Technical Engineer Apprentice (Level 4 Engineering Manufacturing Technician)
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Company: SPS Technologies Limited
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Location: Leicester, LE4 9HX
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £17,902.56 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000021291
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Application Deadline Date: 10/04/2026
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Start Date: 01/06/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday- Thursday, 8.00am- 4:30pm. Friday, 8.00am- 1.00pm.
Brief Description
A fantastic opportunity for a technically minded individual to support manufacturing areas for engineering investigations, learn how to actively assess areas and improve to achieve a robust standardised process/capability, with opportunity to rotate between the Lab, Quality, Inspection & Engineering departments to increase skill set.
Training to be Provided
- Attendance to Loughborough College one day per week, term time only
- Diarised visits from dedicated Trainer/Assessor
- On-the-job training
- Off-the-job training
Future Prospects
- SPS Technologies has various engineering positions that could be attained after successful completion of the apprenticeship, including, Manufacturing Engineers , Manufacture & Control Engineers & Continuous Improvement Engineers
Vacancy Detail
- Learn how to complete root cause and problem solving to improve process
- Work with the team to investigate existing repeating issues and undertake continuous improvement projects
- To learn how to support manufacturing areas with problem solving to ensure customer orders remain mobile and the areas meet the daily performance targets for output, reduced scrap and rework
- Define robust standards and processes for assessment of measurement systems and manufacturing asset capability
- Practical application of MSA and asset capability for engineering planning in-line with Zero defect and APQP requirements
- Understand to investigate and make engineering additions to the process as necessary to ensure customer compliance and throughput of orders within manufacturing
- Learn how to complete root cause and problem solving to improve process
- Work with the team to investigate existing repeating issues and undertake continuous improvement projects
- Support manufacturing areas with problem solving to ensure customer orders remain mobile and the areas meet the daily performance targets for output, reduced scrap and rework
- Working with planning & control engineers, ensure manufacturing readiness for new or existing orders/products in respect to engineering control, training, tools, equipment, drawings, gauging and procedures