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Technical Degree Apprenticeship

Employer
Greencore
Location
Heathrow, London
Salary
18000
Closing date
15 Feb 2021

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Specialism
Business / Management
Sector
FMCG & Manufacturing
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Degree
Start Date
September
Duration
24 months+

Job Details

Why Greencore? 

Do you want to be a food-hero? Are you passionate about, food-safety and hygiene? Are you interested in food production and quality assurance? If this sounds like you, look no further, we can offer you the opportunity to grow your career with Greencore through our Technical Degree Apprenticeship Programme, and we will support you to develop into a leader of the future. 

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced, leading food manufacturer, employing 12,200 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK.

We supply all the UK’s food retailers, with everything from sandwiches, salads, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, quiche, Yorkshire Puddings and ready meals. With an annual turnover of more than £1.2bn, we manufacture around 619 million sandwiches and other food to go products, 116 million chilled prepared meals and 264 million bottles of cooking sauces & pickles every year. We also complete more than 10,000 deliveries to stores each day to help keep the nation fed.

Join us and be part of our great team, committed to making every day taste better.


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 degree programme will align your studies to real work, allowing you to earn a great salary and become an integral part of our management team (subject to development and performance).

To feed the nation, we don’t just make our products taste great. Our Technical teams protect our customers and colleagues through promoting high standards and developing innovative techniques to ensure food quality and meeting of food safety objectives. In your Food Industry Technical Professional Degree apprenticeship, you will learn about food chemistry, sustainable food production, raw materials, microbiology of food and how to apply this knowledge to your day job. 

The programme starts in September, and assessment centres will be held in early 2021. 


What we’re looking for  

We are looking for you to have a passion for food, and people. You will also be: 

  • 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 stakeholders

We are looking for a minimum of 120 UCAS points including one science subject (equivalent to 3 A Levels BBB or a BTEC extended Diploma DDM) or previous relevant work experience. To participate in the programme, it is also desirable for you to have 5 GCSE's including English language and maths at grade C / 4 or above.

Our operation is 24/7 so you will need to be prepared to working shift patterns.

If this sounds like you, join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success. 


What you’ll get in return  

Not only will you gain experience across our business whilst completing a fully funded BSc (Hons) degree in Food Science and Technology and a Food Industry Technical Professional apprenticeship, you will also have access to our Greencore colleague benefits including: 

  • The equivalent of a day a week to focus on your University work and programme goals 
  • Competitive salary and job-related benefits 
  • Holidays 
  • Pension up to 8% matched 
  • Company share save scheme 
  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform 

As part of your degree apprenticeship programme, you will be supported with on-the-job training, mentoring and development opportunities to further your career in food. 

Company

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. To help us achieve this we have a model called The Greencore Way, which is built on the differentiators of People at the Core, Great Food, Excellence and Sustainability – The Greencore Way describes both who we are and how we will succeed.

We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.

In FY20 we manufactured 619m sandwiches and other food to go products, 116m chilled prepared meals, and 264m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,000 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 16 world-class manufacturing sites in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.2bn in FY20 and employ approximately 12,200 people. We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

For further information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01909 545900
Location
Greencore UK Centre
Links Business Park, Midland Way
Barlborough
Chesterfield
England
S43 4XA
GB

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