Engineering Technician apprentice

BARNSHAW SECTION BENDERS LIMITED

Bilston (WV14 9NE)

Closes in 13 days (Sunday 29 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 June 2025

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Summary

The role will support various departments across the business and is ideal for someone interested in developing a technical career within the steel, engineering, or construction sectors.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday - 8.30am till 5pm. Once a week at the college.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

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

Key Responsibilities:

  • Liaising with customers to produce quotations
  • Producing development drawings using AutoCAD to assist Purchasing with material requirements, costing, and production planning
  • Creating working instructions based on customer specifications and technical drawings
  • Providing technical support to the Sales, Production, and Purchasing teams

Where you'll work

Anchor Lane
Bilston
WV14 9NE

Training

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

College or training organisation

BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

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Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Maths (grade 4/C)

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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Prior experience in Auto Cad

Other requirements

Preferred Skills & Experience: Basic understanding or prior exposure to the steel, engineering, or construction industries Ability to read and interpret technical drawings Familiarity with AutoCAD or SolidWorks for producing 2D/3D CAD drawings Exposure to Lantek or similar nesting software (desirable but not essential) General knowledge of material grades and production processes

About this company

Even though we are the world’s most capable metal bending company, our ambition remains undiminished, as we aim to meet ever more challenging project demands, irrespective of scale, anywhere in the world. We are therefore engaged in a constant self-evaluation process, to ensure that our administrative, manufacturing, technical and logistical capabilities remain at the cutting edge.

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After this apprenticeship

There's an opportunity for a full time position upon completion of the apprenticeship. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

BMET Recruitment

recruitment@bmet.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325540.

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Closes in 13 days (Sunday 29 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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