Apprentice Engineering Design Technician

Summary

Leeds-based company OneSubsea, a world-leading subsea technology and solutions provider, are looking for an ambitious and dedicated apprentice to work towards becoming a highly-skilled Design Engineer by following a 4-year programme, putting engineering principles into practice on real projects.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Competitive starting salary & benefits including flexi benefits.

Training course

Engineering design technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Duration

4 years

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

OneSubsea recruit apprentices to follow a 4-year programme. Their apprentices get the chance to develop product knowledge and skills in, leadership, customer interaction and delivery of all aspects of the Engineering scope and to put engineering principles into practice on real projects.

Each apprentice is assigned a mentor and is given coaching and support throughout the apprenticeship scheme. The scheme gives the apprenticeships opportunity to study at college and then to use that knowledge and skills in the workplace.

Typical duties include:

Producing project specific detailed designs
Designs include technical drawings in 3D AutoCAD
Updating drawings as required for projects
Producing drawings for manufacturing
Downloading and uploading of latest information for online portals for projects
Liaison with suppliers both internal and external regarding projects
Liaison with clients regarding queries raised for projects

Where you'll work

Queen Street
Leeds
LS10 1SB

Training

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

College or training organisation

APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering design technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
Select materials and parts.
Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
Provide feedback on engineering designs.
Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
Read, interpret and establish design intent.
Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
Option 1. Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
Option 1. Identify cable types and application.
Option 1. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
Option 2. Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
Option 2. Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
Option 2. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
Option 3. Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
Option 3. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
Option 4. Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
Option 4. Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
Option 5. Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
Option 5. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
Select materials and parts.
Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
Provide feedback on engineering designs.
Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
Read, interpret and establish design intent.
Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.

Your training plan

Engineering Design Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

Year 1 - 1 Day a week at Appris Training Centre, Bradford: BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence - Mechanical)
Year 2 & 3 - 1 Day a week at Appris Training Centre, Bradford: BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge - Mechanical)
Year 2 to Year 4 - Workplace qualification: EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Technical Support Technician (Drawing)
Internal training, development and mentoring with highly skilled engineers in a variety of project and support-based areas and other engineering-related duties and requirements
In your 4th Year, you will continue to work towards your occupational competency in engineering and prepare for independent end-point assessments

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

Engineering (grade C)
Maths (grade C)
Physics (grade C)

Other in:

Engineering (grade Pass)

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
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

Candidates need to be 18+ years of age to apply.

About this company

OneSubsea is the world’s leading subsea technology and solutions provider, focused on accelerating innovation to improve subsea asset performance, while increasing energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions. Our aim is a future which meets the demands of societies around the world for secure energy and helps us move towards our target of net zero. Our headquarters are in Oslo and Houston, with employees in countries across the world. Our modern office on the outskirts of Leeds is our regional centre and is the base for many of our talented engineers, project managers and support teams. A career with OneSubsea will provide opportunities to learn and develop your career as part of our highly experienced and talented teams. Our key focus is to deliver excellence, think innovatively, work collaboratively and act with integrity.

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Company benefits

Apprentices have 25 days' holiday per year and have the opportunity to work in our modern offices on the outskirts of Leeds where we have a Café, Costa Coffee, Free Parking and a Gym.

After this apprenticeship

Successful apprentices can look forward to further learning and development, which can lead to internal promotion and increased salary
This would include Degree-level apprenticeships and higher technical education

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