Trainee Pre-production Engineer | Christchurch | up to £35000
Learn how every project is shaped before it reaches the shop floor, turning customer drawings into accurate, workable production plans.
This is a role where you'll be trained properly, and where accuracy and process discipline are genuinely valued, not just expected.
As a Trainee Pre-production Engineer, you will benefit from:
Full on-the-job training and development towards a Pre-production Engineer role
31 days holiday (195 hours), including bank holidays, with a Christmas shutdown
Enhanced pension, 4.5% employer and 4.5% employee contributions
Death in service cover
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free on-site parking and uniform
Free eye test with £80 contribution towards glasses
Free hot drinks
39-hour week with a half-day Friday
As a Trainee Pre-production Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
Learning to prepare cost estimates and quotations from customer specifications, drawings and BOMs
Supporting the planning of manufacturing processes, routing and material requirements
Assisting with customer queries on technical, specification and delivery requirements
Gathering supplier pricing, lead times and material availability
Reviewing drawings and BOMs to help spot manufacturing risks and cost implications
As a Trainee Pre-production Engineer, your experience will include:
An engineering qualification (or working towards one), or some hands-on manufacturing experience
Ability to read engineering drawings, or a strong willingness to learn
Good numerical and analytical skills with a high level of accuracy
Organised, detail-focused and keen to develop a career in engineering
Exposure to CNC machining, fabrication or welding processes (desirable)
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