Level 4 Engineering Quality Control & Stores Apprentice

Responsible for all aspects of Quality Control and Stores. To carry out all activities in accordance with the relevant Quality System, i.e. ISO 9001, and specific customer specifications/requirements. Responsible for the maintenance and good housekeeping, in accordance with the company policies and procedures.

Wage: £15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age.

Training course: Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4).

Hours: Monday - Friday 7.00am - 3.30pm. We operate a flexi-time policy to enable employees to choose their preferred working pattern, i.e. start/end times of their working day, within timeframes set by the company and agreed by line managers. 37 hours a week.

Duration: 3 years 6 months.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual who would like to join a progressing company. This role is based within an established quality control department, therefore, a strong team player attitude is essential.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Shall be fully committed to the achievement of company policies and objectives with special respect to quality and safety.
• To undertake reasonable instructions and tasks from senior personnel, commensurate with the nature of the job and in the best interests of the company.

Administration responsibilities (training towards):

• Shall be fully committed to the achievement of company policies and objectives with special respect to quality and safety.
• To assist the Quality Control Manager to ensure that all required certifications are available by the dispatch date.
• Responsible for the preservation of stock levels and associated standard documentation.
• To assist in documentation requirements of the quality system.

Inspection responsibilities (training towards):

• Being responsible for ensuring goods inwards material is adequately inspected prior to release to stores/production, i.e., dimensional, visual, material traceability, etc., within reasonable time restraints.
• Being responsible for in-process inspection of products and completing inspection route cards.
• Witnessing pressure tests carried out in-house and compiling certificates.
• Being responsible for ensuring that non-conforming material is identified and quarantined, with supporting NCRs being issued to the relevant department/suppliers.
• Being responsible for carrying out the final inspection of products, identifying and issuing final release notes.
• Carrying out inspections at sub-suppliers, as instructed by the Quality Control Manager or the Quality Assurance and HSE Manager.

Stores responsibilities (training towards):

• Responsible for receiving incoming goods and materials into the company and raising the necessary documentation prior to release to stores/production.
• Responsible for maintaining all storage areas and preservation of stored materials/goods.
• Responsible for the positive identification of all stored material and goods within the storage areas.
• To ensure that material heat numbers, etc., are recorded on applicable route cards.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the stores to a company standard and acceptable level of tidiness, and in line with health & safety at Barton Firtop sites.
• Responsible for the movement of stock between all Barton Firtop storage areas.
• Responsible for issuing material/goods out of storage areas and maintaining accurate records.
• Responsible for issuing standard stock equipment, as directed by the standard files procedure.
• Responsible for packing, preparation and dispatch of standard stock items, as required.
• To ensure that all material leaving the company is documented.

Training:

• Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
• Training provider: Dudley College of Technology.
• Training course: Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4).

You will be required to attend Advance 1 Campus, Dudley College, DY1 4AD, 1 day per week in term time only.

Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship you will receive a Level 4 Engineering Manufacturing Technician HNC - Mechanical Pathway qualification.

You will be assigned an assessor who will visit you in the workplace every 6‑8 weeks to support you on your apprenticeship.

More training information:

• The apprentice will receive structured training across quality control, on and offsite inspection, in process inspection through a hands-on approach within the team.
• Technical documentation issued to clients.
• Job-specific training delivered through on-the-job training within the stores, QC administration and QC inspection.
• Core safety training such as Manual Handling and Slips, Trips & Falls.
• Introduction to Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) (including but not limited to), Magnetic particle inspection, Dye penetrant testing, Positive material identification (PMI), CSWIP 3.0 visual welding inspection, ICORR level 1 paint inspection, Counter Balance B1 Forklift training, Hydrostatic testing, including bolt torquing methods.

Requirements:

• GCSE in English (grade 4/C/Level 2 Functional Skills).
• GCSE in Maths (grade 4/C/Level 2 Functional Skills).
• Level 3 in Engineering/Maths & Science.
• A Levels in relevant qualifications and industry experience.

Skills:

• Initiative.
• Proficient with Microsoft.
• Professional Presentation.
• Flexible.
• Reliability.

Other requirements:

• The successful candidate must be able to travel to both Barton Firtop Engineering and Dudley College for the day release each week.
• The candidate must have a desire to work within an engineering company with a specific interest in quality control and stores.

About this employer:

Barton Firtop Engineering is a competitive designer, manufacturer, and supplier of Strainers, Filters, Separators, Coalescers, and Flame Arresters, predominantly serving the Oil & Gas Industry. We specialise in product design and project management, ensuring on-time delivery of strainer and filtration equipment that meets complex specifications for materials, manufacturing, NDE, documentation, and Quality Control.

Our in-house expertise includes advanced 3D Modelling, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), enabling us to design and certify to ASME VIII, Division 1 and PD5500 pressure vessel codes. We offer both fabricated and highly competitive cast designs. Barton Firtop operates a custom-built manufacturing plant in Worcestershire (UK), which includes a pipework/vessel fabrication division. Additionally, we wholly own a competitive manufacturing facility in Goa, India, which supplies fully machined and tested cast products sourced from high-quality ISO-approved foundries. Barton Firtop India has been a trusted supplier to worldwide projects via our UK head office for over 20 years.

Barton Firtop is seeking an enthusiastic, proactive, detail-oriented individual to join the QC/stores department. This role will involve supporting quality control and stores alongside other departments, such as production, with responsibilities expanding as the candidate progresses through their training. The role will involve assisting in the development and implementation of the quality control and stores departments. The successful candidate will also contribute to technical documentation, on-site and off-site inspections, and client liaison, whilst having a hands-on based role.

The contact for this apprenticeship is: Dudley College of Technology, Chloe Powell, Chloe.Powell@dudleycol.ac.uk, 01384363158.

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046345.