Quality Assurance Technical Degree Apprentice

Are you passionate about teamwork? Excited about building a long-term career in the food industry? And highly motivated to advance your career? If this sound like you, our Quality Assurance Technical Degree Apprenticeship could be the perfect opportunity! Job Description We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn. Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. This is a dynamic and innovative field, which therefore brings many technical challenges relating to how we manufacture our many food products. We want to ensure that we are developing skilled technical personnel able to respond to the demands of an exciting business and become the future technical leaders focusing on Quality Auditing, Process development, Technical services or hygiene work. As such, this role is perfect for anyone that has a passion for food and are keen to learn about all of the moving parts that go into making our food safe, legal and consistently high quality for consumers. We’re looking for our next generation of Food Technical Apprentices to develop and grow a career with Greencore. Based at one of our manufacturing sites, you will provide technical support while developing your skills in key aspects of the Technical function. You will have the opportunity to gain experience across a number of departments to become a multi-skilled technical professional. Join us and be part of our great team, committed to making everyday 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 apprenticeship programme will align your studies to real work to become an integral part of our site Technical team. You will complete a Food Industry Technical Professional Degree apprenticeship and finish the programme with a BSc Hons in Food Science & Technology. Based at one of our manufacturing sites, our Degree Apprenticeship provides a blend of on and off the job learning, exposure, experience, and education so that you can develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to kickstart your career in the food industry. 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.  Your role will involve ensuring that our products meet the high standards our customers expect of us; by ensuring we meet quality, safety and legal requirements within our factories. At the end of the programme, you will transition into a Technical Management role that is supports your future career goals of becoming a technical professional within the food industry. 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. This includes:

• Obtaining Certification information for raw materials such as Certificates of Analysis.
• Quality management system work:
• Obtaining photos of relevant locations
• Walking through draft procedures in conjunction with relevant disciplines to understand if they were clear and accurate
• Other routine Quality Assurance tasks:
• Collection of samples – raw materials & finished products
• Taking swabs – hand, hygiene, and listeria
• Investigating customer complaints

What we’re looking for At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make everyday taste better. We are looking for you to have a passion for food, and people. You will also be:

• Passionate about working as part of a team, and have an ambition to have a long-term career in the food industry
• 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

To join our Degree Apprenticeship, you will need:

• GCSE English language and maths at grade C/4 or above
• 3 A Levels at BBB (preferably including a science subject)

or a

• BTEC extended Diploma at DDM
• Or previous relevant work experience

You will also require the right to live and work in the UK Our operation is 24/7 so you will be required to work shifts. These will vary depending on site and could include early starts from 5am, rotating night shifts and weekends. You will also be required to travel for attendance at university study blocks, development events or visits to any of our other sites, therefore a full driving license would be advantageous. 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 Food Science and Technology and a Food Industry Technical Professional apprenticeship, but you will also have access to our Greencore colleague benefits including:

• Time to meet the learning requirements of your apprenticeship
• Dedicated support, coaching and mentoring to support your career development
• Travel and accommodation expenses when attending university
• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Applications are due to close on 9 March 2025, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early. Our first stage virtual assessment will take place between Tuesday 1 April - Wednesday 2 April 2025. Induction and enrolment for this role and the apprenticeship will take place at the end of August and the duration of September. Grocery Aid – 08088021122 Mind – 03001233393 Samaritans – 116123 Frank – 03001236600