Level 2 Engineering Operative: Welding & Fabrication Apprentice
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Company: RANSOMES JACOBSEN LIMITED
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Location: Suffolk, IP3 9TT
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £17,238.00 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000014066
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Application Deadline Date: 15/05/2026
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Start Date: 07/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday from 6:30am - 2:48pm, with a 10-minute break at 10am and a 30-minute set lunch at 12pm.
Brief Description
The Engineering Operative Apprentice will work alongside experienced colleagues, learning the fundamentals of welding, both practical and academic. Gaining job-specific knowledge/skills to shape steel components with the aid of thermal cutting equipment, a range of machinery used in bending, folding and cutting metal plate and pipe.
Training to be Provided
- The apprentice will be working towards the Level 2 Engineering Operative Apprenticeship Standard - The Welding & Fabrication Pathway (Option 4 Fabrication Role).
- This is a 12-18-month duration apprenticeship with college attendance required once per week at Colchester Institute's Braintree Campus, transport from Colchester campus provided.
Future Prospects
- Successful completion of the apprenticeship course could lead to a permanent role working within the Factory.
Vacancy Detail
The company are continuing to develop their apprenticeship programme and are looking to recruit a Level 2 Engineering Operative: Welding & Fabrication Apprentice for our Manufacturing Facilities at Ipswich. The role will include the following:
- Correct use of safety equipment including PPE (personal protective equipment), RPE (respiratory protective equipment) and LEV (local exhaust ventilation).
- Produce a range of welded assemblies to include butt welds and fillet welds using both MIG (metal inert gas) and TIG (tungsten inert gas) on thin sheet and plate metal.
- Grinding using bench and hand-held grinders.
- Metal finishing using shot blasters.
- EH&S training
Ransomes Factory Tour for prospective Apprentices, Thursday 19th March 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm.
If you would like to come along for a tour of our plant, discuss apprenticeships and to see where you could be working, please contact Jo Barber to reserve your space. Email: jbarber@textron.com or Call 01473 276271. Parents welcome too! Only available by booking in advance.
Other Information
- You will be required to attend Braintree Campus 1 day/week (Transport is provided between Colchester Institute & Braintree campus).
- There is no working away, and the shift is as detailed.
- Full laundered workwear service & corporate tee shirts & sweatshirts provided FOC.
- All PPE provided including safety footwear.