KP Snacks
Engineering Apprentice
Pontefract (Home of Butterkist Popcorn)
Shift Pattern:
3 shift rotation (6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm / 10pm-6am – rotating weekly)
U18 – 2 shift rotation (6am – 2pm / 2pm – 10pm)
Salary: National Minimum Wage for Apprentices
Company Overview
KP Snacks is proud to be part of the Intersnack Group. With an annual turnover of more than €3 billion, the Intersnack Group has grown and flourished to become a market leader in savoury snacks, present in over 30 countries across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, employing more than 14,000 employees and 44 factories globally (33 in Europe, 3 in Australia, 3 in New Zealand, 2 in India and 3 in Vietnam).
In the UK KP Snacks consists of c2,300 colleagues across our seven factory locations and Slough HQ. We make great tasting snack brands such as Hula Hoops, McCoy’s, Pombear, KP Nuts, Butterkist popcorn, Tyrrells and popchips.
What’s in it for you? (some of the benefits you can expect)
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Medicash health cash plan
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Private healthcare (role/grade dependent)
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Digital GP and Best Doctors (2nd Medical Opinion service)
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Cancer care
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Company sick pay (eligibility criteria exist)
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Holiday buy scheme
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Electric Vehicle Scheme
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KP4ME – online benefits, discounts, prizes, competitions and information platform with access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing information and tools
The Role
The successful applicant will complete a fully accredited BTEC national and NVQ Level 3 Engineering Systems – Electrical and Mechanical whilst gaining hands on experience within a Leading European company. There is also the possibility to gain a Higher National Certificate or Foundation degree in Mechanical or Electrical/Electronics.
We’re seeking an astute, ambitious Engineering Apprentice to join our dynamic team based in Pontefract. Operating on a rotational shift pattern (06:00-14:00/14:00-22:00/22:00-06:00), the Engineering Apprentice will work closely with the site engineering team, The Line structures in particular the Maintenance Leads, and external integrators to support and maintain the key business systems on site.
As part of the formal Apprenticeship Scheme, this role will be based in our factory and involves supporting maintenance functions for production, IT and other equipment where necessary.
We have a vision of engineering for Pontefract that it’s the gold standard of departments, it role models and sets standard and the Engineering Apprentice will be no different.
Long term the role is aligned to IWS and supports the Maintenance leads in terms of standing in, learning the DMS techniques and championing them. Coaching and encouraging Equipment Owners to do basic mechanical tasks. We want the apprentice to develop and grow and be responsible for providing the Operations team with engineering expertise and support to reduce or eliminate downtime. This will be done both reactively (resolving breakdowns), proactively (carrying out Planned Maintenance & defect close out) and through Continuous Improvement (small line changes and minor project work to deliver improvements). Implement approved tasks in consultation with the Maintenance Leads and Area Engineering Manager and initiates corrective actions to reduce downtime and defects
You will have a keen interest and natural enthusiasm for working within an engineering environment and aspire to follow a career in this field, very much a team player you will be able to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:
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Verbal and written communication skills
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Attention to detail
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Initiative a real can do positive attitude
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Reliability
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Able to work unsupervised towards understanding objectives and deadlines
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Self – motivated and keen to succeed
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Committed to personal and career development
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A team player
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5 GCSE grade C and higher
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Some engineering college qualifications is preferable but not essential
