Manual machinist apprentice (Sheffield)

Description

Job description:

Paralloy Limited are looking for a manual machinist apprentice to complete a Level 3 machinist apprenticeship and join their team. The successful candidate will support the business by machining centrifugally-spun castings for the Aerospace and Power Generation industries, in a range of stainless alloys. This role will be based at Firth Vickers in Sheffield.

Role & responsibilities:

• Machining large castings to drawings and to tolerance specified
• Versatility to work a variety of machines, manual lathes / vertical borers
• Ensure production is carried out to meet time frames set
• Visual inspection of machined castings
• Marking up of swarf drums (alloy identification)
• To work as part of a team with minimum supervision
• Working safely throughout all activities in line with FVC’s safety standards and procedures

Skills required:

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and translate these into producing dimensionally correct components
• Able to work to tolerance and accurately use measuring equipment
• A good understanding of health & safety, environmental issues and quality rules
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Must be attentive to detail
• An ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Able to operate on your own initiative, but also able to contribute in a team environment
• Flexible attitude towards work and overtime, including shift working

Employer description:

Since our Billingham site opened in 1967, Paralloy has specialised in transforming raw elements into world-class products that power the Syngas & Ethylene, ethylene, and syngas industries.

From initial concepting to dispatch and delivery, we provide a comprehensive end-to-end service. Combining multiple foundries on one site gives us a high degree of control over the manufacturing process, leading to better results and quicker turnarounds for our clients.

Paralloy primarily serves the synthetic natural gas and ethylene cracker Syngas & Ethylene markets. We expertly manufacture and fabricate specialist centrifugal castings in horizontal and vertical configurations in high steel alloy materials along with static castings, for use in high-temperature furnace applications at the very heart of major Syngas & Ethylene plants.

Things to consider:

During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre based in Catcliffe, Sheffield, for an initial block of full-time study.  One Friday per month you will return to your workplace. After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.

Unless exemptions apply, year one apprentices are required to live full time in Sheffield for 24 weeks in university accommodation so that they can attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield. 

Future programme years apprentices are required to continue attending the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, for example, one day per month which will require travel and overnight hotel accommodation.

Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.

Qualification Requirements:

Advanced Apprenticeships entry requirements

You will need both of the following:

• GCSE English language C or 4 or above
• GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.

Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.