Manufacturing Apprentice
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer
The opportunity:
Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships from 2-4yrs. across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, 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.
Whether leaving School or College with GCSEs/National 5(or equivalent) or in work and looking for a new career path, you are fully supported as you rotate within the business working on real-time projects alongside highly skilled professionals who are passionate about their work. 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 Early Careers 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. Leonardo values people that look to always develop throughout their career and along with an eager willingness to learn, a successful apprenticeship with us involves a drive to deliver results, sometimes from your own initiative, a patience for problem solving, as well as a need to comply with safety instructions and clear process compliance at all times.
We view commitment to programme and learning objectives very highly.
You will be working within world class facilities. During your apprenticeship, you will be working in a dynamic Manufacturing environment. Leonardo’s Three-year Manufacturing Apprenticeship provides a wealth of learning and development opportunities including an NC in Engineering, SVQ level 2 (PEO) and SVQ L3 - Diploma in Engineering. Working with world-leading specialists, you will increase your technical skills, capability and develop your academic and practical understanding of the Manufacturing lifecycle.
KeyResponsibility Areas Years 1 and 2:
During your first five months you will be attending college full-time to complete an SVQ Level
2. Once back on site you will undertake a series of rotational placements – These could include Mechanical Assembly, Electromechanical Assembly, Electro Optic Assembly, Environmental Facility, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineering, Machine Shop and Repairs – that will springboard you into the world of manufacturing and teach you how to build and test industry-leading radar and laser systems. You’ll experience how we manage the flow of material through our supply chain and how we ensure the process is as efficient as possible..
3:
Having gained broad experience across Leonardo, you will undertake a final placement, with on-the-job training being more focused on a particular discipline. On successful completion of your 3 year Manufacturing programme you will achieve an NC Engineering and an EAL Diploma in Engineering SCQF Level 7.
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required- 4 National 5 (A-C) or equivalent
- Mandatory:
Mathematics & English - Plus another two subjects, preferably technological subjects e.g. Graphic Communication, Product Design, Craft & Design, Tech Studies, Computing, Woodwork, Metalwork etc.
Note:
This Apprenticeship assumes the candidate has little engineering knowledge and is NOT suitable for candidates who already have an NC/Foundation Apprenticeship in technical/engineering
Salary for this position: £20,000
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