Advanced Apprentice Submarines Sheet Metal Work - Barrow-In-Furness, United Kingdom - BAE Systems

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Job Title Advanced Apprentice Submarines Sheet Metal Worker Barrow


Location Barrow


Salary 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.


What you will be doing


On our Sheet Metal Worker Apprenticeship, you'll be trained in the fabrication and installation of various components that are used to outfit our products.

The role of Sheet Metal Worker includes working from planned drawings to fabricate and install components to outfit a vessel in areas ranging from the Engine Room to Kitchen Galley.

As a Sheet Metal worker you will be using various types of hand tools such as:

jigsaws, dividers, scribers etc., and will also be trained to use various large pieces of machinery ranging from a manual folding machine to the latest hi-tech computer aided machine punch.

The skills you develop will be used to produce a variety of components using anything from 1mm thick aluminium up to and including 5mm thick stainless steel plate.

In addition to this you would also be trained to a high standard in various welding disciplines.


Overview of Business Unit


Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.

The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.
Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

We have sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, Ash Vale, Broad Oak and Weymouth, and we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around.

Join us and you'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.


We're looking for people who are passionate about delivering excellence and supporting some of the world's most significant aerospace organisations.

We believe in investing in our people and inspiring continual innovation in our business.

Developing and using the latest technology to compete with the world's best is at the heart of what we do.


Providing world-class training, support and development to our people means we inspire the very best talent to achieve great things.


Benefits
You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.

You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.


Team
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It's rewarding work that truly makes a difference.

And as you tackle critical projects, you'll work alongside a supportive team - driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters.

At BAE Systems, you'll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.


Why BAE Systems?
We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible.

If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We also provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit. We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you'll gain different experiences.

With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner.

Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role.

To ensure we retain our talented people, we offer a blend of sponsorship, additional support in career development planning and a portfolio of high potential development programmes.


Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high performing work force that will develop and grow our future business.

We believe that everyone has talent, and at the heart of our talent management approach our ambition is to be recognised as the UK's top employer in th
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