Apprentice Design Engineer Review

Depending upon my rotational placement, my role day to day varies. I complete company related tasks, with daily interactions with each member of the department. I have a large responsibility to be the best person I can be due to the scale and importance of the company and the work I'm doing for Leonardo. Each department has a unique project to undertake over the 3 months I spend in each of the departments.

I am working towards my level 3 SVQ Engineering & Technical support (GL3M 23) and my HND in engineering systems. The company plans to then send me to university to complete a degree in whichever qualification is business viable. there is a wide range of internal and external training courses, ranging from internal 2 hour procurement awareness sessions to full day BAE DFM workshop and HNC/HND at college.

I enjoy working in such a vast, highly profitable organisation as no person in doom and gloom, the culture is therefore excellent. Everyone is easy to talk to and get on with. Their is multiple examples all around us to show if you apply yourself, then you can go far up the career ladder.

Highly valued, with the aging workforce, Leonardo requires a new young workforce to keep them going for another 60 years. the intake of young graduates and apprentices have risen so the my worth at the company is very high in comparison, and due to the work and effort I put in. this is recognised by pay reviews and yearly wage increases for excellent performance.

The structure is very organised and set up. For the apprentices, there's an on-site apprentice team organising our apprenticeships for the next 4 years, with a clear placement plan in place till 2019. So well organised that there is a degree of flexibility with the placement plan.

There is vast training, both from the department supervisor and from the apprentice team.

Full support. Any questions we have then it's easy to ask the apprentice team, with full support guaranteed.

The apprentice wage is good. Its' highly competitive with other apprenticeships. With meeting the costs, it covers anything I need to do (within reason and limits). It increases year by year, meaning it's plenty time to get accommodation in the capital or a pretty good car.

enrichment activities vary outside of work, making it a great company to get involved in. One benefit is free gym membership which I use frequently.

Yes

Competitive wage with nice pay increases. Huge company. Interesting job titles and progression opportunities. Lots of opportunities. Proud organisation. Impressive workplace. People are awesome. Opportunities in the job to travel.

Try to ace the tests and interviews. Be yourself when talking to others at assessment days. Get involved within the apprentice community and take on new opportunities. Try to experience the full company while on you're apprenticeship. Apply if this will be an enjoyable job and a place where you can see yourself working, it's where you spent the majority of you're life.