Food and Drink Technical Operator - Operations Apprentice

MARS PETCARE UK

Melton Mowbray, LE13 1BB

Closes on Friday 28 February

Posted on 4 November 2024

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Mars Petcare. You will take part in fantastic training courses, whilst tackling challenges and taking on real responsibility. You’ll need to be a good team player and communicator, with the motivation to get results. As a Mars Apprentice you will gain a professional qualification and on the job experience.

Annual wage
£20,000 a year

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The £20,000 per annum wage will rise on completion of each academic year + annual bonus + benefits.

Training course
Food and drink technical operator (level 3)
Hours
* Depending on production line, shift patterns: Pouch Shift 4 days on/4 days off – 2 x 12 hr mornings 7am - 7pm and 2 x 12 hr nights 7pm-7am Canning Shift 3 x nights Mon - Wed 7pm - 7am, 3 x days 7am - 7pm and 1 x 8 hrs day 7am - 3pm

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

3 years

Positions available

3

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

  • Developing leadership skills to enable you to lead a team to achieve results 
  • Learning how to operate, diagnose faults, repair and maintain our equipment
  • Working across both process and wrapping areas
  • Applying all relevant Mars quality and safety systems to ensure the safety of people and products is maintained 

On successful completion of the Operations Apprenticeship, you will have demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to take ownership and accountability for a number of machines, processes or pieces of equipment and carry out complex operational tasks, enabling you to coordinate a team of operational Associates to achieve line KPIs and take the lead in repairing mechanical breakdowns.

Where you’ll work

Mill Street

Melton Mowbray

LE13 1BB

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

UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN

Your training course

Food and drink technical operator (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Interpret, follow and implement food and drink production SOPs.
  • Interpret, follow and implement quality assurance procedures.
  • Monitor production performance, stock usage and rotation.
  • Operate or use food and drink production tools and equipment.
  • Identify hazards (Critical Control Points) and control measures to mitigate risks.
  • Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
  • Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures. Segregate, recycle and dispose of waste.
  • Monitor and inspect production machinery.
  • Apply basic maintenance practices. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, and grease and lubricate.
  • Select and use maintenance hand tools.
  • Follow food safe engineering standards and practices. For example, use of food safe chemicals, check out and in of components.
  • Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout).
  • Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
  • Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Collect and interpret information. Use data to apply changes
  • Record information - paper based or electronic.
  • Use information technology. Comply with GDPR.
  • Plan and organise self, others and resources.
  • Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders visually and verbally.
  • Communicate in writing.
  • Identify training needs. Train and buddy team members in the workplace.

    • Your training plan

    • 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

    More training information

    • Time with the training provider will be on block release

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4 (C) or above (or equivalent))
    • Maths (grade 4 (C) or above (or equivalent))

    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
    • Organisation skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Interest in leadership
    • Desire to learn

    About this company

    Our Mars Petcare division has more than 100,000 Petcare Associates spending their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives through our nutrition, health and services businesses. This includes famous nutrition brands like PEDIGREE® and WHISKAS®. At Mars Petcare, we believe that pets make the world a better place. We work towards our Purpose: A Better World for Pets.

    https://careers.mars.com/uk/en/apprenticeships (opens in new tab)

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Upon completing the apprenticeship, you’ll have the opportunity to apply for a position directly related to your training, allowing you to continue building your career with the skills you have developed

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN

    apprenticesupport@effem.com

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285463.

    Apply now

    Closes on Friday 28 February

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