Engineering Manufacturing Apprentice
HOWCO GROUP PLC
Sheffield (S9 2JN)
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 31 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 May 2026
Contents
Summary
Join Howco Group as an Engineering Manufacturing Apprentice and start your career with a global engineering business. Gain hands-on experience in precision manufacturing, materials and quality, working alongside experienced engineers while completing a Level 3 engineering qualification.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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- Training course
- Process industry manufacturing technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 07:00 - 15:30
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 June 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
As an Engineering Manufacturing Apprentice, your role will focus on supporting engineering and production activities across Howco’s manufacturing operation.
Responsibilities will include:
- Supporting day‑to‑day engineering and production requirements within a precision manufacturing environment
- Carrying out mechanical and metallurgical activities in line with engineering drawings, standards, and customer specifications
- Preparing, processing, and assessing materials to ensure compliance with required tolerances and quality standards
- Accurately recording technical data and results, ensuring clear traceability and documentation
- Assisting with the preparation of engineering documentation, material certification, and technical reports
- Supporting internal quality and inspection procedures
- Working in accordance with company procedures, engineering standards, and health & safety requirements
- Contributing to continuous improvement activities, including efficiency, quality, and process optimisation projects
- Maintaining a clean, safe, and professional working environment
- Developing strong “right first time” engineering discipline and attention to detail
- Working flexibly to meet customer and operational requirements
Where you'll work
211 Carbrook Street
Sheffield
S9 2JN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAIN'D UP RAILWAY RESOURCING LIMITED
Training course
Process industry manufacturing technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Review instructions or information to understand the task.
- Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
- Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
- Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow environment emergency procedures. For example, make area safe, evacuate.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
- Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Check equipment.
- Select, check, and prepare raw materials for process for example, weighing, measuring, control and blending, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
- Set and adjust processing parameters such as temperature, pressure, speed or time, distance.
- Monitor process for example, take readings and conduct walk-arounds.
- Conduct the control of product streams to maintain specifics.
- Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, density checks, contaminant check, and take samples for laboratory testing.
- Apply intermediate or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
- Manage waste streams.
- Clean equipment for example, boil-outs, steam-outs, bake-outs, steam in place SIP, clean in place (CIP).
- Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
- Store tools and equipment.
- Identify equipment for handover.
- Apply signage and access restriction measures.
- Shut down the process and equipment.
- Isolate process and systems.
- Complete isolation checks.
- Empty equipment for example, drain, purge, vent, and de-pressure.
- Purge, fill, pressurise and leak test.
- Complete post maintenance equipment checks.
- Line-up equipment.
- Connect service connections such as water, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic for chemical or petrochemical processing.
- De-isolate process, mechanical and electrical systems.
- Complete pre-start up checks.
- Start-up plant and equipment.
- Re-start process.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
- Interpret drawings and graphs.
- Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
- Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
- Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
- Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements.
- Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Apply team working principles.
- Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development (CPD) activities.
- Review instructions or information to understand the task.
- Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
- Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
- Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow environment emergency procedures. For example, make area safe, evacuate.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
- Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Check equipment.
- Select, check, and prepare raw materials for process for example, weighing, measuring, control and blending, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
- Set and adjust processing parameters such as temperature, pressure, speed or time, distance.
- Monitor process for example, take readings and conduct walk-arounds.
- Conduct the control of product streams to maintain specifics.
- Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, density checks, contaminant check, and take samples for laboratory testing.
- Apply intermediate or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
- Manage waste streams.
- Clean equipment for example, boil-outs, steam-outs, bake-outs, steam in place SIP, clean in place (CIP).
- Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
- Store tools and equipment.
- Identify equipment for handover.
- Apply signage and access restriction measures.
- Shut down the process and equipment.
- Isolate process and systems.
- Complete isolation checks.
- Empty equipment for example, drain, purge, vent, and de-pressure.
- Purge, fill, pressurise and leak test.
- Complete post maintenance equipment checks.
- Line-up equipment.
- Connect service connections such as water, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic for chemical or petrochemical processing.
- De-isolate process, mechanical and electrical systems.
- Complete pre-start up checks.
- Start-up plant and equipment.
- Re-start process.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
- Interpret drawings and graphs.
- Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
- Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
- Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
- Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements.
- Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Apply team working principles.
- Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development (CPD) activities.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9)
- Mathamatics (grade 5-9)
- Science (grade 5-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Highly Motivated
- Willingness to learn
- written communication
- good verbal communication
About this employer
Howco Group is a leading provider of high‑quality engineered solutions, specialising in precision metal processing and advanced manufacturing. Serving a diverse range of industries, Howco is committed to quality, safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.
The company promotes a people‑focused and collaborative culture, offering structured development, long‑term career progression, and the opportunity to work with industry‑leading engineering expertise.
https://www.howcogroup.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Discussed in the interview
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there is the potential for a long‑term engineering career within Howco’s manufacturing and technical operations, with opportunities to progress into skilled engineering or quality-focused roles
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAIN'D UP RAILWAY RESOURCING LIMITED
Leighton Arnold
leighton.arnold@traindup.org
07385116091
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000029624.
Apply now
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 31 May 2026 at 11:59pm)