Food and Drinks Maintenance Engineer Apprentice
SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED
About the Role
<p>At Samworth Brothers, we’re excited to offer our Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer Apprenticeship. Working alongside our trusted learning partners, you’ll gain a recognised qualification whilst getting hands on experience and guidance from our highly skilled engineering teams who are passionate about what they do.</p>
We are looking for 2 apprentices at our Manton Wood site to start in September 2026.
You’ll be guided through your qualification by BMET, while putting your new skills into practice on site. Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll also have a dedicated workplace mentor to help you every step of the way.
At the end of the programme, you’ll achieve a Level 3 Diploma in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering. This is a cutting-edge qualification created by industry experts and Samworth Brothers are proud to be part of the trailblazing group that designed this standard, ensuring it’s built for the industry, by the industry.
- Be able to demonstrate an interest in engineering either through experience or a hobby/school interest
- The ability to work as a team member and possess good interpersonal, communication and literacy skills
- A minimum of 4 GCSE’s, or equivalent, at Grade A* to C (5-9) including English, Maths
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Meet the funding requirements for apprenticeships
Excellent opportunities for career progression and long-term development within the company.
About the Training
Training will be delivered at James Watt BMet College as part of the programme.
About the Employer
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality chilled and ambient foods enjoyed by millions of people across the UK every day. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested, modern food manufacturing sites around the country.
At Samworth Brothers we feel strongly about our purpose – ‘We do GOOD things with GREAT food’ and as a business we seek to be a long-term force for good. Our purpose is underpinned by a strong set of values that sets out how we behave as a business and with each other.
We take pride in the family feel that exists within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group, as well the opportunities that that offers, if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of this and support our teams in delivering great products to all our customers.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Engineering
Training Provider
BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE
Course/Training
Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)