Prototype Engineering - Advanced Apprentice

Description

Job description:

Magnum Ice Cream Company are looking for a Prototype Engineering - Advanced Apprentice to complete a Level 3 Metal Fabricator apprenticeship and join their team.

Love Ice Cream? Like Making Things?
Become a Prototype Engineer Apprentice
Ever wondered how brands like Magnum, Ben & Jerry’s, Cornetto or Wall’s come up with new ice creams? Or how the machines that shape, fill, coat, and freeze ice cream are actually built? This apprenticeship lets you be part of that world.

What’s This Apprenticeship All About?
You’ll join the Ice Cream Processing team at Colworth Science Park (UK), working in a high-tech workshop called the Advanced Prototype Engineering Centre (APEC).

Your job? Build real machines and equipment that are used to invent and test brand-new ice cream products.
This is a Level 3 engineering apprenticeship, delivered with the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield. You’ll learn while you earn, combining hands-on work with expert training.

Why Ice Cream Engineering Is Cool (Literally)
Ice cream is one of the most complex foods in the world to make. It involves Mixing, Shaping, Filling, Coating, Freezing, loads of clever engineering, & tasting! You’ll be helping develop the processes behind famous brands sold all over the world — while learning skills that can lead to a long-term engineering career.

Role & responsibilities:

You’ll learn how to turn ideas and drawings into real, working equipment. This includes:

• Making parts from metal and food-safe plastics
• Cutting, shaping, welding, and assembling components
• Working from engineering drawings
• Helping build one-off prototype machines (no boring mass production!)
• Working with designers, engineers, and scientists to solve problems
• Making sure everything is safe, clean, and food-grade

Occasional travel nationally or internationally will be required after training 

Skills required:

• Good problem-solving skills
• Good time management skills
• Good IT literacy (Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Willingness to learn and work as part of a team

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Like design & technology, physics, chemistry, or engineering
• Enjoy hands-on work and figuring out how things work
• Are curious, practical, and like solving problems
• Are interested in food, manufacturing, or innovation

Employer description:

We are The Magnum Ice Cream Company, the largest ice cream company in the world with over a hundred years of expertise and heritage.

We are the world's leading pure-play ice cream business.

Things to consider:

During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, full time for an initial block of study. Your accommodation during the first year will be fully funded. You will return to your workplace one Friday per month.  After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.

Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.

Qualification Requirements:

Advanced apprenticeships entry requirements

You will need both of the following:

• GCSE English language C or 4 or above
• GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.

Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.