For one night each year, the engineering and advanced manufacturing sector join in celebration. Recognising talented individuals and organisations embodying the qualities that define our shared sectors and industries:
Dedication, innovation and above all, skill.
Each of the 14 categories awarded pay homage to skills development. Honouring those making a difference to their workplace and the wider industry. Because without relevant skills, no sector can hope to survive, let alone thrive.
Yet, the ceremony is not only about celebrating success. It serves as a beacon to inspire the next generation. Providing a vital opportunity to engage, learn and share best practice. Laying the foundation of future innovation.
The SME Apprentice of the Year Award
The SME Apprentice of the Year Award
The best apprentice from a business of under 250 people. They should be an example of the opportunities apprenticeships can open and demonstrate excellent manufacturing and/or engineering skills, that have a real impact on their employer’s business.
The Large Employer Apprentice of the Year Award
The Large Employer Apprentice of the Year Award
The best apprentice from a business of over 250 people. They should be an example of the opportunities apprenticeships can open and demonstrate excellent manufacturing and/or engineering skills, that have a real impact on their employer’s business.
The Graduate or Degree Apprentice of the Year Award
The Graduate or Degree Apprentice of the Year Award
The best graduate or degree apprentice. They should be an example of the opportunities apprenticeships can open and demonstrate excellent manufacturing and/or engineering skills that have a real impact on their employer’s business.
The Skills Champion of the Year Award
The Skills Champion of the Year Award
An individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of manufacturing and/or engineering skills in the UK. Their impact on a business, local or national level, should demonstrate their passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The Skills Collaboration of the Year Award
The Skills Collaboration of the Year Award
Two or more organisations who collaborate to make a significant contribution to the development of manufacturing and/or engineering skills in the UK. Their impact on a business, local or national level should demonstrate their passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The SME Investment in Skills Award
The SME Investment in Skills Award
A business of under 250 people which has made a significant and/or innovative investment in manufacturing and/or engineering skills. Their investment should demonstrate their passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The Training Partner of the Year Award
The Training Partner of the Year Award
A training partner which has made a significant and/or innovative contribution to developing manufacturing and/or engineering skills. Its work should demonstrate its passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The Diversity in Engineering Award
The Diversity in Engineering Award
An individual or organisation who has made a significant contribution to diversity in the manufacturing and engineering sector in the UK. Their impact on a business, local or national level, should demonstrate their belief in diversity as a competitive advantage.
The Connect Places Innovation Award
The Connect Places Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards the challenge of making society more connected physically, digitally or socially. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact.Their technology might touch on smart cities, the internet of things, the future of mobility, digital transport or any other area related to better connected places.
The Manufacturing and Materials Innovation Award
The Manufacturing and Materials Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards the future of manufacturing and valuable materials. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact. Their technology might touch on digital ways to increase productivity, systems flexibility, resource efficiency or any other area related to manufacturing and materials.
The Energy Revolution Innovation Award
The Energy Revolution Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards the UK prospering from the energy revolution. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact. Their technology might touch on energy storage, smart grid and platforms, renewables, renewable maintenance, carbon reduction and carbon removal technologies or any other area related to the energy revolution.
The Healthier and Safer World Innovation Award
The Healthier and Safer World Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards making the world healthier and safer. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact. Their technology might touch on robots for a safer world, safety technologies, resilience and climate mitigation, early diagnosis or any other area related to health or safety.
The Skills Innovation of the Year Award
The Skills Innovation of the Year Award
The technology or organisation who best-used technology to make a significant and innovative contribution to the development of manufacturing and/or engineering skills in the UK. Its work should demonstrate a passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world. The technology used might touch on learner data, the internet of things, online platforms, online content, virtual reality, augmented reality, or other methods of remote and/or immersive learning.
The Best of British Engineering
The Best of British Engineering
This award can’t be entered separately, as it will be awarded to one of the brilliant apprentices, champions of skills development or innovative engineers to have won the previous awards. In the last 12 months they will have brought to life everything that makes British engineering great and exactly what will see it continue to be world-leading in the future.
The SME Apprentice of the Year Award
The best apprentice from a business of under 250 people. They should be an example of the opportunities apprenticeships can open and demonstrate excellent manufacturing and/or engineering skills, that have a real impact on their employer’s business.
The Large Employer Apprentice of the Year Award
The best apprentice from a business of over 250 people. They should be an example of the opportunities apprenticeships can open and demonstrate excellent manufacturing and/or engineering skills, that have a real impact on their employer’s business.
The Graduate or Degree Apprentice of the Year Award
The best graduate or degree apprentice. They should be an example of the opportunities apprenticeships can open and demonstrate excellent manufacturing and/or engineering skills that have a real impact on their employer’s business.
