Are you interested in the built environment? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you often curious about how things are made and why things work?
If so, perhaps working as a plant operative is your career call. Earn as you learn, combining study for a Level 5 in Plant Operations, with industry experience at the largest independent construction materials group in the UK.
Breedon is a home for inquisitive learners. Quarries, cement, and construction are no longer old-fashioned sectors. We’re providing the foundation for our lives, building the places where we live and work, play and in-between.
Interested in...?
1. Being paid to study; earn as you learn, without having to ‘work the time back’.
2. Level 5 in Plant Operations.
3. Full company funding of any fees for qualifications and training
4. No need to buy your own kit or any work equipment; it’s all on us.
5. A competitive salary significantly higher than the national minimum wage for apprentices.
6. Support from a community of apprentices; a collaborative and comprehensive induction.
7. A huge variety of potential career progression pathways at a stable, thriving business.
As an Apprentice Plant Operative, you’ll be part of the quarry team producing the materials for the construction industry ensuring we deliver high quality products for the customers. You’ll be trained to operate machinery (including dumpers & loading shovels) and how to ensure you maintain the highest level of safety for you and your colleagues at all times.
There will be required to attend 3 x 4 week blocks of training in East Anglia in England, which will require you to be residential, for which Breedon will cover the costs of any accommodation, travel and meals.
If you’re one to tiptoe around puddles with trepidation, maybe this role isn’t for you. You won’t be spending every day in a clean, corporate office swivelling on an office chair! If you have a natural affinity with the great outdoors, in all weathers, then now we’re talking!
Do you offer...?
8. National 4 in Maths & English desirable although not essential.
9. An interest in working in the great outdoors.
10. Good communication skills.
11. Flexibility and the ability to work as part of an effective quarry operational team.
12. Skill set of being self-motivated and able to motivate other colleagues in the team.
13. A full UK Driving Licence – during your apprenticeship with us, we want you to experience and see everything we have to offer so you will need to be flexible to travel to other sites.
14. Flexibility with your working hours which may include weekends and evenings.
15. The enthusiasm to get stuck in and work as part of a team.
16. You will need to be a minimum age of 18 (by July 2026).
In joining us, you won’t be thrown in the deep end or treated like just a number; you’ll work in a close-knit team, with someone always on hand to offer help.
Why Breedon...?
Here’s what one of our existing employees want to tell you…
Jorden, a Mobile Plant Operative based in Longwater, East Anglia.
“I didn’t need any previous experience within the field and have been given all the help and support that I need to do well within my role. I had gotten to the age where I no longer wanted just a job but a career, and I really feel that I have found that within Breedon. Now I am working in this industry, I can’t imagine wanting to do anything else.”
Additional benefits for this role include:
17. A competitive salary
18. Pension
19. 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays on top
20. Share Saver Scheme
21. Life Assurance
22. Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands.
23. Broad learning opportunities and career progression pathways.
Interested? Click apply. We look forward to hearing from you.