Manufacturing Technical Apprentice
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Company: LEONARDO UK LTD
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Location: Basildon, SS14 3EL
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £17,850.00 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000028743
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Application Deadline Date: 29/05/2026
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Start Date: 08/09/2026
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Positions Available: 3
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Working Week: Monday- Friday Shifts to be confirmed
Brief Description
Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships from 2-4yrs. across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, coupled with on the job learning that enables you to gain practical skills, experience and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career.
Training to be Provided
We support helping you settle in to your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.
Future Prospects
Standard: ST0432 - Engineering Fitter v1.3 (Level 3).
Vacancy Detail
Looking for a great start to your career in manufacturing, earning and learning on a professionally accredited, award-winning scheme?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Technician Apprentice to support the manufacture and test of our innovative world-class products.
You will be working within a structured training scheme designed to provide you with all the knowledge and skills required. Enabling you to manufacture/test complex world leading products in a fast-paced manufacturing environment at our Basildon site.
What you’ll do as a manufacturing technician Apprentice:
You will learn on the job core technician skills, complimented by problem solving and continuous improvement. This is achieved by undertaking a series of placements covering all aspects of manufacture.
You will then look to specialize in:
- Electromechanical assembly
- Electro optic assembly
- Electronic test
- Optical test
- Inspection
Our team of in-house experts will support your development whilst you become part of a huge community of apprentices working in Leonardo, throughout the UK.
Other Information
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting.