Advanced Apprentice Electrician (Site & Facilities)

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Job title: Advanced Apprentice Electrician (Site & Facilities)

Location: Barrow

We offer relocation support packages for this role (Barrow-in-Furness based roles), subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Salary: We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.

What you’ll be doing:



Join our team as an Apprentice Maintenance Electrician and be part of an exciting period of growth within our safety-critical environment. You will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our electrical systems and machinery. You’ll be responsible for performing maintenance on various electrical components, equipment, and assets across the site. By conducting regular reactive maintenance and addressing any issues as they arise, you’ll help keep our infrastructure performing at its best. Your day-to-day tasks will include fault-finding, testing, and troubleshooting asset and machinery breakdowns to minimise downtime and ensure everything is working to the highest standards. You’ll also have the chance to work with a wide range of equipment, from low voltage systems and PLC controls to CNC machines, lathes, and cranes.

In addition to hands-on maintenance, you’ll support our team leaders and production teams to improve plant performance and efficiency. This includes maintaining accurate documentation of work, such as records of breakdowns and maintenance activities, ensuring everything is compliant with safety regulations. By following Health & Safety best practices, you’ll operate safely and help uphold the highest standards across the business.

Throughout the program, you’ll build essential skills such as reading technical drawings, understanding electrical regulations, and safely isolating equipment. You’ll gain hands-on experience with a wide range of tools and machinery, both large and small, and learn how to troubleshoot effectively, communicate clearly, and work as part of a team. It’s a fantastic time to join us with incredible opportunities ahead and this apprenticeship is perfect for those beginning their careers or considering a career change.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Submarines team:

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.

The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.

Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world’s most complex engineering challenges.

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.

Export Control / Security:

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

5 GCSE’s A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) Including Maths, English & Science or Technical Subject