Apprentice machine tool engineer

2 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Amrctraining Full time

Applications to the vacancy have already been submitted to the client and interviews are currently in progress. We are still logging your interest and will submit your application should the client not fill the vacancy at interviews.

McDowell Machine Tools are looking for a machine tool engineer to complete a level 3mechatronics maintenance technician apprenticeship.

The purpose of this role is to join an ever growing team of fully time served engineers that have worked within the industry for many years. We really take our time at McDowells to make sure that we get the best engineers recruited, that are some of the best engineers in the machine tool industry. Along with the training you will receive at the AMRC, we will be setting up an inhouse apprentice zone, where we can focus on your AMRC learning on relevant equipment on-site. This, along side the calibre of engineers you will be working with on a day-to-day basis throughout your apprenticeship, will hopefully put you as a best-in-class engineer at the end of the 4 years, giving you the confidence you will require in succeeding these engineers in the future.

Role & responsibilities

You would be joining at the right time, as the posting will be at Sheffield Forgemasters where they are investing at the moment, so you would be learning on both older and the newest technology there is in machine tools. There are teams of Crane Drivers, they are only permitted to carry out heavy lifts on-site. A dedicated apprentice zone will be set up for additional training environment. You will work within the stringent health and safety measures that are set out.

Skills required:

  • Work well but always safely believe in health and safety within the workplace
  • Self motivated
  • Be able to follow instruction
  • Good timekeeping
  • Ability to remain calm and ask for assistance if required

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

  • Passion for engineering
  • Safety conscious
  • Work within a team
  • Confident - with a can do attitude but safely
  • Communication - ask questions first if not sure

McDowell Machine Tools represent Waldrich Siegen and Niles Simmons machines in the UK. We have customers in various sectors, Defence, oil and gas, aerospace and Nuclear. We are involved in heavy CNC machine projects through installation, service and application support. We offer full preventative planned maintenance on machines and also laser calibrations. By joining the team at McDowell, you will be involved with all aspects of Heavy Machine service and maintenance requirements.

Things to consider:

During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, full time for an initial block of study. You will return to your workplace one Friday per month. After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.

Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.

Qualification Requirements:

Advanced Apprenticeships entry requirements

You will need both of the following:

  • GCSE English language C or 4 or above
  • GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.

Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.

Apprenticeship applications are open for 2024.

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