Engineering Degree Apprenticeship in Brackley

About the Role

Are you passionate about starting your career within Engineering? Do you have an ambitious nature that strives towards high performance? Looking for a company you want to work with and for? As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to Engineering across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Degree Engineering Apprentice to be part of our high-performance Engineering team at our advanced manufacturing site in Brackley. Merging practical experience with skills-based learning, our apprenticeships are designed to kick-start your career. Our apprenticeship programme offers you the opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience, where you will combine university-based learning with on-the-job training.

Who are we, and what do we do?

Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants. We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

The benefits of working for Avara Foods

As a Degree Engineering Apprentice, you will enjoy a secure, supportive, and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded. On completion of the 4-year course, you will gain a Level 6 Manufacturing Engineering Degree from University of Northampton. We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things include the following:

• Competitive starting salary increasing after successful completion of each year.
• Structured apprenticeship pathway with placements across the site to ensure rounded development.
• Mentoring and training provided by experienced engineers and managers.
• Safety focused fundamentals training package including abrasive wheels, LOLER, COSHH & PUWER.
• Develop your mechanical skills through delivery of the site’s mechanical rebuild schedule.
• Develop your electrical skills through our onsite electrical workshop.
• Opportunities to develop fabrication skills including Welding.

Merging practical experience with skills-based learning, you will be attending University of Northampton learning on scheduled days.

What you’ll need to be successful

As an Engineering Degree Apprentice, we are looking for a driven and ambitious person to join our team. To be successful you will:

• Be enthusiastic and well-disciplined as our degree apprenticeship is heavily focused on attitude and behaviour.
• Exhibit initiative and be passionate for innovation and technology.
• Be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills.
• Have high analytical capability with the ability to think logically.
• Have the ability to think logically and to work both independently and as part of a team.

This programme is designed for those with A-levels or equivalent, but no degree. Applicants that do not have the below qualifications may still meet the entry requirements based on their work experience and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. To be eligible, you need:

• Have 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above, including Maths, English and a Science, Technology or Engineering related subject.
• A Levels at grade C or above in both a Mathematical based subject and a Science, Technology, Engineering or additional Mathematics related subject or 90+ credits in an Engineering BTEC at level 3 (for example MMM 96 Credits) or T Level – Pass (C and above).
• Have been a UK/EU/EAA resident for the past three years or more prior to starting the course.

Other important things to know about our Apprenticeships before applying

We have a duty of care to our colleagues and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we require our Apprentices to be based within a reasonable radius of their site location. You’ll need to have the permanent right to stay and work in the UK. You’ll be working in a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment, which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf-life products where hygiene standards are critical. The role is both factory and office based.

What happens after you apply for this role

After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Recruitment Resourcer at our Brackley Office, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.