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Careers at Farrat
Build your career
At Farrat we’re passionate about helping proactive people build a career in the engineering sector. We have team members that have been here for decades starting out as apprentices and progressing to management positions.
We’re dedicated to social mobility, ensuring that we give opportunities to people from all walks of life and encourage ongoing development and education to team members at every stage of their career.
Benefits
Our offices have a great working atmosphere where collaboration plays a large role. Some of the main benefits for working with Farrat include:
Health and Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance & health promotion program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Enhanced company sickpay
- Critical Illness cover
- Death in Service cover
- 1-2-1 financial health checks & financial wellbeing support
- Paid eye-sight tests
Leave and Flexibility
- 28 days' annual leave + statutory holidays
- Additional annual leave purchase scheme
- Additional annual leave at long service milestones
- Unlimited paid volunteering days
- Paid compassionate leave
- Sabbatical leave at long service milestones
- Hybrid working & flexible working hours
- Discounted holiday rentals
Financial
- Annual performance bonus
- Employer pension contribution
- Enhanced matched pension contribution
- Help for Employees discount scheme
Family
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced paternity pay
- Statutory shared parental pay
Company
- Paid for company events
- Adhoc employee "life moment" & celebration gifts
- Long service awards
- Monthly & annual values-linked recognition awards
- Free on-site parking
- Paid for on-site tea/coffee/milk
Environmental
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Bike-to-Work salary sacrifice scheme
Talent
- Payment of professional subscriptions
- Talent of Farrat recruitment referral scheme
Kickstart Your Career with Farrat
Ready to kick‑start your career with Farrat? At Farrat we believe our impact goes beyond the job and this involves supporting the future engineering talent. Take a look at the range of early career schemes we offer. For more information into one of these schemes please contact: [email protected]
STEM
Our engineers are passionate about what they do. We help to inspire others by regularly planning and engaging with STEM workshops that encourage and educate young people about careers in Science and Engineering. Farrat CEO, Oliver Farrell, and Major Projects Director, Ryan Arbabi, have both been awarded for their work as dedicated STEM Ambassadors by STEM.org.uk.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
Farrat have partnered with Innovate UK, The University of Manchester and Salford University to bring on board KTP Associates, who work with us on extensive R&D which is used to advance our products even further.
Contact us to get involved with one of our “Shared Knowledge” initiatives
T-Levels
Ready to learn? Farrat was first introduced to T-Levels through Trafford and Stockport college. T-Levels provide opportunities designed to give students practical skills and hands on experience in a real working environment.
Apprenticeships
Here at Farrat, we provide a wide range of apprenticeships from Level 3 to Level 7 supporting roles in Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, Business Administration and Human Resources.
Amelia, one of our Quality Engineering apprentices, shares: “So far in my apprenticeship, I’ve learned a wide range of skills that support my day-to-day work across different areas of the business, not just within quality. I’m really enjoying developing my knowledge and becoming more confident in my role, and I enjoy working as part of the team.”
Scholarships
At Farrat we are committed to support the next generation of engineering talent. Our scholarships provide financial assistance and meaningful industry exposure to help students thrive in their studies and future careers.
Learning & Professional Development
We provide a continuous learning environment so that our people can thrive in their careers.
In order to help our people to become as good as they can be in their professional field, we have built close working relationships with industry recognised bodies to develop training and development programmes. Farrat is a member of:
- The Manufacturing Institute
- The Steel Construction Institute
- The Institute of Structural Engineers
- The Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- The CPD Service
- “Sponsoring Organisation” of the Institute of Acoustics
- The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
As a result, we have been able to enroll a number of our people on higher education and professional development courses, such as Lean Fellowship’s and MBA’s, alongside regular interpersonal, management and leadership events and seminars. By developing the skills and knowledge of our team, we are able to enhance our processes and manufacture world-class, certified and accredited products for our clients.
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