Apprentice Machining Engineering Technician

BRIGHT SCREW CO LTD

LEEDS (LS13 1JB)

Closes on Friday 1 August 2025

Posted on 9 June 2025


Summary

Leeds-based Bright Screw Company is offering 2x Level 3 Machining Technician apprenticeships. Learning from skilled engineers, you will work toward machining high-precision component parts for the manufacturing sector. You will train on specific CNC machinery and work towards becoming a skilled engineer in 4 years.

Wage

£15,311.40 to £24,761.88, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Machining technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday between 08:00 - 1700 and Friday between 08:00 - 13:00.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

2

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 part of your 4-year apprenticeship, you will be trained and mentored to skilled engineer level in areas of:

  • In-house training by skilled engineers in conventional and CNC machining techniques
  • Loading, proving and programming/operating CNC machines
  • Inspection and quality practices
  • Health and safety training
  • Business improvement techniques
  • Other technical engineering tasks and duties, as required
  • "Off-the-job" training to gain UK recognised engineering qualifications

Where you'll work

BOUNDARY WORKS
BAGLEY LANE
RODLEY
LEEDS
LS13 1JB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED

Your training course

Machining technician (level 3)

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Your training plan

You will work towards the Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship Standard, which includes Functional Skills at level 2 if not already achieved grades 4/C or above in maths and English:

  • Year One through Year 3 - Day release at Appris, Bradford: EAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Machining
  • Year One through Year Four, Workplace Training and Mentoring towards achieving the Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours (KSBs)
  • Internal training, development and mentoring with highly skilled engineers in a variety of machining (CNC) areas and other engineering related duties and requirements
  • In your 4th Year, you will continue to work towards your occupational competency in engineering and prepare for independent end-point assessments

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade minimum 4/C or equivalent)
  • maths (grade minimum 4/C or equivalent)
  • Science (grade minimum 4/C or equivalent)

Desirable qualifications

BTEC or equivalent in:

Engineering (grade Level 2 or 3)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience

Other requirements

This company is located in, Rodley, Leeds, so please ensure you can arrange suitable transport for the start and finish times of the job. It also includes off-the-job training at Appris in Bradford, so please make allowances for the travel

About this company

The Bright Screw Company Ltd has been located in Leeds since 1930 on the same ever expanding site. Dealing in both stocks of standard fasteners and the manufacture of special turned parts the company services both order on demand and Just In Time services Nationwide using our own fleet of vehicles. Over the past fifteen years the company has become increasingly involved with Stock Management of Industrial Hardware and Turned Parts to an ever increasing Just In Time / Kan Ban customer base. We are stockists of Rawl products, Dormer tools, Dow Corning Silicones, Gesipa & Avdel Rivets and many others.

http://www.brightscrew.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Successful applicants can look forward to the possibility of a full-time position, post-apprenticeship
  • Further training and job-specific development is also a possibility

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED

Appris

info@appris.ac.uk

01274 668149

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325050.

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Closes on Friday 1 August 2025

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