Apprentice Engineer in Leicester

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.

We’re not just any food business. We’ve been proudly family-owned since 1896 and now employ over 10,000 people across the UK. We make top-quality products for major retailers and own iconic brands you’ll know and love, like Ginsters, Soreen, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company, and Dickinson & Morris. We’re constantly innovating and have big plans for the future and you could be part of it!

Your FDEM Apprenticeship

We are looking for 1 apprentice at our Leicester siteto 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.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary, increasing each year
• Fully funded qualification including travel and accommodation on a block release basis
• Fantastic learning facilities at the BMET college
• Encouraging engineering colleagues to support you as you learn

Who We’re Looking For:

• 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

We previously received a high volume of applications and are seeking candidates with new or updated experience aligned to the refined role requirements.

If selected, you will need to be available 26th June & 2nd July for a Bakery Tour and Recruitment Day.

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as 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 that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.