KUKA – Level 3 – Quality engineering apprenticeship
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Company: KUKA UK Limited
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Location: Halesowen, B62 8AN
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £283.13 per week
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Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
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Ref: VAC-00782
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Application Deadline Date: 13/08/2025
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Start Date: 17/09/2025
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: At company, your core hours will be Mon - Fri 8.30am - 4.30pm with 30 minute lunch
Brief Description
KUKA, UK has now introduced a Quality Engineering Apprenticeship programme based at their site in Halesowen.
Qualifications Required
5 GCSEs at 9 – 4 / A* - C (5 or above preferred), must include maths, English language, and ideally Science, or equivalent related qualification.
Personal Qualities
It is important that the candidate is self-motivated, an effective problem solver with good planning and communication skills.
It is essential that the candidate has a keen eye for detail and a high level of pride in their work to ensure that the technical accuracy of their work meets the companies required standards.
Skills Required
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to demonstrate a clear interest to work in the manufacturing sector
Training to be Provided
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with us and Make UK, which are fully paid for, including:
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Practical Foundation Training – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Workplace Competence Training - in years 2 to 4 in company
● Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 1, 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK
● In house training in line with your requirements.
● Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer
On completion of your studies and End Point Assessment (EPA), you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Engineering Technician.
Future Prospects
Future Prospects: more information about KUKA apprenticeship programmes can be found here: https://www.kuka.com/en-gb/careers/apprenticeships.
Your base salary for year two you will receive a 17.5% increase.
Your base salary for year three you will receive a 30% increase.
Vacancy Detail
KUKA AG is an internationally active company with sales of around 3 billion euro. Every day, roughly 13,200 KUKA employees at our headquarters in Augsburg and around the world work to ensure that we remain one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions. Our international customers come from, among other sectors, the automotive industry and general industry. KUKA offers you everything from a single source: from the individual components to fully automated systems.
- Silver Standard Accredited Kitemark Employer
- Europe’s biggest Producer of Industrial Robots\Automation and Global Leader in Large Friction Welders
- International Travel
In the United Kingdom, KUKA operates from two locations in the West Midlands – Wednesbury and Halesowen. Each of these locations represents a KUKA division. In addition to sharing a region, the two locations have one other thing in common: their passion for KUKA as a company and its technological innovation
Role
The Quality Engineer Apprentice responsibility will be to provide all Quality Engineering Assurance aspects to the Product Realisation Process.
Your tasks will consist of:
- creating and developing a nuclear advanced quality plan and an inspection test plan to the required standards of the Company
- ensuring Internal Audits are conducted
- Maintenance and Improvement of the company Business Management System (BMS) to ensure compliance with ISO Quality Standards
- With Purchasing staff conduct Supplychain Development and Audit activities as defined by programme
- Conduct Metrology and Inspection activities using various pieces of equipment and gauges including but not limited to CMM, Height and Slip Gauges, Micrometers and Verniers.
What's in it for you?
– pension scheme
- flexible working option
– 33 holidays inc stats