Apprentice Lean Manufacturing Operative - Production
MARTON GEO-TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
Coventry (CV2 2QB)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 14 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 June 2026
Contents
Summary
To learn all production operations from beginning to dispatch.
- Wage
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£16,640 to £26,436.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
£8 - £8.65 per hour, 40 hours per week £16,640-£18,000 per annum
- Training course
- Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:00/09:00 – 16:30/17:30.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 1 August 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Assist in the machining and finishing of HDPE & PVC products to customer specifications.
- Support the operation and monitoring of machinery (full training provided).
- Learn and perform CNC lathe turning, perforating & slotting of pipe products.
- Read and interpret CAD drawings where required.
- Assist with stock organisation and material control within the production department.
- Conduct routine tool and equipment inspections.
- Support general site maintenance activities.
- Participate in team meetings and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Contribute to Lean Manufacturing activities and identify waste reduction opportunities.
- Attend training sessions such as Tool Box Talks and Lean Manufacturing workshops.
- Comply fully with ISO 9001 processes for design, manufacturing, and testing.
- Flexibility to support different departments and shift patterns as required.
- Health, Safety & Compliance · Understand and comply with the company’s Health, Safety and Environment Policy.
- Set a personal example in maintaining high safety standards.
- Ensure work areas are safe, tidy, and compliant at the end of each shift.
- Complete weekly Health & Safety inspections as required.
Where you'll work
Heyford Close Aldermans Green Industrial Estate
Coventry
CV2 2QB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, and other relevant guidelines. Identifying risks within their processes and support/carry out countermeasure activities to improve safe working. Manage tooling, equipment and materials daily in-line with supplier standards e.g. COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
- Comply with environmental procedures and systems and contribute to the achievement of specific standards e.g. ISO 14001 or other relevant environmental standards and use the 4R’s (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover) where possible
- Demonstrate their ability to carry out their role effectively, efficiently and flexibly maintaining lean manufacturing principles to meet customer’s demands e.g. JIT
- Demonstrate their skill and knowledge following SOPs and building their versatility across a number of processes and process areas. Select and use appropriate tools, equipment and materials to carry out the manufacturing operation
- Demonstrate appropriate process documentation control. Accurately completing check sheets, monitoring process and equipment data efficiently and legibly using the correct terminology required to meet the quality standard e.g. ISO 9002
- Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems within the lean manufacturing environment using effective problem solving tools and techniques. Manage problems that may occur during the manufacturing process within the limits of their responsibility and escalate as appropriate
- Generate ideas and contribute to process improvement activities individually or as part of a team through fact finding and analysis to improve the safety, environment, quality, cost or production process. Identifying and eliminating the 7 wastes (defects, over production, transportation, waiting, inventory, motion and processing)
- Demonstrate communication skills which include oral, written, electronic (PC), information boards or visual displays to effectively share information
- Maintains and monitors the work site efficiently and effectively at all times using the elements of sifting, sorting, sweeping, spick & span (5’s) within the lean manufacturing environment
- Check components for damage and that they are in a usable condition
- Correctly position, align and secure the components
- Secure the components in position using the specified fastening device/method
- Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions/Standard operating procedures production/assembly specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the production/assembly activity
- Produce components which comply with the specification and quality requirements
- Carryout quality checks on component parts and completed assemblies and deal with quality concerns and defects in line with their responsibility
- Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, inspection/quality procedures and product specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the inspection/quality assurance activity
- Collect production samples at the required frequency in accordance with inspection specification and operating procedures
- Carryout inspection and testing activities using the specified methods and equipment
- Prepare, Handle, transfer and store samples safely and correctly in accordance with quality control procedures
- Accurately interpret the data/results gained from the inspection and testing procedures being used
- Record and report inspection findings to relevant person
- Safely move materials to the correct location using the relevant equipment
- Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, specification details and specific transfer/handling procedures in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the logistic/material handling activity
- Move materials using the appropriate procedures, ensuring the materials are correct, safely loaded and secure.
- Check materials selected to be moved are in line with job requirements
- Carryout quality checks on materials that are to be moved and deal with quality concerns and damage in line with their responsibility
- Return equipment to its correct location on completion of the activities and leave it in a safe and usable condition
- Perform one processing/finishing operation method e.g. hand processing, manually operated machine processing, fully automated machine processing, combined processing
- Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, processing/finishing procedures and equipment operating procedures in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the processing/finishing activity
- Perform the processing/finishing operation according to instructions and safe operating procedures
- Monitor and control the processing/finishing operation
- Produce processed/finished products which comply with processing specification
Training schedule
College delivery will be Block release Monday - Thursday every 6 weeks at North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College at their Mira Technology Institue campus, MIRA Technology Park, 1 Eastern Avenue, Nuneaton, CV10 0UX.
More training information
Training in the workplace with regular site visits with Skills Development Coach from North Warewickshire & South Leicestershire College.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 3)
- Maths (grade 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Must be 18 or over due to Health & Safety restrictions.
About this employer
We supply specialist products for use in areas including construction, civil engineering, renewable energy, landfill and rail. Our products are used for applications including ground investigation, borehole drilling, core drilling, geothermal heat extraction, groundwater control & extraction, rail track drainage and landfill gas & leachate capture. Our journey began in 1988, providing well screens and bentonite products for ground investigation and geotechnical drilling and soon expanded to cover many other sectors. With almost 40 years of experience, we’ve grown into one of the UK and the world’s most respected brands for our long-lasting well screens, pipework, thermo-loops, manifolds, chambers, pumps, grout, cement, bentonites and drilling consumables. From our two sites in the UK, we supply individual projects and major developers around the world, who trust us for our industry-leading products and superior service. We cover standard warehousing for customers, supplying orders out that are ordered in from external suppliers, we add value to purchased in parts and manufacture items to order dependant on the customer requirement
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
To become fully qualified and progress within the business.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038825.
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Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 14 July 2026 at 11:59pm)