Important Dates
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Apprenticeship applications close on: 13th March 2026
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First stage of onsite recruitment: 23rd March 2026
Start your career in process engineering with a role that puts you at the heart of real-world problem solving and manufacturing innovation. As a Graduate Apprentice in our Process Support Engineering team, you’ll work alongside experienced engineers to support manufacturing across multiple business units - helping to improve processes, maintain product quality, and drive continuous improvement.
You’ll be learning by doing - gaining valuable hands-on experience and exposure to key engineering activities from day one. Whether it’s supporting tooling design, contributing to risk assessments, or helping with production readiness reviews, every task will bring you one step closer to becoming a skilled, confident process engineer.
This is more than just a degree opportunity - it’s a chance to grow, contribute, and be part of something bigger. If you're curious, committed, and ready to roll up your sleeves, we’ll give you the tools, training, and support to thrive.
What You’ll Learn with Us
As a Graduate Apprentice in Process Engineering, you’ll gain hands-on experience across a variety of engineering tasks. You’ll learn how to:
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Support the design of process layouts, jigs, and tooling in collaboration with engineers and design teams.
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Take part in risk assessments and support trial activities to ensure safe and efficient processes.
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Contribute to lean manufacturing initiatives and help manage engineering design changes.
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Shadow engineers during product and process reviews and gather data for FMEA and statistical analysis.
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Assist with root cause analysis and corrective action plans.
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Learn how to maintain design history files, data packs, and bills of materials.
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Support the development and upkeep of operational documentation.
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Participate in production readiness reviews and assist with handovers to manufacturing teams.
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Help assess changes to materials or suppliers alongside engineers and subject matter experts.
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Build your skills in technical report writing, data analysis, and presenting engineering conclusions to different audiences.
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Provide hands-on support to resolve production or product issues when they arise.
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Always work safely and in line with health, safety, and environmental (HSSE) legislation and company policy.
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Report unsafe conditions or behaviours, contributing to a proactive safety culture.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who’s ready to get involved, stay curious, and grow with us. You’ll be a great fit if you:
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Take pride in your work and hold yourself to high standards.
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Are proactive and willing to take ownership of your tasks.
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Like to ask questions and understand how things work.
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Enjoy collaborating and building strong relationships across teams.
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Stay organised and are confident managing your own workload.
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Are motivated to make a difference and open to learning every day.
What We Offer
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Full mentoring and support throughout the apprenticeship
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A chance to work on real engineering projects from day one
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A welcoming, experienced team ready to guide your learning
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Opportunities to build your confidence, knowledge, and network
How to Apply
If you have a CV, that’s great - please feel free to send it over. If not, we’d still love to hear from you! Email us with a short introduction about yourself and what interests you about the role and why you’d like to be part of the team.
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Standard entry for new employees applying directly from school: SQA Higher: BBCC including Maths, plus Nat 5 English at C. We accept selected Foundation Apprenticeships, in combination with SQA Highers, for entry to our degree programmes. Your Foundation Apprenticeship will take the place of one SQA Higher qualification for our standard entry requirements and will be treated as equivalent to a B grade at Higher. Non-Standard entry applicants with prior work experience and professional qualifications there is a possibility to be considered through the university’s flexible entry system through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). This process allows prospective graduate apprentices to claim credit(s) against previously assessed and certificated learning, including informal learning, to be considered and recognised for academic purposes and credit within their programme.