The Skills Champion of the Year Award
An individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of manufacturing and/or engineering skills in the UK. Their impact on a business, local or national level, should demonstrate their passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The Skills Collaboration of the Year Award
Two or more organisations who collaborate to make a significant contribution to the development of manufacturing and/or engineering skills in the UK. Their impact on a business, local or national level should demonstrate their passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The SME Investment in Skills Award
A business of under 250 people which has made a significant and/or innovative investment in manufacturing and/or engineering skills. Their investment should demonstrate their passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The Training Partner of the Year Award
A training partner which has made a significant and/or innovative contribution to developing manufacturing and/or engineering skills. Its work should demonstrate its passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world.
The Diversity in Engineering Award
An individual or organisation who has made a significant contribution to diversity in the manufacturing and engineering sector in the UK. Their impact on a business, local or national level, should demonstrate their belief in diversity as a competitive advantage.
The Connect Places Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards the challenge of making society more connected physically, digitally or socially. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact.Their technology might touch on smart cities, the internet of things, the future of mobility, digital transport or any other area related to better connected places.
The Manufacturing and Materials Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards the future of manufacturing and valuable materials. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact. Their technology might touch on digital ways to increase productivity, systems flexibility, resource efficiency or any other area related to manufacturing and materials.
The Energy Revolution Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards the UK prospering from the energy revolution. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact. Their technology might touch on energy storage, smart grid and platforms, renewables, renewable maintenance, carbon reduction and carbon removal technologies or any other area related to the energy revolution.
The Healthier and Safer World Innovation Award
An individual engineer who is making a significant contribution towards making the world healthier and safer. They can come from any size of business, but their work should demonstrate the potential scale of their innovation, both commercially and in terms of impact. Their technology might touch on robots for a safer world, safety technologies, resilience and climate mitigation, early diagnosis or any other area related to health or safety.
The Skills Innovation of the Year Award
The technology or organisation who best-used technology to make a significant and innovative contribution to the development of manufacturing and/or engineering skills in the UK. Its work should demonstrate a passion for developing engineering skills that change lives, the sector or the world. The technology used might touch on learner data, the internet of things, online platforms, online content, virtual reality, augmented reality, or other methods of remote and/or immersive learning.
The Best of British Engineering
This award can’t be entered separately, as it will be awarded to one of the brilliant apprentices, champions of skills development or innovative engineers to have won the previous awards. In the last 12 months they will have brought to life everything that makes British engineering great and exactly what will see it continue to be world-leading in the future.
Nominations are now closed.
Next year’s event will be on the 19th March at London’s exclusive 8 Northumberland Avenue. Moments from Trafalgar Square in the beating heart of the capital. A new venue, new awards and a host of entertainment promise an unmissable night. It is sure to be a highlight of your calendar year.
To reserve your table at the event contact marketing@semta.org.uk.
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Kaylee McNally, an engineering apprentice from Arlington Automotive, was recognised for her talents as an engineering apprentice and for the work she does introducing other young people to the opportunities that a career in advanced manufacturing and engineering offers.
Pentaxia Limited was also recognised for making a special contribution to supporting skills development within the advanced manufacturing and engineering industry taking home the overall award.
BAE Systems won this prestigious award for its culture change and outreach programmes that have increased the proportion of female engineering apprentices at BAE from around 5 percent 10 years ago, to 30 percent today.
Robyn Clarke, an undergraduate engineer at Toyota Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, was recognised for her excellence as an engineer but also the fact that she has often been the first to engage with skills development programmes at Toyota helping to pave the way for other young engineers to follow in her footsteps.
Gareth Jenkins, Managing Director of FSG Tool and Die Ltd., was recognised for the work he's done in creating opportunities in the manufacturing industry in Wales. Since 2009, schemes Gareth played a role in creating have helped create over 9,000 jobs.
ridgwater & Taunton College was recognised as being one of the best training providers in the UK for the hands-on practical experience it's providing to apprentices in the nuclear sector, incorporating new technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.
Pentaxia Limited was recognised as being one of the best organisations in the UK. Pentaxia has set up its own training facilities to bring 3 to 5 new people a month into the industry and develop the talented employees it needs as a fast growing SME.
Grwp Llandrillo Menai was recognised as being one of the best training providers in the UK for the support it gives the economy of North Wales, by equipping local people with the skills and qualifications needed to ensure the competitiveness and success of the region.
Glen Fraser, an engineering technician apprentice at BAE Systems plc, Naval Ships, struggled through school and was diagnosed with severe dyslexia at an early age, he was told by a teacher that 'engineering wasn't for him'.
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