- GMFJ Reference
246471
- Wages
£23,877 p/a
- Hours
40.00 per week
- Date Posted
13/02/2024
- Start Date
04/09/2024
- Approx. Duration
30 months
- Location
Bury St Edmunds
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Engineering
- Opportunity Type
Advanced Level 3
- Employer
British Sugar
Description
When you join British Sugar, you can expect a competitive starting salary of £23,877, which is reviewed annually. Additionally, you'll enjoy the benefit of 26 days holiday plus bank holidays. At British Sugar, we prioritise rewarding our employees for their dedication and contributions, ensuring a supportive and fulfilling work environment.
Please note, this role is known as Process Engineering Apprentice on the employer's website.
You will learn our unique process of producing refined sugar from sugar beet by using heat, cooling, pressure or a chemical/biochemical agent into an end product. You will also assist in the installation operation, planned preventative maintenance and repair of machinery such as pumps, turbines or compressors.
A 30-month learning programme, following the Science Manufacturing Technician Standard, achieving a Level 3 Process Technology qualification and all the practical experience alongside, to be ready to move into a Process Technician role. This is an exciting opportunity if you are career-minded with an interest in Science & Engineering and looking for a role being hands-on with industrial equipment and using the latest process control and computer automation technology.
Working from our Bury St Edmunds factory site, on a 12-hour shift pattern of 4 days at work and then 4 days not at work. This includes working some weekends and bank holidays.
This scheme gives you the opportunity to:
- Learn how the key operational functions Extraction, Refinery, Pulp Management, Energy, Co-Products and Customer Supply work within our factories.
- Gain a solid knowledge of our processes and equipment.
- Understand our systems and procedures to work safely and efficiently.
- Develop behavioural skills to be a great team member.
So, what does a day in the life of a Manufacturing Engineering apprentice look like at British Sugar?
Firstly, there are never two days the same but an average day looks like this:
- 7.00am - I arrive on site, meet the team and go to the Control room and monitor the operation of the plant, sitting in front of multiple screens.
- I can find out what has happened over the last 24 hours and problem solve with my colleagues and some of them have over 20 years of experience in the job! A great learning opportunity.
- We then go out onto the plant to investigate any problems. Using our tablet we then check the equipment to make sure it is working properly in the real world and rectify any faults ourselves.
- I will also carry out some laboratory analysis for control and quality. With it being a large industrial site, I can easily complete over 10,000 steps a day.
- There are a number of routine maintenance tasks that I will complete, some of these are filter changes, plant checks and hands on repairs as needed.
- There is always time to complete some of my apprenticeship work so that I keep up with logging my journals and recording my on-the-job training that all goes towards my apprenticeship.
- It's now 7.30pm and my shift has finished and time to go home. Shifts are great, we work 4 days on, 4 days off pattern, which has a long break of 17 days. We also work some day patterns too, to carry out site maintenance and I really enjoy the flexibility of shift work.
It's a great 'hands on' role and the factory is the best chemistry set you will get to play with!
For more information about this vacancy please contact GetMyFirstJob Recruitment on opportunities@getmyfirstjob.co.uk (Ref ID: 246471)
Company website : https://careers.britishsugar.co.uk/apprenticeships/
What will you need?
- Be aged 18 and over as at 1 September 2024 for this shift based role
- Be living and eligible to work in the UK
- Live our values of staying safe, drive to action, working together, respecting each other and being open and flexible
- Have achieved or predicted a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Level 4/C which must include Maths, English and a Science
When applying for an apprenticeship at British Sugar, you’ll
be asked to create an account and upload your CV, along with an optional cover
letter. Although the cover letter is not compulsory, we highly recommend
including one to maximise your chances of securing an interview. You'll also
need to answer a few short questions to help the recruitment team in getting to
know you better.
British Sugar is committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, within a culture of inclusion; a culture that empowers and respects everyone.