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🏢 Spirit AeroSystems • 📍 Belfast, Northern Ireland • 🕒 Today

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Belfast, Northern Ireland

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68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Overview:

SPIRIT ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIPS 2023

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME – BELFAST

Let your career take off!

Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defence platforms, and business and regional jets. With expertise in aluminum and advanced composite manufacturing solutions, the company’s core products include fuselages, integrated wings and wing components, pylons, and nacelles. Also, Spirit serves the aftermarket for commercial, business and regional jets. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit has facilities in the U.S., U.K., France, Malaysia, and Morocco. More information is available at: www.spiritaero.com

The best way to learn in by doing. Develop your skills and acquire valuable experience in a fast-paced, challenging and results-driven global organisation. Why not join our Engineering Apprenticeship programme in Belfast commencing in September 2023! Combining study with on-the-job learning, our programme offers exciting opportunities and provides the foundation for a career in aeronautical engineering. If you are hardworking, passionate, and ambitious, we want to hear from you.

These exciting opportunities within our team are based onsite at our Belfast site, and offer:

Standard 36 hour working week
Generous holidays
Professional development and growth

Responsibilities:

Successful candidates will enter the programme as craft trainees and work towards attaining Aeronautical Engineering Framework NVQ Level 3 and BTEC qualifications. To be eligible for consideration, you must possess, the following minimum qualifications by 31st August 2023. There may be opportunities, for those who are interested, to be considered for a technical apprenticeship in Year 2.

Qualifications:

Qualification Requirements

Four GCSE passes in the following subjects:

Mathematics* minimum Grade C
English Language minimum Grade C
Science or a Technology based subject minimum Grade C
Any other subject minimum Grade C

*Preference may be given to candidates with a minimum Grade B or C* in Maths.

Essential Skills, Key Skills or City & Guilds, at the appropriate level, will also be considered as acceptable equivalents.

Applicants should be aware that the selection of successful candidates will be made in accordance with the eligibility criteria for the funding of the Apprenticeships NI 2021 programme, as set out by the Department for the Economy.

The selection process may include online aptitude tests and an interview. Please note the primary means of communication will be email (please remember to check your Spam folder).

Completed applications must be submitted by Friday 3rd March at 12pm.

The company employs people from all sections of the community and is committed to the appointment of the best candidate based upon the merit principle alone. In pursuit of our equal opportunities programme, we would particularly welcome more applications from Catholics and females, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.