Intermediate Apprentice Ancillary Lifting

Intermediate Apprentice Ancillary Lifting

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Job title: Ancillary Lifting Apprentice
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)
Salary: Starting from £14,527 – £23,493 per annum, dependent on age, with annual progression through the scheme duration.

• Carrying out pre-use checks on all lifting equipment and accessories, ensuring they are serviceable and suitable for lifting and moving tasks.
• Ensuring that bulky lifting equipment is collected from stores and made available at the lifting location, which can be several scaffold levels and requested many times per shift.
• Safely using all lifting equipment and accessories in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidance and the lift plan in place.
• Establishing weights and characteristics of the load to be moved, using mathematical techniques and formulas to calculate slinging methods, angles, and weight/centre of gravity.
• Operating portable lifting equipment and cranes.
• Moving loads ranging from a few kilograms to large submarine sections weighing hundreds of tonnes.

Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits including a green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and eligibility for an annual incentive.

Manufacturing is the largest function in submarines at Barrow-in-Furness, comprising approximately 5,000 people. It encompasses various sub-disciplines—Operations, Production Planning and Controls, Test and Commissioning, Manufacturing Engineering, and Site and Facilities—working together to build and support the submarine programme from steel cutting to sea trials.

Submarines business delivers world‑class submarines to the UK Royal Navy. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with the largest and most capable attack submarines, each weighing 7,400 tonnes. Dreadnought will deliver nuclear deterrent submarines, with the first expected in the early 2030s.

This is a place where you’ll make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and encourages you to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and ensure our recruitment processes are inclusive.

Many roles at BAE Systems require security and export control restrictions. Applicants must achieve at least Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and some roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically 5–10 years of continuous residency in the UK.

3 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9‑3 / A*–E, including Maths & English.