Vacancy Calibration Technician Apprentice (Level 3 Maintenance and Operations Engineer Technician)

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Vacancy overview

Wage: £15,175.68 a year
Level: Advanced
Duration: 3 Years 6 Months
Closing Date: Wednesday 30th July 2025

Code: 1000332044

Want to join one of the world’s largest manufacturers of critical fastening systems for aerospace & defence applications? This is a fantastic opportunity for a technically minded individual with motivation and drive who'll have the chance to get involved to support the assigned manufacturing areas. Apply now for a Summer 2025 start!

  • Calibration of all required measurement & monitoring equipment
  • Understanding of thermal equipment calibration & adjusting
  • Become expert in understand international standard for thermal controls and calibration
  • Update system with results and recommendations
  • Assist with problem resolution on gauging issues
  • Repair of gauges thermal equipment
  • Completion, maintenance, and review of quality records
  • To be aware of requirements of the organisation’s Quality Assurance systems and take responsibility for its obligations
  • Support the Quality metrics and the achievement of set targets
  • Maintenance of records
  • Heat treatment calibration
  • Calibration of dimensional measurement equipment and hard gauging
  • Any other duties and responsibilities given by your line manager, which can reasonably be expected of the post holder given their knowledge, skills, and experience

Requirements and prospects

Loughborough College reserves the right to withdraw this vacancy before the end date, following consultation with us, as the employer.

Desired skills and personal qualities:

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Patience

About the employer

SPS Technologies Limited

SPS Technologies has been established since 1936, its product offering, and investment strategy is focused on technically sophisticated components and materials that are necessary and vital to key end-user markets such as aerospace, transportation, power generation, racing, farm and construction equipment and general industrial. Quality control programs of all SPS businesses reflect the demanding requirements of SPS' aerospace heritage. All product lines benefit from the culture of quality that has a long history at SPS. Because of this culture and our strong product design capability, many of SPS' products are manufactured for safety-critical applications.