Unilever Engineering & Manufacturing Apprenticeships
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Apply NowKickstart an engineering career with Unilever's apprenticeships - earn while you learn on real manufacturing roles (mechatronics, packaging, food & drink, prototype engineering) and study for industry-recognised qualifications at sites across the UK.
Unilever's Engineering & Manufacturing apprenticeship programmes offer a range of hands-on, workplace-based training routes across manufacturing, mechatronics, food & drink operations, prototype engineering and packaging design. Apprentices combine on-the-job experience at Unilever sites (examples: Port Sunlight, Colworth/Colworth Science Park, Gloucester, Leeds, Burton) with off-job technical and academic training delivered in partnership with providers such as the University of Sheffield AMRC.
Programmes lead to industry-recognised qualifications (Level 2/Level 3 diplomas or a Level 6 BEng for degree apprenticeships) and cover practical activities including fault diagnosis, preventative maintenance, PLCs, hydraulics/pneumatics, CAD/CAM, prototyping and manufacturing process operation. Entry requirements vary by programme (GCSEs for Level 3; A-Levels or equivalent for Level 6) and applicants must pass provider and employer selection stages.
Some roles require residential training blocks and periodic attendance at university training centres, and shift patterns (including 12-hour day/night shifts) may apply depending on site and role.
Examples include: Level 2 Diploma Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering (Foundation Competence); Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence & Knowledge); Level 3 / Level 3 Food & Drink Technical Apprenticeship Certificate; Level 6 Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Manufacturing Technology (degree apprenticeship).
- Level 3 (e.g. Mechatronics, Prototype Engineering, Food & Drink Operator): GCSE English and GCSE Maths grade 4/C or above (specific programmes may require Higher Maths Paper for GCSE Maths).
- Level 6 (Product Design Development / degree apprenticeships): minimum of two A-Levels at grade 6 (B) including a mathematical-based subject and a science/technology/engineering-related subject OR an Engineering BTEC Level 3 with at least 120 credits at DM level OR EAL Diploma in an engineering-based subject at D level; plus a minimum of three GCSEs at grade 5/C or above (including maths and English).
- Applicants must successfully complete the University of Sheffield AMRC and employer/provider recruitment and selection processes to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.
- Candidates with HND/Foundation Degree or who have completed the second year of a degree in a relevant subject may be assessed for direct entry onto later years of the Level 6 programme; overseas qualifications considered via transcript review.
Apprentices 'earn while you learn' (wage/salary not specified on page).
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