Apprentice Engineer

at  Warburtons

Location: Burnley
Function: Manufacturing
Job Reference: 6003
Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time
Closing Date: 31/12/2024

STARTING SALARY OF £21,500 PER ANNUM, INCREASING EACH YEAR, TUITION AND ACCOMMODATION FEES PAID

Engineers aren’t born they’re bread and we’re gearing up to welcome applications for our 2025 Engineering Apprentices to join our family based in our Burnley Bakery. We are looking for our new Apprentices to have a passion for engineering and to be available to join the family in August 2025.
Click here to take a sneaky peek into the life of an Engineer at Warburtons.
Your first year will be attending a full-time residential course with our national training provider, Midland Group Training Services, based in Coventry. Accommodation will be provided in newly built Student accommodation, which is only a short walk from the training facility and will be funded as part of the course. For more information on MGTS click: www.mgts.co.uk , to view the accommodation click: Gulson gardens student accommodation.

THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME GIVES YOU THE DEVELOPMENT AND SKILL SET YOU NEED FOR US TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.

We are inviting Apprenticeship applications NOW in readiness for our selection events in February 2025.

Our Apprenticeship provides the knowledge, skills and experience needed for the role of a Multi skilled Maintenance Engineer. These include, performing plant maintenance and conducting failure diagnosis, maintenance, repair and replacement of our highly automated control systems, mechanical, electrical and production systems along with learning about food and safety legislation.

Typical things you can expect are:

• A structured 4-year Apprenticeship Programme
• Varied learning through a mixture of on-the-job training with your own Warburtons mentor and working with our training provider (MGTS)
• An apprenticeship that equips you to become a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
• A varied programme that involves, electrical, mechanical and control engineering
• Learning to fault find and fix mechanical and electrical components including making and suggesting improvements.

At the successful completion of your Apprenticeship, you’ll have achieved your BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, and you’ll be ready to start your career as a qualified Multi Skilled Engineer with us. This route is just the start of your career and can open the door to many more opportunities, such as Engineering Management and Project Engineering positions at site or involved with continuous improvement projects in head office.