CNC grinding apprentice

Description

Job description:

Bifrangi UK are looking for a CNC grinding apprentice to complete a Level 3 Machining Technician apprenticeship. Reporting to the Production Manager, the successful candidate will be self-motivated and have a positive attitude.

Role & responsibilities

The successful candidate will receive training in:

• Knowledge of Health and Safety requirements including correct use of PPE, workspace cleanliness, COSHH
• A sound understanding of both manual and CNC turning
• The candidate will operate CNC lathes and machining centres manufacturing parts to satisfy existing orders and helping to develop prototype parts for potential new business
• Experience working on Mazak machine centres and CNC lathes (Siemens & Fanuc operating systems)
• Experience working on CNC Milling & deep hole drilling machine centres (Fanuc Operating systems)
• Verify conformity of parts using gauges – sending first off parts for CMM measurement along with an understanding of measurement reports
• Ability to understand operation and method sheets
• Working with Standard Operating Procedures
• Understand engineering drawings (geometric tolerancing)
• Experience working in an engineering environment
• Programming experience
• Ability to work under pressure

Skills required:

• Organisation skills
• Problem solving
• Good communication skills
• Team Work

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Punctual
• Self-motivated
• Attention to detail

Employer description:

Ambrose Shardlow was first founded in 1869 as a general engineering and machining company based in Attercliffe, Sheffield.

In 1900 the company began to specialise in the production of crankshafts. In 1916 the demands were such that the company purchased more land for a new factory in Grange Mill Lane Meadowhall. Three heavy drop stamp hammers were installed together with heat treatment and all the equipment necessary for forging.

By 1920 the firm had expanded and became a Public Limited Company but the depression was looming. Shardlow’s were fortunate in that they had won a contract to provide the whole of Ford UK’s requirements. Shardlow’s was expanding at a time when most were contracting. The following years saw a revival in the fortunes of the motor industry and Shardlow’s prospered.

In 1930 the drop forging and machining capabilities were doubled and doubled again in 1933. At this time the whole of the manufacturing was transferred from Washford Road to Meadowhall.

In 1939 Shardlows had 21 production hammers and a small one that was used by their own engineers. Until the war, superstition prevented there being a number 13. During the Dunkirk evacuation a German hammer was discovered crated up on the dockside. This was shipped back to England where the then Ministry of Supply ordered it to be installed at Shardlow’s. This became Hammer No 13 and was still in operation until the forge was closed in the 1980’s. By 1940 Shardlows employed 450 people and were producing 200,000 crankshafts annually. Throughout the war Shardlow’s were a key producer of crankshafts for aircraft and military vehicles

In the period 1950-1960 Shardlow’s continued to thrive and employed around 2,200 staff. They produced crankshafts for English Electric, Rolls Royce, Dorman, Napier and Paxman engines which were fitted to many military vehicles and ships. In 1963 Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (GKN) obtained a 49% share in the company and Shardlows became part of the largest engineering organisation in the country.

Shardlows remained a part of GKN until 1986 when the forging division of GKN was taken over by British Steel. Now a crankshaft machining company, the forging operations having been transferred to Lincoln, two further ownership changes occurred in 1995 and 1997. In November 2001 the company was brought by Bifrangi, an Italian forging company who amalgamated the Sheffield and Lincoln sites to form Bifrangi UK Ltd.

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.