Job Description:
Start date: September 2024
Duration: 4 years and 3 months
Location: Filton
Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.
Benefits:
Salary: £20,681
35 hours per week // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays // Pension // Success share // Plus many more flexible benefits!
About us:
Are you looking for the ideal start to your career with an exciting, global company? Are you passionate about engineering and interested in developing solutions for the future environmentally sustainable aircraft?
If so, the Airbus Apprenticeship Scheme is an exciting opportunity for you to start your career at a leading engineering company in the aerospace sector. You will receive second to none training, obtain a BEng (Hons) degree and experience working in a broad variety of placements, where you’ll be mentored and supported by our experienced team.
As an Engineering Degree Apprentice, after around 9 months completing your vocational foundation diploma, you will join one of the engineering teams at our site in Filton. You will work alongside our world class engineers and experts to gain a broad exposure to the engineering elements of our Commercial Aircraft Programmes.
We’re looking for Apprentices interested in studying a degree in Electromechanical Engineering to be able to specialise in the integration of mechanical, electronic and electrical engineering systems, to pioneer the future of aircraft systems. There are career opportunities in the following departments (selection process after the vocational foundation diploma):
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Windtunnel
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Landing Gear Systems
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Fuel & Inerting Systems
You are given real freedom in your placements. Often apprentices do placements with different teams in their target department but also in a variety of other engineering departments, allowing you to develop your technical knowledge and soft skills so that you have a broad basis for your future career.
During these placements, you will continue to develop your skills and technical knowledge through a combination of academic study, on the job experience and training.
What you will be doing:
Our Engineering Degree Apprenticeship offers a full degree with no fees, plus vocational training with a regular salary. Airbus is leading the way with this unique 4 year programme through which you will achieve a BEng (Hons) in Electromechanical Engineering, Level 2 Diploma in Engineering and Level 4 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, and work towards a professional IEng level award.
As an Apprentice Engineer the type of placements you will undertake may include:
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Aircraft Architecture and Integration
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Design
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Simulation
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Stress and Fatigue
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Systems Installation Safety Analysis
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Research and Technology
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Certification
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Ground and Flight Test
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In Service Support
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Digital (e.g. coding, AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics)
You will also develop the following:
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Project Management through placements in Chief Engineers or other departments
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Business and Financial knowledge
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Leadership Skills through working on projects with a broad range of people
Requirements:
In order to be eligible for this exciting apprenticeship opportunity you have:
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104 combined UCAS points, made up of A level Grade B in Mathematics, plus a minimum of C in one of the following: Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Computer Science, Design and Technology, Electronics, Engineering, ICT, Further Maths, Music Technology, Physics or Statistics, plus a further A level at C or above, or
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(BTEC) Diploma: You must be studying one of the following: Aeronautical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing in Engineering, Construction and the Built Environment, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Land-based Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Operations and Maintenance Engineering - minimum grade DMM or D (Advanced Manufacturing Engineering), or
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T Levels – Minimum of Merit overall in Engineering and Manufacturing, additional qualification in Maths at Level 3 preferable but not essential.
And
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GCSE Maths and English – Minimum of Grade 5/B.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following;
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Naturally curious and excited to explore
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Excited to work in a dynamic and changing environment
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Able to manage problems and communicate effectively to resolve them in a fast paced environment
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Passionate about Aerospace and shaping the sustainable future of the civil aircraft market
To be a successful candidate you need to:
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Submit your CV stating your grades and if they are predicted or achieved;
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Submit a Cover Letter stating your motivations.
Important Information:
GRADES: If you are on predicted grades, your offer will be conditional to achieving the required grades before the apprenticeship start date.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).
Contact
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. If you wish to discuss this further please contact via email erecruiting@airbus.com. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
We also offer other alternative degree pathways, such as ‘Aerospace’ and ‘Electromechanical’ Engineering Apprenticeships, if interested please apply to those opportunities directly through the relevant job advert.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company:
Airbus Operations Limited
Employment Type:
Apprenticeship
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Experience Level:
Student
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