V05070 - Advanced Apprentice Mechanical Fitting
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Portsmouth, Hampshire (PO1 3NB)
Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
Posted on 3 December 2025
Contents
Summary
Maritime & Land Defence Solutions is growing a strong, long-term UK product and support business. It focusses on four key areas: Future Warship Support, Underwater Battlespace, Future Land Capability and Future Air Defence, encompassing major investment in new products and cutting-edge technologies that deliver benefits to its customers.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.
- Training course
- Maritime mechanical fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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6
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
- Working from engineering drawings, data and documentation in order to undertake the manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning, fault diagnosis, maintenance, overhaul and removal of mechanical and fluid power equipment on ships and submarines involved in defence and commercial shipping. This can include propulsion machinery, weapons, and auxiliary systems (such as water, air conditioning and power generation)
- Gaining knowledge and expertise in the use of common and specialist machine and hand tools, and the use of a variety of measuring and diagnostic equipment and processes to ensure individual components and assemblies meet the required specification
Where you'll work
BAE Systems
The Old Iron Foundry, PP204
The Parade, HM Naval Base
Portsmouth, Hampshire
PO1 3NB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Training course
Maritime mechanical fitter (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Obtain, read, analyse and interpret engineering data, drawings or documentation used in the design, build, operation and repair of maritime vessels such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for safety, quality, cost, security and environmental impact.
- Use approved processes and procedures for maritime mechanical work.
- Carry out maritime mechanical quality assurance checks.
- Resolve maritime mechanical engineering problems within the limits of their responsibility. Escalate un-resolved fault issues or problems.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity. Return any resources and consumables.
- Measure and mark out maritime mechanical components.
- Select and use hand and power tools to cut, shape and finish maritime mechanical components.
- Install and remove maritime mechanical equipment or components, sub-assemblies or whole systems.
- Apply maritime mechanical assembly and use methods and techniques such as lubrication, inspection, alignment, balancing, tightening, fastening, cleaning and calibrating on board maritime vessels.
- Apply testing, inspection and diagnostic techniques used in the maritime mechanical environment.
- Apply planned, preventative and corrective maintenance techniques on mechanical maritime components, equipment and systems.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Apply team working principles.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Record and enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Obtain, read, analyse and interpret engineering data, drawings or documentation used in the design, build, operation and repair of maritime vessels such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for safety, quality, cost, security and environmental impact.
- Use approved processes and procedures for maritime mechanical work.
- Carry out maritime mechanical quality assurance checks.
- Resolve maritime mechanical engineering problems within the limits of their responsibility. Escalate un-resolved fault issues or problems.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity. Return any resources and consumables.
- Measure and mark out maritime mechanical components.
- Select and use hand and power tools to cut, shape and finish maritime mechanical components.
- Install and remove maritime mechanical equipment or components, sub-assemblies or whole systems.
- Apply maritime mechanical assembly and use methods and techniques such as lubrication, inspection, alignment, balancing, tightening, fastening, cleaning and calibrating on board maritime vessels.
- Apply testing, inspection and diagnostic techniques used in the maritime mechanical environment.
- Apply planned, preventative and corrective maintenance techniques on mechanical maritime components, equipment and systems.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Apply team working principles.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Record and enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Training schedule
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Please be aware of qualification entry criteria when applying for this role. This is clearly displayed on the advert under the section qualification requirements. To be eligible for the role, you must meet these entry requirements.
About this employer
At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.
Company benefits
With a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business, there is a world of opportunities – whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003701.
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Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
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