Engineering; Integrated Logistics ; Level 6 Mechatronics Degree Apprenticeship

if you're passionate about engineering, eager to learn, and looking for a degree apprenticeship that combines academic study with exciting on-the-job experience, we'd love to hear from you.

• earn a salary while studying for your degree
• gain hands-on experience in a real engineering environment
• receive job-specific training and development
• achieve a recognised engineering qualification
• secure a permanent role from the start of your apprenticeship
• have your university tuition fees fully paid

this exciting apprenticeship will give you the skills, experience and knowledge to become a highly specialised integrated logistics support (ils) engineer within the services team.

your responsibilities may include:

• supporting systems requirements and design activities
• contributing to project reviews
• participating in system testing and validation activities
• assisting with engineering investigations and problem solving
• visiting customer sites, platforms and installations to support surveys, trials and system deployment where required
• working with experienced engineers on live projects

throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience and knowledge in:

• assisting in ils planning: helping develop and maintain ils (integrated logistics support) plans that align with project requirements.
• supportability analysis: assisting with analyses such as failure modes and effects analysis (fmea), level of repair analysis (lora), and reliability, availability and maintainability (ramt) studies, using a range of commercial and thales-specific analytical tools and databases.
• technical documentation: supporting the creation, review, and maintenance of technical documents such as user manuals, maintenance plans, parts lists, and support instructions.
• data collection & management: gathering and maintaining data on equipment and system performance, maintenance activities, and logistics metrics.
• spare parts & supply support: supporting analysis to determine spares, tools, and test equipment requirements.
• training support: assisting with the development of training materials.
• maintenance strategy support: helping develop and improve maintenance tasks and schedules.
• working with stakeholders: learning to communicate effectively with engineers, project managers, customers, suppliers, and other relevant parties.
• continuous learning: actively engaging in training and development activities provided through the apprenticeship programme.

you will be studying towards a level 6 higher level apprenticeship, finishing with a beng mechatronic engineering degree, with our partners at the ulster university in their belfast campus.

this is a 4-year fast track programme. In the first year, you will attend university lectures and tutorials over 4 days per week, remotely complete thales engineering project work and spend 1 day a week onsite developing your engineering knowledge. From year two onwards, you will be in university 1 day a week and 4 days working in engineering, embedding your university learning in a real-life engineering environment.

a levels

• 112 ucas points (a level bbc) including grade b in a stem subject (maths, further maths, physics, chemistry, dt, engineering, electronics, double award science/applied science).
• or equivalent btec extended diploma (dmm) to include a merit in engineering principles and calculus to solve engineering problems. Combination of smaller btec diploma plus a levels or other acceptable level 3 qualifications as per the ulster university beng mechatronic engineering degree entry requirements

gcses

• minimum of five gcses at grade 4-9 (a-c) in english and maths

please note that applicants who already hold a relevant degree will not be eligible for this programme.

• competitive salary of £24,000 per annum
• performance-related pay uplifts
• holiday entitlement of 201 hours a year (plus a company day and bank holidays)
• contributory company pension
• health care cash plan
• hybrid/flexible working options
• employee assistance programme
• learning and development support
• employee discounts and wellbeing initiatives
• life cover
• 80 hours volunteering per year (first two years)

for further information about our future talent recruitment process, including hints and tips, or to connect with a member of the future talent team, a graduate, or an apprentice, please visit thales future talent - connectr.

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