Trainee Pre Production Engineer

Learn how every project is shaped before it reaches the shop floor, turning customer drawings into accurate, workable production plans.
This is a role where you'll be trained properly, and where accuracy and process discipline are genuinely valued, not just expected.

• Full on-the-job training and development towards a Pre-production Engineer role
• 31 days holiday (195 hours), including bank holidays, with a Christmas shutdown
• Enhanced pension, 4.5% employer and 4.5% employee contributions
• Death in service cover
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free on-site parking and uniform
• Free eye test with £80 contribution towards glasses
• Free hot drinks
• 39-hour week with a half-day Friday

• Learning to prepare cost estimates and quotations from customer specifications, drawings and BOMs
• Supporting the planning of manufacturing processes, routing and material requirements
• Assisting with customer queries on technical, specification and delivery requirements
• Gathering supplier pricing, lead times and material availability
• Reviewing drawings and BOMs to help spot manufacturing risks and cost implications

• An engineering qualification (or working towards one), or some hands-on manufacturing experience
• Ability to read engineering drawings, or a strong willingness to learn
• Good numerical and analytical skills with a high level of accuracy
• Organised, detail-focused and keen to develop a career in engineering
• Exposure to CNC machining, fabrication or welding processes (desirable)