Avire is seeking an apprentice to join our small, high impact Product & Innovation Team. Avire is at the forefront of development of emergency communications systems and other safety-of-life products for the building services industry, with a particular focus on high-rise buildings. Your work will be critical to ensuring that building occupants, particularly less mobile occupants, and those with disabilities, are protected and able to communicate in the event of emergencies such as high-rise building fires.
Working in a highly collaborative international environment, you will work to build your knowledge and skills in product design engineering through a combination of off-the-job training (delivered by our partners at Newbury College/University Centre Newbury) and on-the-job development.
Your tuition will be fully funded for the full duration of the programme, meaning you will achieve a degree level qualification without needing to take on any student debt.
You will initially be paid a salary of £26,500, and this will be reviewed annually in line with your development of the required knowledge, skills, and behaviour (KSBs), rising to £35,000 - £40,000 (depending upon performance) over the 4-year duration of the programme, subject to achieving the required KSBs.
What will you be doing?
Over the course of your 4-year apprenticeship, you will learn to:
Create and understand technical documents like engineering drawings, 3D CAD models, simulation models, project plans, reports, and data using company systems and guidelines.
Apply the principles and practice of design for market, design for manufacturability, design for testability and design for maintainability.
Support the industrialisation of electronic products and their entry into full-scale manufacture.
Find and fix faults, errors, or unexpected results during design or development that could affect the quality or reliability of the product, system, or component.
Identify areas for improvement and lead ongoing efforts to enhance how the product, system, or component operates and performs.
Develop project plans, including resource planning, time planning, risk and contingency management and estimating techniques.
Apply legislative and non-legislative requirements, including international and national standards and regulations.
Undertake basic financial modelling of product and projects.
Apply health and safety principles to your own work and the work of others under your care and supervision.
Please note: Your application will not be passed on to the employer for their consideration if you do not have the grades/experience requested in the qualifications section.
Please do not use AI to answer the application questions. Training:
The successful candidate will be completing the Level 6 Product Design and Development Engineer (Degree) Apprenticeship Standard.
The apprenticeship involves attending Newbury College/University Centre Newbury one day a week during Term Time for four academic years.
The Apprentice will be supported throughout by a Development Coach from Newbury College who will hold regular reviews and occasional visits to the workplace.
At the end of your apprenticeship you will have completed the Level 6 Product Design and Development Engineer (Degree) Apprenticeship Standard and will be required to complete an End Point Assessment (EPA).
Your Development Coach will support you with preparing for your EPA.
Training Outcome:
You will progress to becoming a fully qualified engineer over the course of the apprenticeship, with annual salary reviews that will take your salary to £35,000 - £40,000 (depending upon performance) over the duration of the programme, subject to achieving the required KSBs.
All our engineers are supported in gaining professional registration as an Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer (as appropriate to their level of experience and responsibility).
You will have opportunities to progress to Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer and to subsequently take on roles as an Engineering Manager or Technical Expert. 58% of our engineers hold a Master's degree or DPhil/PhD and we are committed to continue investing in our education beyond your apprenticeship.
Employer Description:Avire combines 4 market-leading brands (Microkey, Janus, Memco and Rath) within the elevator and life-safety industries. Each brand has a strong market presence, a unique identity, a distinct product range, and a long, successful history. We design, develop, and manufacture light curtains, emergency communication and connectivity solutions. Our products are installed in over four million buildings & public areas worldwide and keep millions of people safe, every single day.
The group has manufacturing locations in 2 countries, R&D centres in 3 countries and sales & marketing offices in 6 countries as well as over 400 employees globally.
Avire is part of the Halma group (www.halma.com). Halma offers very high levels of autonomy to its operating companies, while providing support when needed, with a particular focus on talent development and investment in people.
See www.halma.com/our-people for more information.
If you’re interested in working for a business whose primary focus is to protect and improve the lives of people around the world, you’ve come to the right place. We aim to be a company that does good work, and that’s good to work for.
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