Operations Apprentice - Mars Wrigley - Plymouth

Operations Apprentice - Mars Wrigley - Plymouth

Employer: Mars
Location: Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 24 Mar 2025

Sector: Operations and Facilities Management
Role: Apprentice
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to join a 3-year Apprenticeship, where you will be working towards the Level 3 Food and Drink Technical Operator qualification. You will take part in fantastic training courses and team building events, whilst tackling real challenges and taking on real responsibility.

You'll need to be a great team player and communicator, with the motivation to get results and a positive mindset. As a Mars Apprentice you will gain a professional qualification, as well as on the job experience.

Salary £20,000 rising on completion of each academic year + annual bonus + benefits.

At Mars Wrigley Plymouth, we make our iconic products like Hubba Bubba, ORBIT, EXTRA, and Airwaves.

What are we looking for?

• GCSEs Grade C / 4 or above (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• A demonstrable interest in leadership and being hands-on
• The ability to work as part of a team
• The desire to learn
• Willing and able to travel to our Plymouth site
• You must be 16+ by the 1st September 2025
• You must not have more than 2 years operations experience, prior learning, or qualifications higher than an NVQ Level 3 in operations

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Developing leadership skills to enable you to lead a team to achieve results
• Learning how to operate, diagnose faults, repair and maintain our equipment
• Working across both process and wrapping areas
• Applying all relevant Mars quality and safety systems to ensure the safety of people and products is maintained.

On successful completion of the Operations Apprenticeship you will have demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to take ownership and accountability for a number of machines, processes, or pieces of equipment and carry out complex operational tasks, enabling you to coordinate a team of operational Associates to achieve line KPIs and take the lead in repairing mechanical breakdowns.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose-driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Applications will be reviewed regularly and may close early if we receive a high number of applicants. We currently expect to hold our assessment day during March/April 2025.

We are keen for all applicants to demonstrate their full potential during our recruitment process. If you could benefit from any support or adjustments to this recruitment process for any reason, including those related to a disability, please let us know at apprenticesupport@effem.com. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.