Early careers and jobs with ABP
Opportunities with flavour…
There are lots of great opportunities at all of ABP’s UK locations for ambitious candidates to join straight from school onwards. From work experience to apprenticeships, graduate schemes and exciting roles that get your foot in the door, we’ve got it covered.
Graduate Schemes and Apprenticeships
Find out more about our available positions by clicking here. Or, if you’d prefer to have an informal chat about our Graduate or Apprenticeship opportunities please drop us a line on talentacademy@abpbeef.com.
Looking for something flexible?
If you are interested in working in a more flexible hourly paid production role at any of our sites across the UK then please visit our Facebook page. That’s where you can see the latest opportunities, and hear from young people share their career journeys with ABP from a wide range of skills and backgrounds.
Why join us?
- We’re a Youth Friendly Employer and that means we pull out all the stops to help you train, earn and grow
- We have 14 UK sites – each one is big and friendly with a sociable atmosphere
- Our food industry jobs have a lot of variety. IT and engineering, money and business, practical and technical, creating and marketing new food ideas… what’s your flavour?
- We’ve expanded to meat-free options and are working hard for a sustainable future
Your future starts here.
- Learn a trade.
- Develop skills.
- Build confidence.
- Become experienced.
- Get qualified.
- Earn AND learn.
What jobs could you do with us?
Here’s just a taste of all the youth-friendly opportunities we usually have at our sites across the UK. We have a huge range of opportunities to explore in our company, whatever your background and interests are!
- IT office administrator
- Retail QA operative
- Warehouse operative
- Packing operative
- Abbatoir operative
- Trainee boning hall butcher
- General food production operative
- ABP Traineeship to Apprenticeship
- Butchery apprentice
- Apprentice health and safety technician
- Electrical engineering apprenticeship
- Finance graduate
- Food science graduate
- Food science industrial placement student
What do our young people say?
Newly qualified Electrical Engineering Apprentice
Award-winning Butchery Apprentice
New Product Development Higher Apprentice
You don’t need a map to start your journey.
Your personal and career keep growing once you’ve got your first role with ABP. That’s because we take care of our people and will help your salary, skills and knowledge progress!
You may not be sure what you want to do in life yet, but that’s an opportunity, not a problem. We can help you forge your path.
Pick a future where you can spread your wings.
People who already work with us here at ABP have the opportunity to do fantastic training schemes even though they’re already working in the company – like our exciting Technical Degree Apprenticeship, which means you can study for a cost-free degree while working with ABP.
We are ready to help you expand your horizons… every step of the way.
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Discover early careers with ABP
See why ABP is a Youth Friendly Employer. Then you can visit their job search site to apply for jobs or for the Graduate Scheme or Apprenticeship programme.
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Nationwide Youth Friendly Employer ABP offer food industry apprenticeships and early careers with flavour.
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