25-0106 Apprentice Forge Estimator - #1687596

Sheffield Forgemasters is a historic steel-manufacturing company based in Sheffield, founded over 200 years ago. The company specialises in producing large, high-quality steel components that are essential for critical industries such as Defence and Energy. We offer a variety of apprenticeships in Maintenance, Technical, Production and Office Based roles.

Completion of the University of Sheffields AMRC Training Centre apprenticeships are nationally recognised qualifications which are acknowledged and respected by employers across the world.

These can open the door to many more opportunities, such as Engineering Management and Project Engineering positions across a range of sectors worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Take a customers drawing and create a forging profile capable of being machined to the finished dimensions
• Be able to understand manufacturing procedures and apply them to methods of production while adhering to the customers specifications
• Select the appropriate ingot required to make the forging, and any required heat treatments that the forging is required to be subjected to
• Liaise with the machine shop estimator to ensure that the method chosen is the most cost effective from an overall business perspective
• Raise steel orders for the melt shop once an order has been placed
• Generate forging procedures to give instruction to the foremen how to forge to estimated product
• Designing forging profiles and routes based around the companys capabilities i.e. crane SWL and sizes of treatment fires
• Seek out sub-con assistance when required i.e. certain steel coatings or sub-con forging
• Must be able to work closely with technical and production departments, thus optimising the most economical production route
• Assist with the preparation of documents to meet customers requirements
• Adhere to all company H&S systems of work and procedures
• Work to Standard Process Instructions, Works Operating Instructions and the Works Quality Documents
  
  

Any other duties commensurate with this position.

You will study on a Level 4 Engineering Manufacturing Technician higher apprenticeship on a Manufacturing Operations pathway.

On completion of this, you will gain a qualification in Engineering at Level 4 Standard.

During the first year of the apprenticeship, your learning will take place at the University of Sheffields AMRC Training Centre based at Catcliffe, Rotherham, for an initial block of study on a full-time basis. After this, you will attend the training centre for one day a week for knowledge study.

Monday to Friday. Your start and finish times including your shift pattern will be determined by the employing company.