Apprentice - Quality Engineer (Level 3 or 4)

Starting salary: £23,016

Location: Congleton

Duration: 4 Years

Join Siemens for more than just a job – It’s a rewarding journey with growth, benefits, and a diverse, encouraging environment. Your success and well-being matter to us.

Did you know we’re scrapping the CV? We believe skills can be developed, and potential can be nurtured. We’re not so interested in what you’ve done – we care most about who you are and what you can do. Your CV will still need to be attached but it will not be seen by a hiring manager until the selection process has been completed.

You will join a community of like-minded early career professionals where you will bond and grow with team-building activities and real problems to solve. You will be given responsibility for challenging opportunities which will help you succeed.

What can I expect?

Working in our Supplier Quality Management Team, your role will include:

• Ensure the quality of delivered parts meets requirements and working with our suppliers to achieve complaint resolution.
• Demonstrate a willingness to investigate and resolve issues quickly, working cross functionally to find short term and long-term solutions via the 4D/8D methodologies.
• Build relationships with our internal customers and external suppliers, to ensure good communication.
• Working closely with our internal and external warehouse teams to deliver quality capable product to our production areas.
• Using the relevant IT platforms to examine stock in the event of quality issues to ensure suspect stock is identified, segregated, rejected and monitored.
• Supporting the Factory Quality Engineers with any escalation topics that are supplier related.
• Working with Material Control and Commercial teams when dealing with suspect/reject parts to ensure clarity of stock.
• Recognise the factors influencing the performance of our products and services, including legislation, customer requirements, and regulatory standards. This includes sustainability and climate change considerations.
• Understand how contractual and commercial requirements for quality impact our performance objectives for specific products and services.

What do I need to apply?

We are looking for forward-thinking, inquisitive candidates that demonstrate the following characteristics:

• You think logically, willing to self-learn and research, and take a creative approach to problem solving
• You enjoy collaborating with others to find innovative solutions
• You can work independently, safely and responsibly; take ownership of challenges and ideas and are looking to develop your ability to drive and lead change
• Identify with our values of Zero Harm, Innovative, Excellent and Responsible and show a strong Growth Mindset.
• Be excited by the prospect of working for the Siemens Digital Industries Division, and in our customers’ industries.
• Share a passion for ensuring Supplier Quality is at the heart of what we do in the team.

Minimum educational requirements: 

Level 3: You will have achieved or be on track to achieve at least 5 GCSE's grade 4 or above including Maths and English Language. 

Level 4: You have achieved or are on track to achieve three A-levels (grade C and above), a BTEC, or an equivalent level 3 qualification. At least one of your subjects must be in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics.