Furnace Technician Apprentice

FORGED SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED

Sheffield (S9 1HD)

Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 22 August 2025

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Summary

The Furnace Technician Apprentice is an entry-level role aimed at developing the post holder to succeed in progressive roles within the business. The post holder must have the right level of determination and curiosity to build upon their knowledge and contribute within the organisation.

Wage

£20,800 a year

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£10ph

Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 7.00am - 3.30pm with a 30 minutes paid lunch break each day.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 3 September 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

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

  • Always maintain and practice a high standard of health and safety, including the correct completion of H&S documentation, including work permits, risk assessments, method statements, etc.
    Support a quick response to all machine breakdowns and strive to implement effective first-time fixes
  • Daily liaison with departmental managers to improve inter-departmental communications and downtime
  • Support the pyrometry schedule and execute it in a manner that supports the business's operational needs
  • Perform TUS, Calibration, and SAT pyrometry tests, and complete subsequent paperwork for the pyrometry schedule
  • Support the sourcing of spares, materials, tools, and subcontract support
  • Ensure that the calibration of field test instruments is maintained with third-party providers
  • Ensure all paperwork in relation to the department is correctly compiled, including breakdown reporting
  • Actively advancing own combustion knowledge to support site combustion activities and associated improvement initiatives
  • Active contribution to reducing the utilities consumption through furnace behaviour at Sheffield Forgings
  • Ensure departmental housekeeping is maintained to a high standard
  • Any other ad-hoc duties as required

Where you'll work

Meadowhall Road
Sheffield
S9 1HD

Training

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

Training provider

SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE

Training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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Training schedule

Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician Apprenticeships Standaerd Level 3 Delivered at Training Centre, Stocksbridge, Sheffield

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE including English, Maths and Science (grade 4 and above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Intellectually curious
  • Positive
  • Innovative
  • Promote and embrace change

About this employer

Forged Solutions Group provides high integrity forgings for the world’s most demanding applications. From aerospace and energy production, to underground mining, off-highway vehicles and space launch programs we have forged solutions for advanced manufacturing industries for more than 100 years. Across established sites in the UK and USA, Forged Solutions Group manufactures shafts, rings, discs, asymmetric forgings and extruded cylinders in a range of titanium, nickel, aluminium, copper and steel alloys. We have a global blue-chip customer base for whom we are a trusted, high-quality turnkey supplier known for our unique forging capability and ingenuity. Our highly skilled teams provides comprehensive design-for-manufacturing assistance. Combined with our advanced forging capabilities, co-located with heat treatment, machining and a world-class materials testing and certification lab, Forged Solutions Group provides an integrated solution; from billet to finished, tested forging.

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After this apprenticeship

  • Upon satisfactory completion of the apprenticeship, there may be a full-time permanent position available

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE

Stewart Parsisson

stewart.parsisson@sheffcol.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338597.

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Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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