Bailey & Mackey - Level 3 - Machining Engineering Apprentice
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Company: Bailey & Mackey Ltd
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Location: Birmingham, B42 1DE
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £294.45 per week
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Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
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Ref: VAC-00740
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Application Deadline Date: 10/05/2025
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Start Date: 17/09/2025
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Positions Available: 2
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Working Week: At company: Mon - Thur 7.30am - 4.30pm, Fri 7.30am - 12.30pm
Brief Description
The opportunity to join a very successful & long-established engineering company with excellent prospects of career advancement. This role will give you the opportunity to learn how to operate a number of manual and CNC machines and join the production team in order to make pressure measuring tooling.
Qualifications Required
4 GCSEs at 9 – 4 / A* - C, must include maths, English language, and ideally Science, or equivalent related qualification.
Personal Qualities
A desire to succeed & make a good life for themselves
Skills Required
Excellent communication skills
Able to demonstrate a clear interest in working in the manufacturing sector
Training to be Provided
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll work towards several academic and vocational qualification levels throughout your time with us, which are fully paid for, including:
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Foundation Competence – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Competence - in years 2 to 4 in company
● Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK
● In house training in line with your requirements.
● Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer
On completion of your studies, you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Engineering Technician.
Future Prospects
The prospects of career advancement through the company is a goal that the company itself requires. Previous apprentices are now either supervisors or work in R&D.
Vacancy Detail
Who is Bailey and Mackey?
Wherever pressure needs to be measured, we can deliver a solution.
Bailey & Mackey is a well-established family owned business which is proud to have established a worldwide reputation for providing a high quality products which are reliable in service in the field of pressure measuring equipment. We have been manufacturing high quality instrumentation for over 70 years. The product range has been extended over the years and we now manufacture Pressure Switches, Pressure Gauges and Pressure Transducers all made in our factory in Birmingham.
Our core design enables our products to be easily adapted to meet specific customer requirements, this enables us to satisfy the requirements of a widely diverse industries including Fire Safety, HVAC (Heating & Ventilation), Medical, Waste Water, Chemical, Automotive and Food. We pride ourselves on suppling high quality and reliable products to almost all industries.
What will the role be doing?
Duties and responsibilities during training:
• Compliance with all relevant Health and Safety and Legislative requirements
• Learning all aspects of the business from production commencement to completion
• General Machine operating / CNC Machine Operating / CNC Setter Operating/ CNC Programming
• Operating and using the following equipment: measuring equipment, hand tools, grinding machines, turning machines, milling machines, CNC machines, ancillary machines, inspection requirements
• Booking stock out of stores
• Transferring stock to appropriate locations.
• Picking stock from stores and recording part numbers.
• Checking equipment looking for faults/damage and potential hazards
• Filling out job sheets recording work carried out, parts used and condition of equipment.
• General housekeeping duties
• Ad-hoc duties as requested.
• Undertake internal training as appropriate
Once trained you will be responsible for:
• Carrying out production operations
• Monitoring and inspecting product and process characteristics within the scope of their activities, carrying out production first off inspections, quantity counts, recording the details and signing and dating the Inspection Check Sheets
• Notifying Supervision following the detection of suspect or non-conforming products
• Notifying Supervision following the completion of specified production activities, as applicable
• Ensuring products are finished off safely and properly in line with good practice (e.g. removal of burrs, countersinking etc. as appropriate and transporting them to the next process Holding Area)
• Carrying out relevant safety checks and maintenance on plant and equipment used, as applicable
• The provision and maintenance of relevant Quality records
• Completing work in a timely manner to the required quality/standard
What do you get in return?
As well as your basic salary, we offer a contributory pension and annual bonus scheme.