British Sugar
About British Sugar
We are the leading producer of sugar for the British and Irish food and beverage markets, processing around eight million tonnes of sugar beet and producing up to 1.4 million tonnes of sugar each year.
Our innovative approach to manufacturing also enables us to create a range of co-products from power generation and bioethanol to animal feed and much more. We have an exciting opportunity to join our business in September on our multi-skilled Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship at our Wissington site, near Kings Lynn, where you will work with mechanical and electrical equipment plus highly automated programmable control systems
What's on offer?
Apprenticeships are a great way for us to turn today’s talented young people into the experts we need tomorrow. We are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals with a desire to develop and succeed.
British Sugar offer Technical Apprenticeship schemes in Process and Multi-skilled Engineering, which are designed to meet the future needs of our operational processing sites and typically last between two and four years, depending on the discipline.
Our apprenticeships combine studying and hands on training where you will gain a wealth of experience, a professional skill set and a nationally recognised qualification in your chosen discipline.
Throughout your apprenticeship you will be supported by your manager and working alongside experienced and qualified individuals so you will be given all the help you need to achieve and be successful.
What's in it for me?
- Earn whilst you learn with a competitive starting salary
- Learn with other British Sugar apprentices gaining Nationally recognised qualifications
- Be part of a team from day one, working with and learning from our experienced engineers
- Lots of support and training to encourage self-awareness, and develop other skills such as communication, self-management and teamwork to name a few
- After successful completion of the apprenticeship programme be appointed as a technician at one of our four sites
- Competitive Technician salary and benefits once you have qualified
Process and Multi-Skilled Engineering Apprenticeships
Join one of our Engineering programmes and you can play a crucial role in shaping the future of our business whilst developing your skills and gaining a qualification.
Our Process Engineering Apprenticeship scheme follows the Science Industry Level 3 Manufacturing Technician Standard and is 26 months in duration. Our Multi-Skilled Engineering Apprenticeship schemes will follow the Level 3, Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Standard or the Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering Standard, level 3. These schemes are between 42 and 48 months in duration. All our schemes offer a mix of on the job training at one of our four manufacturing sites and modular based study to gain formal qualifications.
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship scheme, you will have all the skills needed to become a qualified technician and you will work both individually and as part of a manufacturing team. Our factory and customer supply operations are large scale, fast moving plants where every day is different, operating 24/7 and are controlled by the very latest sophisticated control systems. You will become an integral part of a team supporting the processing of the sugar beet crop to producing products from Sugar to Bioethanol.
You will be capable of working with minimum supervision, taking responsibility for the quality and accuracy of the work you undertake. You will also be proactively identifying problems and solutions alongside areas for improving your working environment. To help ensure you are comfortable doing this, we will develop your communication skills, problem solving and team working skills throughout the scheme, using coaches and mentoring sessions as well as through an Outward Bound programme in the Lake District.