Are you passionate about teamwork? Excited about building a long-term career in the food industry? And highly motivated to advance your career? If this sound like you, our Quality Assurance Technical Degree Apprenticeship could be the perfect opportunity!
Job Description
We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.
Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
We want to ensure that we are developing skilled technical personnel able to respond to the demands of an exciting business and become the future technical leaders focusing on Quality Auditing, Process development, Technical services or hygiene work. As such, this role is perfect for anyone that has a passion for food and are keen to learn about all of the moving parts that go into making our food safe, legal and consistently high quality for consumers.
We're looking for our next generation of Food Technical Apprentices to develop and grow a career with Greencore. Based at one of our manufacturing sites, you will provide technical support while developing your skills in key aspects of the Technical function.
What you'll be doing
The Greencore Degree Apprenticeship Programme is designed to help you reach your potential and build a rewarding career in food. In partnership with Nottingham Trent University, this 4-year apprenticeship programme will align your studies to real work to become an integral part of our site Technical team.
You will complete a Food Industry Technical Professional Degree apprenticeship and finish the programme with a BSc Hons in Food Science & Technology. Our Degree Apprenticeship provides a blend of on and off the job learning, exposure, experience, and education so that you can develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to kickstart your career in the food industry.
At the end of the programme, you will transition into a Technical Management role that is supports your future career goals. You will learn about food chemistry, sustainable food production, raw materials, microbiology of food and how to apply this knowledge to your day job. This includes:
Obtaining Certification information for raw materials such as Certificates of Analysis.
Quality management system work: * Obtaining photos of relevant locations
Walking through draft procedures in conjunction with relevant disciplines to understand if they were clear and accurate
Other routine Quality Assurance tasks: * Collection of samples - raw materials & finished products
Taking swabs - hand, hygiene, and listeria
Investigating customer complaints
What we're looking for
Together we make everyday taste better. We are looking for you to have a passion for food, and people. You will also be:
Passionate about working as part of a team, and have an ambition to have a long-term career in the food industry
Highly motivated to grow your career, studying for a degree alongside doing a demanding day job
Resilient and equipped to take change in your stride
Curious, organised and able to use your excellent communication skills to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholdersTo join our Degree Apprenticeship, you will need:
GCSE English language and maths at grade C/4 or above
3 A Levels at BBB (preferably including a science subject)Or a
BTEC extended Diploma at DDM
Or previous relevant work experienceYou will also require the right to live and work in the UK. Our operation is 24/7 so you will be required to work shifts. These will vary depending on site and could include early starts from 5am, rotating night shifts and weekends.
You will also be required to travel for attendance at university study blocks, development events or visits to any of our other sites, therefore a full driving license would be advantageous.
What you'll get in return
Not only will you gain experience across our business whilst completing a fully funded Food Science and Technology and a Food Industry Technical Professional apprenticeship, but you will also have access to our Greencore colleague benefits including:
Time to meet the learning requirements of your apprenticeship
Dedicated support, coaching and mentoring to support your career development
Travel and accommodation expenses when attending university
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Company share save scheme
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platformApplications are due to close on 9 March 2025, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early.
Our first stage virtual assessment will take place between Tuesday 1 April - Wednesday 2 April 2025.
Induction and enrolment for this role and the apprenticeship will take place at the end of August and the duration of September.
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