Engineering Technician Apprentice
LCM ENGINEERING & CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Bedfordshire (MK45 3LW)
Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
Posted on 13 November 2025
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Summary
The apprentice will work alongside LCM’s skilled fitting team on a variety of projects. The role will involve a wide range of mechanical and pneumatic assembly applications within the automotive industry, including tool building, robot cell builds, automation systems, mechanical assembly, and fixturing.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
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£18,000 to £20,000 plus nights away from home paid and any overtime worked paid as extra
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday mainly, with some overnight and weekends on site required. 42.50 hours including a lunch break. Shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 2 January 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
You will also assist in the manufacture and fabrication of parts and equipment, carrying out final inspections of mechanical assemblies, machinery, and tooling, and helping to resolve any issues identified. In addition, you will gain exposure to different areas of the company, including the manual machine shop, design, and projects departments.
Where you'll work
LCM Engineering & Consultancy Limited
Chapel End Lane
Houghton Conquest
Bedfordshire
MK45 3LW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BEDFORD COLLEGE
Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Training schedule
Onsite training 4 days per week and 1 day at College.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9-3)
- Maths (grade 9-3)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
LCM Engineering are a successful, well-established engineering and manufacturing organisation based in Houghton Conquest, uniquely positioned to provide a one-stop, turn-key service for Automation, Tooling, Fixtures, Design, and Manufacturing.
After this apprenticeship
Project Management.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BEDFORD COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000479.
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Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
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