The UK arm of Collins Aerospace (part of RTX), with Wolverhampton-based engineering graduate programmes and a four-year technical engineering apprenticeship.
Collins Aerospace is a large aerospace and defence technology business owned by RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies). In the UK its Wolverhampton site, which one advert lists as HS Marston, makes aerospace components using techniques such as joining, vacuum brazing, heat treatment and chemical processing, working with a range of materials. Collins describes its offer as technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industry.
Collins' mission on its graduate adverts is to help "connect and protect people around the world", through work spanning space exploration, commercial air travel and defence and rescue. It also lists a passion for sustainability and aerospace technology among the things it looks for in graduates.
The UK site in our evidence is Wolverhampton (postcode WV10), a site the 2025 graduate advert lists as the only UK location for that role, where both the graduate programmes and the apprenticeships we found are based. Off-the-job apprentice training takes place at Make UK in Aston, Birmingham, so apprentices need to be able to travel between the two. We did not find a current list of other UK Collins sites or a UK headcount, so check the Collins careers site.
Collins says diversity drives innovation, and the adverts mention employee resource groups, community projects and a recruitment process designed to be barrier-free, with adjustments available for disabled candidates. These are company claims. An apprenticeship advert also describes rotations through the Quality and Manufacturing Engineering departments. We did not find independent culture reviews.
The Engineering Graduate programme for 2025 entry, advertised on Bright Network under the previous Raytheon Technologies name, lasted three years, with 18 months of rotations across engineering areas followed by a tailored development plan. It paid £30,000 plus a company performance bonus, asked for a 2:1 or above in engineering and BPSS background checks, and closed on 6 November 2024. Supply chain, project management and manufacturing engineering graduate roles at Wolverhampton appeared in earlier years. The Level 3 Technical Engineering Apprenticeship (2023 intake) lasted four years, paid £249.23 a week, asked for five GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 including maths and English, led to an NVQ and BTEC Level 3, and aimed for a first job as a Quality or Manufacturing Engineer. These details are dated, so check what is open now.
Website: www.collinsaerospace.com
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