at college each week. You’ll continue working towards your BTEC qualification, focusing on developing your skills beyond the basics and working on real-world projects on-site at JLR.
Year 4 – Completion and Assessment
In your final year, you’ll complete your apprenticeship and prepare for your End Point Assessment, supported every step of the way by your Early Careers Cohort Leader.
This exciting programme is designed to help you build practical skills, deepen your technical knowledge, and develop key workplace behaviours like teamwork and problem-solving.
Training Outcome:
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, you will move into a substantive position within the business.
Employer Description:
LIVE THE EXCEPTIONAL WITH SOUL We are the proud creators. The curious minds. Inspired to create unique vehicles, to realise our vision of modern luxury. We work as one. Shaping the future. Motivated by a love for our customer. United by a deep admiration for each other. Our sense of integrity and our spirit of excellent empowers us. Our ambition to grow. Our passion to chart new landscapes of innovation, encourages us to dream. It’s what drives us. To be visionaries. To be creators.
Working Hours :
Monday to Friday. Working hours to be confirmed.
Skills:
Interest in manufacturing