Manufacturing Process Apprentice

ESSITY UK LTD

Prudhoe, NE42 6HE

Closes on Wednesday 2 July

Posted on 23 January 2025


Summary

• Excellent starting salary • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays • Benefits - cycle2work scheme, Healthshield, onsite canteen, pension scheme, sports and social club, health & wellbeing support and our online portal with access to discounts. • We will pay for the cost of public transport for the first 6 months of your employment

Training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Hours
07:30 - 15:30 Monday to Friday, after 9 months in the training academy (depending on age) You will remain on dayshift or be assigned to a crew working a set shift pattern

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 2 September

Duration

2 years

Positions available

12

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As a Manufacturing Process Apprentice, you will be trained over 18 months to operate our papermaking or converting machinery both safely and effectively. This will include:

  • Understanding the importance of health and safety
  • Responsibility for your area of the machine ensuring safe running and the highest quality
  • Carrying out preventative maintenance – clean, inspect, lubricate
  • Completing audits – checking parameters, reading gauges
  • Making mechanical changes with the use of hand tools
  • Understanding key manufacturing systems, including an awareness of production costs
  • Contributing to maintaining the quality of the products we manufacture
  • Supporting the wider operational teams on site

Where you’ll work

Prudhoe Mill

Princess Way

Prudhoe

NE42 6HE

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

ESSITY UK LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Your training plan

You will learn different skills, knowledge and behaviours within a dedicated training academy with the support of our dedicated on-site trainers, and on the job training with highly skilled mentors.  On completion of this apprenticeship, you will be considered for appointment to a permanent role.

The Process Apprenticeship involves learning how to work as part of a team who are responsible for operating the machinery that produce our variety of products and taking ownership of the equipment.

Our Manufacturing Process Apprenticeship will equip you with the right skills, knowledge and behaviours you need to become an expert in your field. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn within a world class company.

More training information

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and work in a fast-paced manufacturing site. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. 

So, if you have a passion for understanding how things work and are looking to secure a job in a world class company which will provide you with many future career opportunities, we’d love to hear from you. 

At Essity, we embrace the individual and recognise the remarkable power that can be harnessed when different people with different ideas, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives come together.  If you apply for a job at Essity, you can be sure that the only criteria we consider for selection is professional experience, qualification, key job-related attributes and working values.

At Essity, we believe everyone’s learning and professional development is unique and want to empower our employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture, motivated by a powerful purpose.  Essity have a collaborative and Inclusive culture, empowering & engaged leaders, working with purpose and sustainable impact, learning and growing in your career, supporting wellbeing & sustainable working life, life-changing innovation with competitive total rewards.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

About this company

At Essity, we are dedicated to improving well-being through leading hygiene and health solutions. We contribute to better lives for individuals and communities around the world. We strive to minimise our environmental impact, and we are determined to develop products and solutions that use less resources and fit into a circular society. In the UK our manufacturing sites focus on the manufacture of our leading brands, Cushelle toilet tissue, Plenty kitchen roll and Tork.

https://www.essity.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On completion of this apprenticeship, you will be considered for appointment to a permanent role. Many of our Apprentices have progressed into Process Operator positions and some have progressed onto the Technical Apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ESSITY UK LTD

Zara Dalton

zara.dalton@Essity.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000119205.

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Closes on Wednesday 2 July

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