Apprentice Machinist

**Job description**:
Skanska UK are looking for an Apprentice machinist to complete a Level 3 Machining Technician apprenticeship. As an Apprentice machinist, you will become a part of the Cementation Skanska team, where our mission is to prepare you for a successful and rewarding career

Role & responsibilities

Alongside our experienced engineers and construction professionals, and with the appropriate support and guidance, you will:

- Develop skills and competence in manufacturing processes, and machinery including lathes, Milling machines and CNC equipment, from drawing to completion
- Deal with ancillary plant items from a manufacturing and repair perspective
- Promote new ideas concerning engineering / manufacturing innovations and the development of appropriate engineering solution
- Operation of tooling and equipment involved in the engineering and manufacturing process

**Skills required**:

- Organisation skills
- Analytical skills
- Good communication skills
- Team Work
- Enthusiasm to learn
- New ideas to help us innovate and work better
- Attention to detail
- Problem solver

**Employer description**:
About Skanska
Skanska is one the UK’s top construction and development companies. We are building, upgrading and maintaining the country’s infrastructure for future generations. Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

About Cementation Skanska
Our Cementation operating unit is an internationally recognised specialist and one of the UK’s leading piling and foundation contractors. We work on multiple projects from buildings to complex infrastructure and large scale civil engineering projects such as HS2, London City Airport expansion and Buchanan Wharf in Glasgow. We have over 100 years’ of experience and our level of skill extends to all aspects of geotechnical engineering, from micro piling to diaphragm walling.

Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

**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.

**Qualification Requirements**:
Advanced apprenticeship entry requirements:
You will need **both **of the following:

- GCSE English language C or 4 or above
- GCSE Maths C or 4 or above on the **Higher Maths** paper only

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.

**To Apply**:
**The first step of starting your apprenticeship journey is expressing your interest in an AMRC Training Centre apprenticeship. Find the following steps below.**

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £337.50 per week

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/07/2024
Reference ID: 57-1419
Expected start date: 16/09/2024