The role will develop your engineering skills to become a confident, positive and flexible industrial process engineer with well-honed technical knowledge gained from both academic commitments and on-the-job training. You will be part of a team that provides manufacturing solutions in support of customers' requirements. This will provide opportunities to experience various aspects of engineering such as defining and optimising manufacturing documentation, tools and workflows for manufacturing, performing manufacturing readiness reviews, and contributing to technological innovation to reduce costs and workflows.

Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience and knowledge in: developing understanding of required behaviours and codes of practice of a professional engineer; understanding complex systems by working on different tasks on ongoing projects; assessing Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of products; defining, setting up, preparing and optimising manufacturing processes and tooling; contributing to Health, Safety and Environment processes; defining and optimising manufacturing documentation, tools, and workflows; contributing to technological innovation; attending Material Review Boards and Configuration Control Boards; implementing test and control plans for manufacturing equipment. You will study towards a Level 6 Manufacturing Engineer with Yeovil College over 5 years. First 4 years attend college on day release basis. Year 5 is 100% work-based focusing on End Point Assessment.

Job-specific training and development provided. Tuition fees fully paid by employer.

Competitive salary of £24,000 per annum; Performance-related pay uplifts; Holiday entitlement of 201 hours a year (plus company day and bank holidays); Contributory Company Pension; Health Care Cash Plan; Hybrid/flexible working options; Employee assistance programme; Learning and development support; Employee discounts and wellbeing initiatives; Life Cover; 80 Hours Volunteering per year (first two years); Tuition fees fully paid; Private medical insurance (depending on role); Buying or selling annual leave; Cycle to work schemes; Paid volunteering day; Stocks and shares; Annual bonus.

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, Thales helps build a future that can be trusted. Thales supports the security and stability of the nation by providing extraordinary technology to customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with its products and services.