Engineering Apprentice

Level 3 Engineering Apprentice

Are you passionate about starting your career within Engineering? Do you have an ambitious nature that strives towards high performance? Would you like to join a growing team of over 65 engineers, on a proven apprenticeship pathway?

As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to Engineering across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Engineering Apprentice to be part of our high performing Engineering team at our advanced manufacturing site in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Purpose of the Role

To support the Engineering teams with optimising machinery output and product quality and minimise plant downtime through effective planned maintenance and reactive maintenance activities whilst maintaining a safe and healthy environment and promoting good engineering practice.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive starting salary of £11.50ph, increasing after successful completion of each year
• Personal toolbox issued to you from Day 1
• Structured apprenticeship pathway with placements across the site to ensure rounded development
• Mentoring and training provided by experienced engineers and managers
• Safety focused fundamentals training package including abrasive wheels, LOLER, COSHH & PUWER
• Develop your mechanical skills through delivery of the site’s mechanical rebuild schedule
• Develop your electrical skills through our onsite electrical workshop
• Opportunities to develop fabrication skills including Welding
• Regular opportunities for overtime at premium rate
• Opportunities to gain an engineering degree through our degree apprenticeship program

Structure

Merging practical experience with skills-based learning, our apprenticeships are designed to kick-start your career. Our apprenticeship programme offers you the opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience, where you will combine college-based learning with on-the-job training. You will work alongside experts, on real projects that shape our future, and you will have a mentor who will support you throughout the program.

Your key responsibilities as an Engineering Apprentice will be:

• Support the Engineering teams to ensure the Engineering maintenance is carried out in line with the schedule and effective and efficient corrective action is taken.
• Develop quick and effective response to breakdowns in more than one area on site, where possible identifying root cause and suggesting possible improvements to prevent further breakdowns occurring.
• Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to the Engineering Shift Manager / Principal Engineer and work with the operations department to minimise plant disruption.
• Follow good engineering standards and good hygiene practice for the department.
• Ensure all activities are carried out within company and legislative health and safety guidelines, highlighting possible areas of improvement to the Engineering Shift Manager / Principal Engineer.
• Timely reporting of any Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental Issues
• Follow the communicated escalation route for unscheduled plant downtime and minimise downtime by following a good engineering practice.
• Demonstrate basic problem solving techniques to identify root cause of issues.

What we are looking for:

As an Engineering Apprentice we are looking for a driven and ambitious person to join our team. You will have:

• Numerical and reasoning ability to meet entry level requirements for a technical apprenticeship (Functional skills L2 in Literacy and Numeracy as well as pass score in Technical Abilities Test)
• Minimum qualifications are 5 GCSE’s grade C or above including: Math’s, English and a science is desirable
• Practical ability in order to operate within a FMCG factory
• Self-motivated attitude with the ability to multi-task and thrive in a timeline-driven environment
• Interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team
• Experience in Engineering is desirable

A little about us:
Avara Foods is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7000 people. This is achieved by investing in people, utilising the latest technology and being uncompromising in our commitment to high quality and food standards.

All our facilities are Covid secure, with protective measures and precautions in place to keep our people safe.

If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!

If you have any questions regarding this role, please email earlycareers@avarafoods.co.uk

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.