Mechatronics Engineer Apprentice
WARBURTONS LIMITED · Wednesbury, WS10 7DE
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
Ready to engineer your future? Great engineers are built, not born. Join our family at our Wednesbury Bakery as an Engineering Apprentice. Over 4 years, you'll gain qualifications, hands on experience and a salary from day one, training to become a Mechatronics Engineer. We'll even cover your tuition and first year accommodation.
The work
Your Apprenticeship Journey / The Recipe:
Your first year will be spent on a full-time residential programme with our national training provider, Midland Group Training Services (MGTS) in Coventry. You'll stay in student accommodation close to the training facility, with the cost covered as part of your apprenticeship. After that, you'll continue developing your skills back at Warburtons, combining hands-on experience with further training and support from your own mentor.
Over the four years, you'll get stuck into:
- Electrical, mechanical and control engineering
- Maintaining our highly automated equipment and production systems
- Fault-finding and diagnosing problems
- Repairing and replacing mechanical and electrical components
- Finding ways to make our equipment and processes even better
- Understanding the food and safety standards that keep our bakeries running safely
You'll learn from experienced engineers, put your skills into practice and steadily build the confidence to tackle real engineering challenges.
The Perks We’ve Baked In:
Now for the extra dough… because you’ll want to know what your bread’s worth:
- £21,500 starting salary, increasing each year of your apprenticeship
- Your tuition fees paid
- First-year accommodation paid
- 25 days' paid holiday
- A structured four-year development programme
- Your own dedicated Warburtons mentor
- Development and 1-to-1 training designed around you
- The chance to learn alongside a national group of Warburtons apprentices
- Hands-on experience with automation and modern engineering technology
- Life assurance
- Award-winning contributory pension scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Retail vouchers and online shopping offers, including discounts on Warburtons products
- Site social events, charity days and wellbeing initiatives
- 24/7 confidential wellbeing support and occupational health services
- A new starter goodie box to welcome you to the family
Training
- Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence)
Training provider: MIDLAND GROUP TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
What you come out with
Successfully complete your apprenticeship and you'll achieve a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Engineer Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeship, with the skills and experience to begin your career as a qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer with us. And that's only the beginning. Engineering can open up opportunities across areas such as Engineering Management, Project Engineering and continuous improvement. The direction you take from there is up to you.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Attention to detail
Qualifications
- Essential · GCSE Maths 9-5
- Essential · GCSE English 9-4
- Essential · GCSE Science 9-4
- Desired · GCSE ICT 9-4
- Desired · GCSE Any two other subjects 9-4
Things to consider
Be 18 or over by 1 September 2027, due to the residential requirement in your first year. Be comfortable working flexibly, including shifts, weekends and evenings from year three onwards.
The employer
Warburtons is the largest family-owned bakery business in the country, and employs around 4,500 people across 12 bakeries and 14 depots across the UK. Now Recognised as Britain's favourite bakery brand, Warburtons has doubled in size in the last decade alone to become a £500 million-a-year business. This means that more ethan a quarter of all bakery products consumed in the UK is produced by Warburtons.
Workplace
- Wednesbury Bakery, 11 Moorcroft Drive, Moorcroft Park, Wednesbury, WS10 7DE