Mechanical Engineering Apprentice

• Our aim is to produce a very highly skilled Mechanical Engineer with expertise in precision turning, milling and micro drilling using both manual and CNC machinery.
• The components you will create, will primarily be manufactured in titanium, stainless steel or super alloys, they must be manufactured to an extremely high standard.
• You will learn how to carefully produce work to the tightest possible tolerances. We will teach you how to overcome extremely demanding engineering challenges and produce the necessary tooling to help you do so.

Training:

Qualifications included:

Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician - Apprenticeship Standard. Company Training Plan Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering Foundation Competencies (full time at college for Year 1) Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and manufacturing Support technologies (1 day per week for 2 years at college) Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Technical Support Level 2 Functional Skills- Maths (if required) Level 2 Functional Skills - English (if required) End Point Assessment

Training Outcome:
We would hope that your career develops with our company and that you will find the work constantly interesting and challenging.

Employer Description:
Nammo Westcott designs, manufactures and tests a range of chemical thrusters (small rockets) which are used to propel satellites into position either in the Earth’s orbit or for deep-space missions to other planets. The company also makes less powerful thrusters that control the satellite’s attitude/position during its 15 year orbit life. The company is the UK’s only space rocket thruster manufacturer and has a long history of success with many hundreds of units in use, the team has approx 80 experienced people based at Westcott which covers every aspect of space thruster engineering and production. We now seek to build the team by adding a mechanical engineering apprentice to the production team.

Working Hours :
Mon-Thur 08:00 am 16:45 pm, Fri 08:00 am - 12:00pm

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Team working,Initiative,Motivated,Interest in Engineering,Time Management