Apprentice machinist

Description

Applications to the vacancy have already been submitted to the client and interviews are currently in progress. We are still logging your interest and will submit your application should the client not fill the vacancy at interviews.

Job description:

Skanska UK are looking for an Apprentice machinist to complete a Level 3 Machining Technician apprenticeship. As an Apprentice machinist, you will become a part of the Cementation Skanska team, where our mission is to prepare you for a successful and rewarding career!

Skanska is committed to providing an environment where all apprentices can thrive. We have a focus on inclusion so we welcome applications from people with a range of academic backgrounds. We are interested in your potential and enthusiasm – we will help you achieve your ambitions.

Role & responsibilities

Alongside our experienced engineers and construction professionals, and with the appropriate support and guidance, you will:

• Develop skills and competence in manufacturing processes, and machinery including lathes, Milling machines and CNC equipment, from drawing to completion
• Deal with ancillary plant items from a manufacturing and repair perspective
• Promote new ideas concerning engineering / manufacturing innovations and the development of appropriate engineering solution
• Operate tooling and equipment involved in the engineering and manufacturing process

Skills required:

• Organisation skills
• Analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Team Work

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Enthusiasm to learn
• New ideas to help us innovate and work better
• Attention to detail
• Problem solver

Employer description:

About Skanska
Skanska is one the UK’s top construction and development companies. We are building, upgrading and maintaining the country’s infrastructure for future generations. Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

About Cementation Skanska
Our Cementation operating unit is an internationally recognised specialist and one of the UK’s leading piling and foundation contractors. We work on multiple projects from buildings to complex infrastructure and large scale civil engineering projects such as HS2, London City Airport expansion and Buchanan Wharf in Glasgow. We have over 100 years’ of experience and our level of skill extends to all aspects of geotechnical engineering, from micro piling to diaphragm walling.

Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

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.

Apprenticeship applications are open for 2024.

Apply now.