4 jobs found in Glascoed

Description Job title: Apprentice Ordnance Munitions and Explosives Engineer Location: Glascoed (Monmouthshire) Salary: Starting from £25,688 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: ⦁    Safely participating in the research, design, development, testing and manufacture of our range of munitions products ⦁    Ensuring there is a detailed Safe System of Work in place for the work you develop ⦁    Planning and subsequent delivery of research, development and engineering trials ⦁    Design and development of new and existing munitions ⦁    Planning, carrying out and reporting results from Test and Evaluation trials ⦁    Compiling technical data to support design approval ⦁    Specifying and designing new manufacturing plant and equipment then ensuring it is correctly installed and validated ⦁    Supporting the Manufacturing Team in resolving any issues that may arise during production ⦁    Gaining...

Description Job title: Engineering Technical Manufacturing Apprentice Location: Glascoed Salary: Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing: ⦁    Support all aspects of Manufacturing Engineering, ensuring processes are carried out within the product and process design parameters, supporting manufacturing schedule adherence, and ensuring interruptions in production are resolved safely and with minimal down time ⦁    Support Engineers to identify problems with product performance; recommend solutions and process improvements ⦁    Support Engineers to refine the manufacturing processes to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specification and business priorities ⦁    Plan and design methods to improve efficiency and product quality by utilising Continuous Improvement (CI) tools and working as a member of a cross functional team ⦁    Work to improve equipment availability...

Description Job title: Apprentice Design Engineer Location: Glascoed (Monmouthshire) Salary: Starting from £25,688 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: ⦁    Select and define suitable materials, tolerances, processes and protective finishes giving consideration to the manufacture and lifecycle items ⦁    Design of special purpose jigs, tools and gauges suitable for use with explosive items, including the design of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, interlock systems and intrinsically safe circuits for process control ⦁    Design of munitions and munition subsystems across a range of natures and calibres ⦁    Generating design schemes, assemblies and detail drawings from either 3D solid CAD generated models, 2D CAD generated data or manual techniques ⦁    Selecting and defining suitable materials, processes and protective finishes required to manufacture and assemble components ⦁    Generating...

Job Title: Modelling and Simulation (Shock Physics) Location: Glascoed Salary: £38,604 What you’ll be doing: • Working with stakeholders to identify, test and introduce modelling software and toolsets to support modelling of novel and existing energetic materials • Working with stakeholders internal to the business to build models which support understanding and predicting energetic materials behaviours • Working alongside project engineers and stakeholders to support the execution of UKMOD projects in the field • Working with other areas of the wider business to support the developing and expansion of SMART Qualification • Supporting with ad-hoc requirements as needed Your skills and experiences: Essential: • Minimum degree level Chemistry or Physics • Knowledge of shock physics • Knowledge of modelling and simulation techniques • Good technical report writing • The ability to present effectively • Experience of trials and small scale lab...