Advanced Apprentice Naval Ships Steelwork Fabricator Plater Glasgow

Job Title:    Advanced Apprentice Naval Ships Fabricator Plater, Glasgow
Location: Glasgow

Salary: 
Starting from £17,127 with annual progression through the scheme duration.

What you will be doing:
During the Fabricator Plater Apprenticeship, you’ll be trained in the fabrication and installation of various sub-assemblies and major assemblies that are used to create our products. You will gain experience using a wide variety of tools and equipment covering marking out, thermal cutting and welding. You will learn to use equipment safely and efficiently to manufacture and install components to the highest degree of quality. 

Specific activities could include:
As a Fabricator, you will be involved in the first stages of the unit build process fabricating sub-assemblies including shell plates, decks and bulkheads, fitting stiffener components to specific requirements. The next stage of your development will move on to the positioning and erecting of sub-assemblies to create major assemblies and units using overhead cranes, chainblocks and hydraulic pumps. You will gain knowledge on reading and comprehending technical steelwork drawings learning engineering symbols and conventions. In addition you will be trained on the Installation of key outfitting components such as watertight doors and hatches utilizing fabrication processes such as Manual Metal Arc welding and Oxy-fuel & Plasma thermal cutting techniques.
You will gain an extensive knowledge of health and safety, including working at height, confided spaces, safe systems of work and PPE, achieving our internal gold passport standard.

You will complete our steelwork training plan learning the fundamental elements of fabrication, including platework assembly using fairing aids, abrasive wheels, shipbuilding terminology, build strategy, thermal cutting processes and MMA welding, also covering our dynamic risk assessment process. You will also receive recognised welding qualification for tack welding. 

As a 1st year Fabrication apprentice at BAE Systems Naval Ships, you will be attending college full-time, at West College Scotland in Clydebank. The apprenticeship (42 months), with the first year attending college full time, the second year attending college 1 day a week and in the shipyard the rest of the week, and the last 1.5 years full-time in the shipyard.   

What Qualification Will You Get?
Performing Engineering Operations SVQ 2 
National Certificate in Welding & Fabrication 
(Opportunity of Higher National Certificate in Fabrication, Welding & Inspection)
SVQ 3 Marine Structural Steelwork

Overview of Business Unit:
As an island nation, the UK has a proud history of world-class naval engineering. As part of our UK Maritime Sector, Naval Ships designs, builds and delivers complex warships and combat systems, and you could play a vital role in its future.
Our progression opportunities span from engineering to operations, and supply chain. You could join us and help shape the future of the fleet for a generation to come.

We’ve got great projects for you to work on, like the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 Global Combat Ship – a highly capable and versatile multi-mission warship designed to support anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations anywhere on the world’s oceans.

Our combat systems are in operation in more than 20 countries around the world and this technology is vital in providing crew members with the information and capabilities they need to operate effectively, whether protecting the world’s shipping lanes or providing humanitarian relief.

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?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

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 the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion.

Export Control / Security:
Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

5 Group awards at National 4 – Maths, English and Science or Technical Subjects required or equivalent (excluding Application of Maths).