British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.
Salary
Location: Bury St Edmunds
Salary: £23,877
Contract Duration: 30 months
In this apprenticeship, you will follow a Process Engineering pathway, learning the science and technology behind industrial scale power generation and how to control, operate and maintain our process plant and equipment safely, efficiently and economically, from gas turbine to steam turbine and chromatography to distillation.
A 30-month learning programme, following the Science Manufacturing Technician Standard, achieving a Level 3 Process Technology qualification and all the practical experience alongside, to be ready to move into a Process Technician role.
Working from our Bury St Edmunds factory site, on a 12-hour shift pattern of 4 days at work and then 4 days not at work. This includes working some weekends and bank holidays.
This Scheme Gives You The Opportunity To
* This scheme gives you the opportunity to Learn how the key operational functions Extraction, Refinery, Pulp Management, Energy, Co-Products and Customer Supply work within our factories.
* Gain a solid knowledge of our processes and equipment.
* Understand our systems and procedures to work safely and efficiently.
* Develop the behavioural skills to be a great team member.
What will you need?
* Be aged 18 and over as at 1 September 2025 for this shift based role
* Be living and eligible to work in the UK
* Have achieved or predicted a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 4/C which must include Maths, English and Science
* Be able to travel to the workplace and to attend college on day release.
* Live our values of staying safe, drive to action, working together, respecting each other and being open and flexible
Application Closing Date: 30 May 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr