Vacancy Description
As an Apprentice Manufacturing Technician at Oxford Nanoscience you will rotate around all of our different Value Streams, learning about every step of manufacturing and testing our range of products. You will also complete your apprenticeship, gaining practical experience complemented by your academic knowledge.
Responsibilities
• Rotate through all manufacturing value streams, gaining hands‑on experience in each.
• Complete a placement in each of our manufacturing cells.
• Spend time in New Product Introduction, Supply Chain, Service, Manufacturing Engineering.
• Develop an understanding of all products we manufacture, sent to customers worldwide.
• Gain an introduction to possible career directions in Manufacturing and Operations.
Entry Requirements
To qualify for this apprenticeship you must have a minimum of 5 GCSEs, including Maths, English and Science.
Skills Required
- Communication
- Attention to detail
- Organisation
- Problem solving
- Number skills
- Analytical
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Interest in Manufacturing & Engineering
- Time management
- IT skills
- Administrative skills
- Non‑judgemental
Training to be Provided
- Level 3 or 4 Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship
- Company training plan & assessment
- Development competence qualification (workplace)
- End Point Assessment at the end of the apprenticeship
Location
We are based just outside Abingdon in Tubney (OX13 5QX). We are on a good bus route which connects Oxford to Wantage and a short walk away from the Oxford‑Faringdon‑Swindon route.
Future Prospects
We are looking for people with a genuine interest in manufacturing and engineering and hope that your post‑apprenticeship career with us will be in this area. This may be a role in our factory or could be a move to a field service engineer role or a related office‑based position (such as supply chain or manufacturing engineering). We have previous apprentices who we have supported as they continued their academic qualifications to Bachelors and Masters level.
