Cadbury - Level 3 - Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship

MONDELEZ UK LIMITED

Birmingham (B30 2LU)

Closes on Wednesday 23 April 2025

Posted on 11 March 2025


Summary

This is more than just an apprenticeship—it’s a journey to becoming a highly skilled Engineer in the UK’s largest manufacturing sector. Cadbury's chocolate factory is searching for dedicated people to join their maintenance team to ensure that the factory can continue to produce some of the best chocolate in the world.

Wage
£21,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Your basic salary will be determined by your age and will range between £18,000 and £21,000

Training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
At Make UK - Mon - Thurs 8am - 4.30pm and Fri 8am - 12.30pm

36 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Wednesday 17 September

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

8

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Kickstart Your Career as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Apprentice with Mondelēz International!

Are you ready to take your first step toward an exciting and rewarding career in engineering? Join Mondelēz International, the world’s leading maker of chocolate, biscuits, candy, and gum – home to iconic brands like Cadbury, Oreo, and Milka. We are offering a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Apprenticeship that blends hands-on experience with classroom learning to equip you with the skills to excel in a dynamic, high-tech manufacturing environment.

This is a role that will support our manufacturing site in Bournville (home of Cadburys). Successful candidates will set out on a 4-year journey that will lead to being a qualified, trained and highly skilled Engineering Technician. The apprentice will become part of a collaborative team who will help the apprentice to develop their skills on the job by sharing knowledge, experience and technical abilities, coupled with recognised qualifications and a high-performing international business.

What to Expect:

This is more than just an apprenticeship—it’s a journey to becoming a highly skilled Engineering Technician in the UK’s largest manufacturing sector. From learning how we wrap 600 chocolate bars a minute to implementing preventative maintenance programs, every day will bring new challenges and opportunities. 

The candidate will be trained in the theoretical and practical aspects of maintenance, relating to the processing and packaging equipment used on site.

This may include:

•              Mechanical systems.

•              Electrical and process control systems.

•              PLC software applications.

•              Electro-mechanical design and solutions.

•              Electrical wiring, testing and installation.

•              Pneumatic systems.

•              Process instrumentation.

Post Qualification:

•              You will independently operate and maintain at least one process, equipment or systems following autonomous maintenance (AM) standards and use your technical skills to improve line and/or system performance to meet business needs.

•              You will be responsible for repairing and maintaining production equipment to deliver on our safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets.

•              Key to the site improvement journey, using integrated lean six sigma methodology, you will use your technical expertise to optimise your equipment using AM (autonomous maintenance) and PM (progressive maintenance) standards.

•              Ensuring that safety processes and practices are observed, and that quality assurance activities are performed, you will understand the losses in your production area and work with the wider team to eradicate and maximise performance.

Where you’ll work

Bournville
Birmingham
B30 2LU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

EEF LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll work towards several academic and vocational qualification levels throughout your time with us, which are fully paid for, including: 
•              Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Foundation Competence – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company.
•              Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Competence  - in years 2 to 4 in company.
•              Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK.
•              In house training in line with your requirements.
•              Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer.

On completion of your studies, you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Mechatronics Engineering Technician.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English Language (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)
  • Science (or any other relevant subject) (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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience

Other requirements

As this is a food production environment, you should bear in mind the high standards required. These roles are going to be very popular so Make UK and Mondelez reserve the right to change the closing date of this advert with no notice, so apply now to avoid disappointment.

About this company

Are you ready to take your first step toward an exciting and rewarding career in engineering? Join Mondelēz International, the world’s leading maker of chocolate, biscuits, candy, and gum – home to iconic brands like Cadbury, Oreo, and Milka.

Company benefits

You will be able to take advantage of the full range of staff benefits from day 1, which includes pension, generous annual leave allowance, and access to the subsidised staff shop as well as a brilliant range of other benefits.

After this apprenticeship

Once you complete your apprenticeship, there will be a multi-skilled maintenance engineering role waiting for you, however as a number of past apprentices have discovered, there can always be an opportunity to move into another part of the business. Your future is yours to forge. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EEF LIMITED

Make UK Recruitment Team

asrecruitment@makeuk.org

01213447900

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000308685.

Apply now

Closes on Wednesday 23 April 2025

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Company’s application instructions

To apply, follow the link to Make UK's recruitment portal and submit an application. Please remember that this is your first contact with Mondelez (Cadbury), so this is your opportunity to make a positive first impression. These roles are going to be very popular so Make UK and Mondelez reserve the right to change the closing date of this advert with no notice, so apply now to avoid disappointment.