CNC Manufacturing Mechanical Apprenticeship

The apprenticeship is 4 days on site learning skills.

What you'll do

• Operating machinery producing varied complexity components
• Working as a team to solve problems
• Work in a safe clean environment

Training

The course is a level 4 HNC in Mechanical Engineering. This is one day a week (yet to be stipulated) at City College Norwich.

After the apprenticeship

Our ambition is using the 4-year apprenticeship all our apprentices will come out of their training as a fully skilled Machinist (Milling or Turning). We would look to keep the apprentice in full-time work with the applicant to grow with our business.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Team working
• Initiative

Qualifications

• Essential: GCSE, Maths, English, Science (grade 4 and above)
• Essential: BTEC, Engineering (grade Pass)

Benefits

We have a golf membership at Bawburgh (discretional).

About the employer

NE Engineering is a manufacturing facility based in Norwich. We manufacture for a variety of different sectors. Examples are Automotive, Energy, Subsea telecoms and many more. Our main processes are CNC milling and CNC turning. We have a variety of different work centres that we currently use. We have Matsuura, Doosan's, Haas and Mazak work centres. If you would like to look at our website to see examples of components that we have manufactured.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4), Engineering and manufacturing
• Apprenticeship level: Higher (level 4)
• Training provider: CITY COLLEGE NORWICH
• Expected duration: 4 Years
• Hours: 39 hours a week. Working week: Monday to Thursday, 07:30 - 16:00. Friday, 07:30 - 15:00.
• Start date: 1 November 2026
• Positions available: 2
• Wage: £21,091 a year