Alcon - Level 3 Quality Engineering Apprenticeship
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Company: ALCON COMPONENTS LIMITED
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Location: Staffordshire, B79 7TN
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £18,200.00 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000020432
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Application Deadline Date: 09/04/2026
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Start Date: 14/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: At Alcon Monday - Thursday, 08:00 - 17:00. Friday, 08:00 - 13:00.
Brief Description
You’ll get opportunity to experience first hand what it’s like to work in Quality. Delivering products on time, which fulfil the customer requirements and exceed expectations, with efficiency, sustainable systems and engaged to seeking improvement.
Training to be Provided
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with your employer 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, you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician.
Future Prospects
Our Alcon Apprentices, once they have completed a 4 year apprenticeship will become fully qualified Technicians or Engineers in their specialism of engineering.
We look to promote from within and some of our Senior Managers today came through the Alcon Apprenticeship Programme.
If the management route is not for you, then becoming an expert in your line of work is where we aim to get you!
Vacancy Detail
Fantastic opportunity to work in an engineering company who design and manufacture ultra-high-quality brake, clutch and other automotive components to Motorsport, top OEM and Special Vehicle markets.
Quality department is a support function responsible to perform the higher level inspection of our products and provide the resources to keep our high standards. That also includes the implementation of systems to sustain quality processes and accreditations.
To support the department internal activities related to gauges, inspection, scrap and quarantine control, new product introduction, as well as the culture of total quality and continuous improvement throughout the company.
- Measuring first articles manufactured/CNC program prove outs
- Measuring first off component after the machine set-up
- Performing in process quality control measurements
- Creating dimensional reports for customer
- Reverse engineering components for the design engineering department
- Provide quality engineers with dimensional reports for non-conforming components
- Assisting quality engineers with measurement system studies