Apprentice Engineer ARLA FOODS UK PLC

Location

Westbury, Wiltshire | United Kingdom

Job description

What you will do in your working day

Our Engineers are problem solvers. They are responsible for maintaining, fixing and installing machinery that allows us to create tasty, healthy, high quality products.

If a machine breaks down, we can’t get products to our customers. As an Arla Engineer, you will save the day and make sure that the nation get Cravendale milk in their tea each morning, Skyr yoghurt in their breakfast bowl, and Anchor butter on their toast.

Things we’d love to tell you about our Westbury site:

• Arla Westbury is the Home of Anchor butter
• We are the largest Butter factory in the UK
• We are the largest Dryer factory in the UK
• At peak times Westbury is consuming 5% of the UK’s milk - that’s the milk from every 1 cow in 20 from the whole of the UK

We have a purpose for Good:

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

The training you will be getting

We support you to become a qualified Engineer with a mix of practical and classroom based learning in partnership with Kirklees College in Huddersfield. At the end of the 4 years, you will graduate with an OAL L3 in Food and Drink Engineering Maintenance (Multiskilled), Level 3 Health and Safety Award, and your 18th Edition Regulations Certificate.

The college element of this Apprenticeship is “block release”, so there is the expectation to work and study away from home.

When required, accommodation and travel will be organised, but we need you to have a mature outlook and able to manage yourself and your studies when away from home, and when at your site.

The typical duration of college attendance in previous years is shown below:

• Year 1 - 17 weeks
• Year 2 - 10 weeks
• Year 3 - 10 weeks
• Year 4 - 5 weeks

This is a 4-year programme.

The final year will involve completion of a portfolio and preparation for End Point Assessment (EPA). This measures the skills, knowledge and behaviours outlined in the standard and is carried out by ESFA approved organisations independent from the college.

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

Once our apprentices have completed their apprenticeship standard, subject to vacancies at the time, there will be an opportunity to apply for further employment.

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