Skills Academy Team Leader

We are currently seeking an experienced and passionate Room Leader, who will have key holder status, to join our friendly and supportive nursery team at our Cedars nursery in Aldermaston in the 2-5 year old room.Why Join Us:45 minute PAID lunch breakCompetitive salary based on experience and qualificationsFantastic childcare discount supporting working...

As a Level 3 Advanced Metrology Technician apprentice you are on the first step of a career pathway to Principal Quality Engineer at AWE. The apprenticeship is a 3-year course comprising of approximately 20% study and 80% workplace activity. Metrology is a vital skill to improve and verify the quality of products and components. It concerns all theoretical...

This apprenticeship follows the Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer (Degree) Standard, and leads to roles including designing, developing and fault-finding electronic circuits, devices, and systems. As an Electronic Design Apprentice, you will spend your initial training at the Skills Academy producing several electronic projects to...

Working as part of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Group to provide system administration support for AWE’s HPC supercomputers, you will be part of a team that is managing some of the most powerful supercomputers in the UK and supporting computational services that are essential to AWE’s scientific and engineering programmes. As a High Performance...

During the foundation phase of your apprenticeship, you will learn the fundamentals of Mechanical Maintenance. This will act as the building blocks of an interesting career within AWE. Basic skills and knowledge are covered by the Skills Academy where you will start with learning the correct selection and use of hand tools. You will manufacture a range of...

As a Technician Scientist (Chemistry) Apprentice at AWE, you will undertake your apprenticeship induction within the Skills Academy; before joining the relevant functional teams based in our laboratories across the AWE Aldermaston and Burghfield sites. You will be assigned to one of the sub functions either: The Warhead and Deterrence Materials Science...

Precision machining is the manufacturing of components on various machines. During the first part of your training as a Precision Machining Apprentice (Years 1 & 2) you will learn basic machining and hand fitting skills through a series of supervised machining tasks, in which you will manufacture of a number of useful engineering tools. You will attend a...

As a Quality Inspector Apprentice your role will include inspection of various mechanical and electrical components that are used within a production or trials environment, working to process written procedures and using your knowledge and experience to interpret requirements directly from drawings. These tasks may include the use of first principle...

During your first half of the apprenticeship at AWE, you will train in our Skills Academy, as well as attend day release at college. This is where you learn all about electrical theory, cabling and wiring infrastructure. You will then go on to individually produce around 40 projects, where you will be involved in designing, installing, repairing, and...

Control and Instrumentation (C&I) is one of the critical professions at AWE, playing a vital role in our mission to keep the nation safe and secure. As a C&I engineer, you will work on systems that measure and control various processes essential to our operations. In simple terms, C&I engineers develop and maintain systems that monitor and adjust different...