Apprentice Composite Technician

Description

This vacancy is for an April 2025 start date

Job description:

Marshall Composites are looking for an Apprentice Composite Technician to complete a level 3 composite technician apprenticeship to join their team.

The purpose of the role is to gain knowledge and experience within a composite manufacturing environment. As part of the operations team the apprentice will learn and experience a variety of manufacturing techniques and understand the values of each. To understand the wider context the apprentice will work with, and support, other departments within Advanced Composites to appreciate the product life cycle and the interdependencies between the different departments. The practical experience together with the theoretical knowledge gained through the AMRC will build a comprehensive base on which to build in future.

Role & responsibilities:

• Safety – to use and maintain tools and equipment safely and in line with instructions, create a safety culture
• Quality – deliver 100% customer satisfaction
• Cost – to work in line processes and procedures to avoid unnecessary waste
• Delivery – to organise activities to maximise productivity and adapt to changing priorities
• People – to work in accordance with company values and support colleagues when needed
• Continuous Improvement – to identify and report any opportunities for improvement and be adaptable to change

Tasks:

• Cloth Cutting: To understand material properties and efficiently cut a particular cloth to size
• Cloth Laminating: To use the appropriate technique and cloth to laminate a variety of products using monolithic or sandwich structures
• Infusion – To set up and resin infuse products, where appropriate
• Bagging / Consolidation: To ensure, when used that full vacuum integrity is achieved to withstand positive pressure in autoclave / oven cure process
• Trimming: To use hand tools to trim and drill composite materials to jigs and hand marking out from drawings
• Assembly: To assemble products or details using mechanical fasteners and paste adhesives
• Tool strip / release: To prepare a tool for manufacture and release part from the tool ensuring the mould tool is clean and free from FOD
• To undertake testing activities
• To be involved in determining and updating processes and procedures
• To support routine engineering activities, including understanding routing and generating job cards
• To support NPI activities
• To deliver any activities in line with the relevant process and to time and budget
• To continue professional development through various avenues including on the job training and academic qualifications where necessary

Skills required:

• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Computer literate
• Problem solving
• Have a high regard for safety, quality, compliance, systems and procedures

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Integrity – displays company values builds a trusting relationship between all team members
• Drive results – takes accountability for quality and timescales
• Teamwork – recognises that together we achieve more

Employer description:

Marshall has a diverse portfolio of businesses across a range of sectors including aerospace and defence, temperature-controlled distribution, skills and training, and property.

Since 1909, our technology and engineering expertise has enabled us to provide mission-critical support for customers ranging from global armed forces and aircraft manufacturers to supermarket chains.

We made our name by predicting the rise of motorisation and aviation, and have kept the same forward-thinking spirit alive today. Powered by our in-house accelerator, Futureworx, we are embarking on ambitious new ventures in hydrogen-powered flight, uncrewed aerial systems and connected infrastructure.

We are also renowned for our skills academy's award-winning apprenticeship scheme which has helped over 21,000 young people launch their careers in engineering, aerospace and defence over the past 100 years.

With a growing footprint across the UK, Europe, North America and the Middle East, Marshall currently employs around 2,000 people - all united behind a shared purpose of successfully solving problems that others walk away from, coupled with an inherent instinct to do the right thing.

Things to consider:

During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, full time for an initial block of study.  You will return to your workplace one Friday per month.  After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.

Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.

Qualification Requirements:

Advanced Apprenticeships entry requirements

You will need both of the following:

• GCSE English language C or 4 or above
• GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.

Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.

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