About this vacancy

Fort Vale are offering an opportunity for multiple young apprentices to join their ever growing and established business. Fort Vale is a globally recognised engineering company and take pride in offering high quality apprenticeships to young people from the local area.

During your apprenticeship you will be involved in highly-skilled, complex and precision work. To help you develop your overall skill set, you will experience all our machining areas and spend time in our assembly and inspection departments.

Skills and personal qualities required for the role:

• Willingness to learn and adopt new techniques
• Work well both in a team and individually
• Good communication skills
• Able to solve problems
• Positive attitude towards work
• Work well under pressure
• Great attention to detail
• Good attendance and punctuality

There are plenty of good career prospects in Fort Vale. A number of Directors/Managers and Supervisors have progressed through the apprenticeship scheme here and into their current roles.

Duties/main responsibilties include:

As an apprentice toolmaker you will be trained to produce precision tools and work-holding devices.

During your apprenticeship you will learn how to manufacture and assemble new tooling and how to re-furbish worn tooling. The tools you will make are used to cut, shape and form metals and other materials to manufacture our range of products.

You will become skilled, not only in conventional milling, turning, grinding and assembly. You will develop skills in programming, setting and operation of our state-of-the-art CNC multi axis machining centres.

This is a ‘4 year’ apprenticeship where you will be expected to complete your HND in Mechanical Engineering.

Working week

Monday – Friday, 07:30 – 16:15