Apprentice Technical Operator
Opmobility
Swadlincote (DE12 7DS)
Closes in 19 days (Sunday 13 September 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 August 2026
Contents
Summary
Depending on the area you will be working as part of our technical team in the paint mix room, injection or material handling area.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Rotating shift
7:30am - 5:30pm, Monday - Thursday – shift 1.
10:30pm - 7:30am, Monday - Thursday.
Or 3 shift pattern:
6.00am - 2.00pm, 2.00pm - 10.00pm and 10.00pm - 6.00am.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year 2 months
- 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
- Supporting the technical teams depending on the area in either: paint mix room or setting team in injection or material handling area
- Following H&S requirements
- Preparation of materials, equipment
- Eliminates small technical problems
- May relieve fellow team members for their breaks
- Ensures reuse of grinding stock
- Reports any malfunction and defects or hazards to superior forthwith
- Change material supply according to the production plan
- React to any material feed supply problems to ensure there is no production down time to material feed issues
- The Raw material storage tent 5’s Standards are to be maintained by all material handlers
Where you'll work
Westminster Industrial Estate Huntingdon Way Measham
Swadlincote
DE12 7DS
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)
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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
Training will be delivered by your employer and North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College at the workplace. Block release delivery Monday - Friday every 6 week learning cycles.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
- Science (grade 4 or 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
Other requirements
The successful candidate will require a driving licence for getting to site.
About this employer
OPmobility is a family-led independent group that operates globally, with 152 production plants in 28 countries and 40 R&D centers. The Group has a sound financial structure and strong liquidity. Its diversified customer portfolio, industrial excellence and innovation strategy enable the Group to position itself as a major player in the automotive sector. In UK specialising in manufacturing of external parts for JLR.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
An opportunity to develop within the business and progress to a Level 3 Engineering Manufacturing apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Gaynor Catlow
gaynor.catlow@nwslc.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000049983.
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Closes in 19 days (Sunday 13 September 2026 at 11:59pm)