Food Technical Apprentice Bourne

Salary: £19,000 - Increasing to £22,000 in Year 2.

Location: Bourne, Tilmanstone, Spalding, Sutton Bridge & London

Ways of Working: Site-based

Hours of work: Standard hours are 8.30 am - 5.00 pm. Dependent on role and site, you may be based in a factory setting for a large proportion of your day and may in future be required to move onto a relevant shift pattern.

Contract Type: FTC with a guaranteed role on successful completion of the apprenticeship

Start Date: Tuesday 1st September 2026

Assessment Dates: April 2026

Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we are one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we are proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

If you are a methodical thinker interested in learning the customer, safety, quality and legislative standards necessary for successful, large scale, food manufacturing and you want the sense of pride in knowing you have helped to ensure our food is of the highest quality then our Advanced apprenticeship in Technical is ideal for you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Expected Duration: 2.5 Years
• Apprenticeship Level: Advanced Level 3 - Food Technologist
• Training Provider: UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN

You will complete a Level 3 Food Technologist standard. You will also take part in a soft skills development programme. At the end of your programme, if you have successfully completed your apprenticeship and achieved the performance targets we have set for you, you are guaranteed a permanent role with us. Future career aspirations could include Senior Process Technologist, Quality Manager and Technical Manager to name a few.

What to expect:

A career in Food Technical with us means feeling a sense of pride in knowing that you have ensured the food on consumers' plates is safe to eat. You will be given the chance to work alongside many different departments to see how a kitchen concept is made real and manage the process through to see a product hit the retailer shelves. You will learn about areas such as process design and food science in the context of food safety legislation and quality standards. This technical role focuses on the key business areas of food safety and product quality and will involve working alongside other departments to ensure that all manufacturing is done correctly, safely and to a high standard of quality. By the end of your programme, you will be able to utilise your food science knowledge to ensure the smooth transition of food products from factory to fork ensuring that technical and quality standards are achieved whilst maximising profitability to meet customer requirements.

What we’re looking for:

• Individuals with strong communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, a logical mindset, and be comfortable working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Patience, initiative, and a proactive attitude are essential.

With regards to requirements, you must have full right to work within the U.K., have been a U.K. resident for over the past 3 years & the age requirement is 18+ (Especially for our Crewe & Aston sites).

For qualifications you must hold the following:

• GCSE or equivalent English and maths + three others (Grade 9 - 4 or A* - C) essential.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

What’s next? Applications are due to close on Monday 9th March 2026, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early. Upon successful application review you will be invited to face to face assessment which will take place at one of our Bakkavor sites, April 2026. Induction and enrolment for this role and the apprenticeship will take place in August and September 2026.