Production Engineering Apprentice

KREMPEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Bideford (EX39 3EX)

Closes on Sunday 31 May 2026

Posted on 13 April 2026

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Summary

Working within the Engineering Team and alongside other key functions, you will learn about design and development of production processes and tooling. You will be involved from tooling conception to final production and everything in between, ensuring a safe working environment that is both cost-effective and efficient. 

Wage

£18,500 a year

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Salary will increase annually to reflect successes

Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
Hours
Day shift; Monday to Thursday 7:45am - 5pm and Friday 8am- 12noon. One day per week for college.

39 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

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

What the role involves:

  • Learn to understand customer requirements and how to incorporate them into our production facility.
  • Assist with the design and implementation of production machine tooling.
  • Develop competent knowledge of composite materials and how to use them.
  • Assist the engineering team with engineering change requests, including drawing and parts list (BOM) updates or creation.
  • Assist in the creation and maintenance of manufacturing documentation (e.g. work instructions).
  • Learn to use computer aided design software (CAD/CAM) to assist production and make processes as efficient as possible.
  • Communicate with other departments within the factory to ensure a smooth workflow.
  • Gather and analyse data to help problem solve (root cause analysis), continuous improvement and report on Key Performance Indicators

Where you'll work

Clovelly Road
Bideford
EX39 3EX

Training

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

Training provider

ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED

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

This training schedule 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)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

The Krempel Group has over 1100 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Germany, Brazil, China and USA. Krempel is a leading manufacturer of electric insulation materials, Composites and parts, we contribute towards protecting life and technology in an efficient, reliable and responsible way. For more than 150 years. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

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Company benefits

Medicash health plan after 3 months.

Disability Confident

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

On completion of the apprenticeship, you may progress into roles such as:

  • Lead Specialist in Production Engineering
  • CMM programmer
  • Leadership roles if available

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000026061.

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Closes on Sunday 31 May 2026