Mechanical Engineering Apprentice

Apprenticeship Overview

As an Apprentice Manufacturing Technician at Oxford Instruments, you’ll rotate around all of our different Value Streams, learning about every step of manufacturing and testing our range of products. You'll also complete your HNC so will have good academic knowledge to complement the practical experience you build.

Vacancy Description

• In addition to day release at college, you'll complete a placement in each of our manufacturing cells, and will also spend time in New Product Introduction, Supply Chain, Service, Manufacturing Engineering.
• This will give you experience with all the different products we manufacture and send to customers around the world as well as an excellent introduction to all the possible career directions that Manufacturing and Operations might take you in with Oxford Instruments.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent qualifications) at grade 5 and above including English, Science and Maths.

Skills Required

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Interest in Manufacturing & Engineering
Time Management
IT skills
Administrative skills
Non Judgemental

Personal Qualities

A keen interest in Manufacturing and Engineering.

Training to be Provided

Qualifications included..

Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship Standard. Company Training Plan & Assessment. Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Development Knowledge (1 day per week for 2 years at college)
Development Competence Qualification (workplace)

Level 2 Functional Skills - Maths (If required)
Level 2 Functional Skills - English (If required)

End Point Assessment at the end of the apprenticeship
 

Things to consider

We are based just outside Abingdon in Tubney (OX13 5QX). We're on a good bus route which connects Oxford to Wantage, and a short walk away from the Oxford-Faringdon-Swindon route.

Future Prospects

We are looking for people with a genuine interest in manufacturing and engineering, and hope that your post-apprenticeship career with us will be in this area. This may be a role in our factory, or could be a move to a field service engineer role, or a related office-based position (such as supply chain or manufacturing engineering). We have previous apprentices who we have supported as they continued their academic qualifications to Bachelor's and Master's level.