Engineering Apprentice in Redditch

A 4-year Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship at Greencore, blending hands-on maintenance training with study at MGTS. Develop practical engineering skills, support production, and learn to keep machinery running in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Keep our food safe by following health, safety, and engineering standards.
• Maintain and optimise machinery to keep production running smoothly.
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance.
• Support machinery changeovers and set-ups.
• Drive improvements through audits and performance reviews.
• Read and interpret task related information and data, including work instructions, SOPs, quality control documentation, specifications, drawings, and operation manuals.
• Plan work and identify resources to complete tasks.
• Identify hazards and control measures to mitigate risks.
• Comply with food safety, health and safety, and environmental regulations and procedures.
• Select, inspect, and safely use maintenance tools and equipment; maintain and calibrate tools where required.
• Follow standard operating procedures and quality procedures.
• Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout) and reinstatement of equipment with system checks and handover.
• Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques, including checks, lubrication, component replacement, and calibration.
• Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques, including use of electrical testing equipment and fault finding.
• Apply reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce failures (condition monitoring, thermography, vibration analysis, etc.).
• Install and configure instrumentation, process control systems, and electrical systems.
• Assemble, position, and fix equipment; complete commissioning checks; storage measures to prevent deterioration.
• Read and interpret equipment performance data; produce and amend engineering drawings and graphical information.
• Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques using PLC data and industrial networks.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques to understand current performance and devise improvements.
• Restore the work area on completion of activity and escalate issues when needed.
• Use information technology for document creation, communication, and information management, and comply with GDPR and cyber security.
• Record work activity and management data as required by the business and legal reporting requirements.
• Communicate verbally and in writing with colleagues and stakeholders using appropriate engineering terminology.
• Produce reports on equipment performance and provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.

Training schedule

Alongside your day-to-day role, you'll attend 15 study blocks of 3 weeks in MGTS's training facility in Redditch (mostly during the first two years). As part of these study blocks, you'll gain hands-on experience to become a food and drink maintenance engineer, before applying them in real working scenarios in the workplace.

Qualifications and requirements

• GCSE in Maths and English (grade C/5 or above or equivalent).
• Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Team working
• Patience
• GCSE Grade 5/C in Maths and English (or equivalent)
• Strong IT skills
• The right to live and work in the UK

We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of nationality or background. However, applicants must have (or be able to obtain) the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the programme. A driving licence and access to a car is highly advantageous to support travel requirements.

About 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. We employ over 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. 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 to thousands of stores every day.