Level 3 – Machining - Technician

Join Broadway Group, a reputable aerospace manufacturer since 1938, as a Machining Technician. This hands-on role offers training and development, ensuring quality and efficiency in aerospace components. Embark on your engineering career with us starting September 2025!

Established in 1938, Broadway started with humble beginnings, manufacturing a variety of components to support the war efforts.

As the war came to an end, Broadway gained traction in the Aerospace market and established itself as a reputable Aerospace manufacturer. Since then, Broadway has continued to strengthen relationships with customers of all sizes, including several blue-chip organisations. Since then Broadway has stayed ahead of the curve, maintaining strong relationships with customers and providing a wide array of specialist manufacturing techniques.

Broadway has a dedicated NPI team that provides a dedicated engineering and manufacturing resource alongside an 'end to end' customer solution utilising Solid works, Mastercam, 3d printed prototypes and various in-house special processes.

As part of our 'End to End Customer Solution' approach we have developed valuable relationships with a vast array of material and special process houses. This has allowed us to ensure our competitiveness in providing strong lead times and pricing …

These relationships have been developed over many years of working together and covers many different areas including: Castings, Forgings, Welding, Painting, Various coatings, NDT, and Heat Treatment.

Broadway Group was formed in 2021 to bring together leading aerospace manufacturing SMEs, including AVPE Systems and Broadway Engineering.

With comprehensive machining capabilities and the scale to support major projects, we support a diverse customer base spanning airframe, engine, civil, defence and aftermarket aerospace sectors.

Overview of Role

Role will encompass all aspects of Engineering from Turning, Milling & inspection Knowledge of engineering techniques Health and Safety

Full Description

The CNC setter operator programmer is responsible for activities which influence the following Key Performance Indicators (KPI's):

• The setting, running and programming of CNC Turning and Milling Centres.
• Involvement and attendance at SQDCP meetings in assigned area/s
• Ensuring Delivery Schedule Adherence of parts to system / route card dates
• Ensuring performance of part production to planned set and run times and Quality requirements
• Communicating Not right first time (NRFT) within assigned areas
• Ensuring Health and Safety processes are adhered to including wearing of relevant PPE
• Recording and assisting the Manufacturing Group Leader in improving the 5S organisation of the assigned Team areas and personal responsibility of machines being operated
• Responsible for ensuring work is completed on time in full to process routing / system date requirements
• Responsible for attending and participating in progress meetings as required
• Responsible for ensuring correct materials, Route Cards, drawing are used to produce components
• Setting up tools, offsets etc ready for your own operation to commence and assist Operators where appropriate
• Utilising the correct program to complete the required operations
• Ensuring correct tooling is used and monitored for optimum cutting effectiveness
• Monitoring cutting performance against agreed set times and run times - to minimise time taken and ensure adherence to required set times and look for ways to improve process methods, efficiently and effectively
• Assist Manufacturing Group Leader with implementing cost reduction initiatives.
• Ensure times for component batches are accurately booked on Factory Master
• Assisting the Manufacturing Group Leader with developing and maximising opportunities for lights out / unmanned running of products
• Ensuring machined products meet quality and accuracy requirements
• Reworking components as required to minimise delays to schedule
• Responsible for Deburring work as appropriate and instructed by the MGL
• Complete 'In Process check sheets' for your own work

Duration: 48 Months: First year full time college attendance at Swatpro, Yate, followed by day release

Working Week: 37 Hrs Mon-Thursday 7:30-16:00 Friday 7:30-12:30

Training provided by Swatpro Academy - Yate.

Desired Skills:

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills

Personal Qualities:

• Attention to detail
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental

Qualifications Required

4 GCSEs - Math's, English & Science at Grade 5-9 essential. (or equivalent)

Future Prospects

It will be very much a hands on role after first year. Attention to detail is critical, engagement is a key factor in our business especially apprentice level when placed into the factory. Never be afraid to ask questions, Quality is everything

Supplementary Application Form Questions

• Question 1: Where do you want to be in 5 years time?
• Question 2: Why are you interested in a career in Engineering?
• Question 3: What can you give Broadway Engineering , What can you bring that would make you " Stand out from the crowd "

Possible start date: September 2025.

Please complete and return the application form and a copy of your CV as soon as possible, to admin@bema.co.uk so that the initial assessments maybe completed and that your details can be circulated.

Organisation name: AVPE Systems [part of Broadway Group]

Contact name: Bryan Young

Contact email:

Contact phone number: 01454 321356

Contact website: https://www.bema.co.uk

Type: Apprenticeships

Salary: £8.25 per hour