2026 Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Apprentice

Overview Job Description: The opportunity: Leonardooffers a range of Apprenticeships across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paidtraining, 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. We offer competitive entry salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, with salary increases as you progress. We support helping you settle into 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. The Apprenticeship We have a fantastic opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineering apprentice to join the Industrial Operations function with the Leonardo Helicopters division. Over the 4 year programme, in conjunction with the Industrial Operations Manufacturing Engineering team and the Early Careers team, you will have the opportunity to input into the design of your training scheme to include placements which give an insight into the complete Helicopter Product Life Cycle. Typically, your placements will consist of 3-6 month rotations across the Industrial Operations function. You will be involved in a broad range of activities such as; the creation of technical specifications for delivery, solving daily manufacturing problems, liaising with external suppliers for internal products and manufacturing issues. You will take an active role in Business improvement, and have the opportunity to carry out improvement activities. You will be able to utilise your problem-solving techniques to conduct non-conformance investigations and be involved in the creation of manufacturing routings, process sketches and stage drawings to support the manufacturing process. The apprenticeship will start with an Induction into Leonardo, followed by a Yeovil College Induction to ensure that apprenticeship requirements and expectations are fully established. You will combine your time between Yeovil College and work placements at Leonardo Helicopters, increasing your work placements as you move through the years. Each Apprentice on this route will need to complete an End Point Assessment as defined in the Apprenticeship Standard, this will take place in the final months of the program. During your apprenticeship, you will: Grow your knowledge of an engineering business. Develop practical skills in engineering and understanding key processes and technologies. Support early careers activities - our apprentices have the opportunity to work as STEM ambassadors in schools, colleges and universities Each Apprentice on this route will need to complete an End Point Assessment as defined in the Apprenticeship Standard, this will take place in the final months of the program. The starting salary for this role is £17, 850 What we need from you Qualifications You must have (as a minimum) the following qualifications: 96 (240 pre 2017) UCAS points, or above, at A-Level or equivalent (to include Mathematics plus at least one STEM based subject) Equivalent examples: T Level, BTEC Level 3 in Engineering 5 GCSE grades 4 - 9 or grades A*- C or equivalent - Mandatory: English, Maths and Science Plus 2 subjects Security Clearance This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with theUK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of PersonnelSecurity Controlsreferred to as National SecurityVetting(NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or DevelopedVetting(DV). For more information and guidance please visit:https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting Why join us AtLeonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive. Time to recharge:Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year. Secure your future:Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your wellbeing matters:Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-lednetworkschampioning inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding performance: All employees are eligible for our bonus scheme. Join in our success:Our annual Employee Stock Ownership Plan provides you the opportunity to own shares inLeonardo. Tailored perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. For a full list of our company benefits please visit:https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits We are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people, communities and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now Location & Type Primary Location: GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd Contract Type: Hybrid Hybrid Working: #J-18808-Ljbffr