Engineering Apprentice

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties will include, but are not limited to:-

• Level 2 Engineering Apprentices will be on a placement rotation within the business, spending time and gaining experience in Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance and Experimental Manufacturing Departments
• Work in a safe manner ensuring the safety of yourself and others around you at all times
• Work with your mentor to a training matrix set out to cover your Apprenticeship criteria and more
• Work within an operations team understanding key requirements such as product quality, scheduling, bottleneck processes and flow
• Work alongside mentor to set / changeover machining processes ensuring product quality
• Communicate and liaise with other departments and all levels of management
• Attend meetings with your mentor representing your department
• Working alongside your mentor you will be responding to machine breakdowns on a day to day basis with a view to minimising downtime and improving reliability of the machines
• Basic root cause of process problems
• Work alongside your mentor in planning and implementing preventative maintenance activities
• Work with your mentor to identify spare parts required to be purchased for machines
• Creation of documentation for production processes – Work instructions etc
• Work along side your mentor to assess risks associated with manufacturing & assembly processes
• Work with your mentor to understand component features and how they are manufactured
• Support continuous improvement and investigate ways to engineer out persistent problems
• Working alongside your mentor carrying out milling, turning and grinding procedures
• Any other ad hoc duties as required
• Document activities completed on the company’s job booking system

• Must have a practical aptitude and able to demonstrate ability to work with hand tools and measurement equipment.
• Should enjoy working out how things work and repairing things that are broken
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Have the ability to work in a team whilst managing own responsibilities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic and focussed environment
• Strong work ethic
• Personable, flexible and a proactive team player
• Self-motivated and have a strong and flexible attitude towards work
• To comply with H&S regulations, showing responsibility of personal safety and that of others

• Have keen interest in solving practical problems
• Enjoy the challenge of learning new skills.
• Flexible and adaptable approach
• Treat colleagues with respect (Equality & Diversity)

Mandatory

• 3 GCSEs in English, Maths and Science at a minimum Grade B / 5-6 either expected or achieved.

Desirable

• Higher academic qualifications, ie A levels or BTEC (welcome but not essential)

On a two year journey BorgWarner Apprentices will learn skills in the workplace and study at Mid Kent College to learn a wide knowledge base of Machinist skills including turning, milling, materials and maths. Succession completion of this apprenticeship could provide an opportunity to progress onto a Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship.

• A mixture of practical and computer work
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays
• Working hours are 37 each week
• Dental plan
• Pension Scheme
• Onsite parking
• Staff discount with selected retails + wellbeing platforms
• Discounted gym membership at Roko
• Subsidised canteen
• Friendly working environment

• Level 2 Engineering Operative Standard
• Level 2 Knowledge qualification
• Level 2 Competency qualification
• Functional Skills in maths and English if required
• Development of knowledge, skills & behaviours required to complete the Engineering Operative apprenticeship standard