Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineering Apprentice

Summary

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, your role is to provide a safe, high-quality, cost-effective maintenance service to site assets including preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance ensuring achievement of Factory Key Performance Indicators, targets and budgets.

Wage

£19,000 a year

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Training course

Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed

36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

2

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

Are you ready to build a career with one of the UK’s most exciting and innovative snack brands? At PROPER SNACKS we don’t just make ridiculously tasty snacks, we engineer the future of better snacking!

Now, we’re looking for passionate and curious apprentices to join our Engineering Apprenticeship Programme and help keep our production running smoothly while learning from the best in the industry.

What’s in it for you?

Hands-on engineering experience in a fast-paced environment
Industry-recognised qualifications and expert mentorship
A team that champions learning, growth, and, of course, great snacks
A clear pathway for career progression in food manufacturing

This isn’t just an apprenticeship, it’s your chance to be part of a bold, dynamic, and growing brand where every day brings something new. If you’re driven, eager to learn, and excited about engineering, we want to hear from you!

Take your first step towards an exciting career with PROPER SNACKS.

As an Engineering Apprentice, you will play a key role in supporting the engineering function across the Nuneaton site. Through hands-on experience and structured learning, you will develop the skills and knowledge required to ensure the safety, quality, and efficiency of our site assets.

You will work alongside experienced engineers, learning about preventative, predictive, and reactive maintenance while contributing to the achievement of key operational targets.

This apprenticeship provides the opportunity to develop technical expertise in electrical, mechanical, and control systems engineering within a dynamic and fast-paced manufacturing environment this will be in the form of Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering:

BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering; and Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Over a period of 4 years, you will mix attending college and working in our Snacktory

The Role Responsibilities:

Assist in maintenance activities across the site, including preventative, predictive, and breakdown maintenance under the supervision of qualified engineers
Support electrical and mechanical repairs, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring of plant machinery once qualified in these areas
Learn how to diagnose faults in electrical, mechanical, and control systems, using data and technical problem-solving techniques
Work as the link between Operations & Engineering, ensuring maintenance activities support production efficiency
Assist in contractor management, including the issuing of Permit to Work (PTW) and reviewing risk assessments and method statements (RAMS)
Support Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives by contributing ideas and helping to implement efficiency improvements
Engage in structured training, both on-the-job and through external learning providers, to achieve recognized engineering qualifications
Work safely, ensuring compliance with health & safety regulations and food production hygiene standards
To provide technical support to Operational teams, and Operations Management, monitoring maintenance activities, routines and procedures for accuracy, effectiveness and completion

Where you’ll work

132 Townsend Drive
Nuneaton
CV11 6TJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

MIDLAND GROUP TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

Your training course

Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
Apply continuous improvement techniques.
Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
Apply continuous improvement techniques.
Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.

Your training plan

Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths (grade 9-5)
English (grade 9-4)
Science (grade 9-4)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Any two other subjects (grade 9-4)

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
Team working
Organisation skills
IT skills

Other requirements

Working in a factory environment, moving onto a continental shift pattern, including nights once completion of the apprenticeship. Requirements to wear PPE and Safety boots.

About this company

We care about every part of your snacks. Standout packs, bold flavours, and carefully sourced ingredients. All made by a team that never settles for ordinary. Built by founders who knew snacks could be better, we became the UK’s first B Corp snacks brand. Now, as the largest B Corp snacks manufacturer, that belief still fuels us every day. Our much-loved PROPER range and pioneering Eat Real snacks are made in our own UK factory. Every month, more than 12 million bags make their way across Europe. Because snackers everywhere deserve better. There are snacks. And then there’s PROPER SNACKS.

After this apprenticeship

Potential to move into a Salaried Shift Engineer, working 40 hours per week
Opportunities to mentor Technical Operators and Managing teams as the business grows

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