Full Job Description
Summary
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
Annual wage - £22,000 a year
The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed.
Training course - Process industry manufacturing technician
Hours - Monday - Friday, However, there may be a need to work flexibly in accordance with the 12 hour Panama shift (6am to 6pm /6pm to 6am) on occasion.37.5 hours a week
Start date - Saturday 1 August 2026
Duration - 36 Months
Positions available - 1
Work -
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Key Tasks:
Learn how production processes operate from raw material intake through to finished product
Assist with operating plant and equipment in line with standard operating procedures and work instructions
Monitor processes and equipment, identifying abnormal conditions and escalating issues appropriately
Support quality checks, sampling and completion of production and quality documentation
Maintain high standards of hygiene and housekeeping in line with site requirements
Work safely at all times, following health & safety procedures, risk assessments and permit systems
Develop an understanding of basic process control systems and data recording
Participate fully in planned maintenance, cleaning and inspection activities
Complete all apprenticeship learning, assessments and development activities
Knowledge Developed:
Understanding of process industry operations, plant and equipment
Awareness of health, safety, environmental and food safety requirements
Knowledge of quality systems, specifications and compliance standards
Understanding of basic process control, monitoring and data collection
Awareness of lean manufacturing, efficiency and continuous improvement principles
Skills Developed:
Safe operation of process plant and equipment
Monitoring processes and responding appropriately to deviations
Accurate completion of production, quality and safety documentation
Communicating effectively with team members and shift management
Working to procedures and specifications to achieve consistent quality
Supporting routine maintenance, cleaning and fault identification
Where you’ll work -
Cedars Maltings, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2AG
Training -
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation.
College or training organisation - COGENT SSC LIMITED
Your training course -
Process industry manufacturing technician
Equal to Level 3 (A level)
Course contents -
Review instructions or information to understand the task.
Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
Follow environment emergency procedures. For example, make area safe, evacuate.
Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Check equipment.
Select, check, and prepare raw materials for process for example, weighing, measuring, control and blending, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
Set and adjust processing parameters such as temperature, pressure, speed or time, distance.
Monitor process for example, take readings and conduct walk-arounds.
Conduct the control of product streams to maintain specifics.
Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, density checks, contaminant check, and take samples for laboratory testing.
Apply intermediate or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
Manage waste streams.
Clean equipment for example, boil-outs, steam-outs, bake-outs, steam in place SIP, clean in place (CIP).
Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
Store tools and equipment.
Identify equipment for handover.
Apply signage and access restriction measures.
Shut down the process and equipment.
Isolate process and systems.
Complete isolation checks.
Empty equipment for example, drain, purge, vent, and de-pressure.
Purge, fill, pressurise and leak test.
Complete post maintenance equipment checks.
Line-up equipment.
Connect service connections such as water, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic for chemical or petrochemical processing.
De-isolate process, mechanical and electrical systems.
Complete pre-start up checks.
Start-up plant and equipment.
Re-start process.
Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
Interpret drawings and graphs.
Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements.
Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Apply team working principles.
Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development (CPD) activities.
Review instructions or information to understand the task.
Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
Follow environment emergency procedures. For example, make area safe, evacuate.
Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Check equipment.
Select, check, and prepare raw materials for process for example, weighing, measuring, control and blending, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
Set and adjust processing parameters such as temperature, pressure, speed or time, distance.
Monitor process for example, take readings and conduct walk-arounds.
Conduct the control of product streams to maintain specifics.
Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, density checks, contaminant check, and take samples for laboratory testing.
Apply intermediate or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
Manage waste streams.
Clean equipment for example, boil-outs, steam-outs, bake-outs, steam in place SIP, clean in place (CIP).
Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
Store tools and equipment.
Identify equipment for handover.
Apply signage and access restriction measures.
Shut down the process and equipment.
Isolate process and systems.
Complete isolation checks.
Empty equipment for example, drain, purge, vent, and de-pressure.
Purge, fill, pressurise and leak test.
Complete post maintenance equipment checks.
Line-up equipment.
Connect service connections such as water, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic for chemical or petrochemical processing.
De-isolate process, mechanical and electrical systems.
Complete pre-start up checks.
Start-up plant and equipment.
Re-start process.
Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
Interpret drawings and graphs.
Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements.
Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Apply team working principles.
Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development (CPD) activities.
Your training plan
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
More training information
The Process Industry Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship (Level 3) is designed to develop skilled technicians who can run, maintain, and optimise industrial process operations.
The programme equips apprentices with practical competence, technical knowledge, and safety awareness to support efficient, high-quality production across process industry environments.
Aligned with real-world manufacturing operations, the apprenticeship helps employers maintain operational efficiency, ensure product quality, and support continuous improvement.
What the Apprenticeship Delivers for Employers
Apprentices develop the capability to:
Operate and maintain process industry plant equipment safely and efficiently
Identify, resolve, or escalate process, quality, H&S, and environmental issues
Prepare and dispatch intermediate or final products
Conduct handovers effectively between shifts or maintenance teams
Carry out first-line maintenance, testing, and minor repairs on equipment
Prepare equipment for shutdowns, maintenance, or decommissioning
Bring process systems safely back online following planned work
Requirements
Essential qualifications -
GCSE English (Grade 4 and above) essential
GCSE Maths (Grade 4 and above) essential
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
Communication skills
Team working
About this company
Muntons is a significant global supplier to the food and drinks industry and has been producing high-quality malt and malted ingredients for some of the most famous, and well-loved brands around the globe for the over 100 years. Successful and growing with customers ranging from multinational food and beverage producers to start ups and small independent craft brewers and distillers, you’re likely to have tasted our products already, without even knowing it! You’ll find our headquarters in Suffolk, and our other production sites in East Yorkshire and Thailand. We also have sales offices in Asia, Europe, and America. We are passionate about malt, malted ingredients and sustainability; being the leaders in our field we are over halfway to meeting or beating our net zero carbon target by 2050. We continue to look to the next 100 years as a strong and sustainable global supplier of malt and malted ingredients.
Company Benefits
Pension (5% employer, 3% employee), 25 days holiday, Health Cash Plan, Life Assurance, profit bonus, flexible working, myStaffShop membership, fully funded Process Industry Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship, structured training.
After this apprenticeship
The programme will involve gaining experience and training to develop your knowledge and skills to enable you to take up a position within the organisation
The Company will endeavour to provide you with such training to achieve this aim but cannot guarantee a permanent placement
