Food & Drink Engineering Maintenance Apprenticeship - Sudbury

Apprenticeship Preventx Ltd; Sudbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer is offering a Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship in Sudbury. This role provides the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with complex equipment, develop problem-solving skills, and receive mentorship from expert engineers. The apprenticeship supports long-term career growth in various engineering roles, with a focus on innovation and sustainability in food production. Join us to start your career in a vibrant and dynamic environment.

Benefits

Extensive learning opportunities

Mentorship from experienced professionals

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills essential in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to collaborate with various teams and adapt to different methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Receive guidance from expert engineers.
• Gain hands-on experience with sophisticated manufacturing equipment.
• Drive innovation and creativity in a multi-sensory environment.

Skills

Initiative

Ambitious

Education

Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship

Job description

Food & Drink Engineering Maintenance Apprenticeship - Sudbury

A Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship at Nestlé will give you the fault finding and problem solving skills you need for a fulfilling career here at the biggest food and drink manufacturer on the planet. Join our scheme and our expert mentors will support you as you establish yourself as an Engineering professional with a bright future.

Join our Engineering Apprenticeship scheme and begin an exciting journey towards a rewarding career with the world’s largest food and drink manufacturer. This opportunity is designed to help you develop essential fault-finding and problem‑solving skills, shaping you into a confident and capable engineering professional.

Over the course of four years, you will receive guidance from our expert engineers and mentors, immersing yourself in the engineering processes that support our global operations. You’ll gain insights into the workings of complex manufacturing and process equipment, learning how to diagnose and resolve issues while ensuring the entire operation runs smoothly. Working in a fast‑paced, live environment, you will be empowered to make decisions and gain hands‑on experience with some of the most sophisticated equipment in food and drink manufacturing.

Step into our vibrant, multi‑sensory factory environment, where you’ll drive innovation through your creativity every day. Join our team and take the first step towards a fulfilling engineering career!

Step into our vibrant multi‑sensory factory environment, where sight, sound and touch will come alive! Join our team and immerse yourself in our hands‑on workplace, driving innovation and creativity every day. You will also be required to wear PPE for this role.

We are looking to set you up for an exciting and varied career at Nestlé with extensive opportunities to continue your learning and development following completion of your apprenticeship. Our previous apprentices have gone from Technician roles to become Engineering Specialists, Maintenance Managers, Project Engineers and Engineering Managers, looking after teams of people and multi‑million‑pound budgets.

About the Training

• Engineering fundamentals: Navigate the complexities of an ever‑changing engineering environment, where your decisions will significantly impact product design, process efficiency and safety standards.
• Innovative problem‑solving: Leverage the skills you develop during the scheme to address real‑time engineering challenges. Identify opportunities and implement creative solutions for sustainable engineering success.
• Agility and adaptability: Embrace the challenge of collaborating with a range of different teams and adapting to various engineering methodologies as you rotate through roles.
• Effective technical communication: Balance the needs of various cross‑functional teams, enhancing your interpersonal skills and building your professional brand within the engineering landscape.
• Continuous industry insight: Gain firsthand experience of emerging trends and external factors that influence engineering practices, deepening your understanding of the ever‑evolving engineering landscape.

Taking time out from the factory floor, you’ll get a taste of student life when you attend residential learning modules on block release at North West Training Council (NWTC) in Liverpool. Here you’ll meet other apprentices from around the country—it’s a great chance to strike up professional relationships and build a network that could open doors in the future.

About the Employer

Good food nourishes and delights the senses. It helps pets to thrive, children to grow healthily and parents to age gracefully. It helps all of us to live life to the fullest. Good food also respects our planet and protects resources for future generations. But times are changing fast. And we know that what’s good today won’t be good enough tomorrow. Consider the challenge of satisfying the needs of 10 billion people by 2050 in a responsible and sustainable way. This will demand innovation and change. At Nestlé, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with food, drink and nutritional health solutions. That way we can enhance quality of life and contribute to a healthier future for all. Today, our business has around 275,000 employees, more than 2,000 brands and a presence in 188 countries.

Skills Required

• Initiative
• Ambitious

Training Provider

NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

Course/Training

Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)