Food & Drink Engineering Maintenance Apprentice

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners GB Limited

Wakefield (WF2 0XR)

Closes in 24 days (Friday 28 November 2025)

Posted on 3 November 2025

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Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a world class organisation on world class equipment, with some of the best loved soft drinks available. Excellent training delivered by the training provider and with top quality teams.

• Wage:

  £26,425 a year

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• Training course: Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)
• Hours: Year 1 is full time at NWTC. Training provider in Liverpool for 5 months, before joining your local site in Wakefield to continue the blended part of your learning. NWTC Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm. On site: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Monday 31 August 2026

• Duration:

  3 years 6 months

• Positions available:

  4

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• First five months is fulltime residential in Liverpool at college with the provider to work on equipment in a safe environment
• Year two onward local site to build knowledge and skills on the CCEP equipment that is used to produce our products
• Report engineering breakdowns
• Working with OEMs and local site teams to understand equipment types

Where you'll work

Kenmore Road
Wakefield 41 Business Park
Wakefield
WF2 0XR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

Training course

Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Read and interpret task related information and data. For example, work instructions, SOPs, quality control documentation, Service Level Agreements, specifications, engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information, work instructions, and operation manuals.
• Plan work. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks.
• Identify hazards and control measures to mitigate risks.
• Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
• Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
• Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
• Select, check the condition, and safely use maintenance tools and equipment. Store tools and equipment. Complete or arrange maintenance of tools and equipment including calibration where required.
• Follow standard operating procedures and quality procedures.
• Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout) and re-instatement of equipment with system checks and handover.
• Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, grease and lubricate parts, replace, fit components, and calibrate equipment.
• Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques including use of electrical testing equipment and instruments. For example, panel risk assessment, fixed wire installation testing, fault finding, thermographic surveys, and checking protection settings.
• Apply reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures. For example, condition monitoring, oil sampling, thermography, vibration analysis, and ultrasound.
• Install and configure instrumentation or process control systems.
• Install and configure electrical systems. For example, add distribution boards to circuits, single and three phase motors (AC and DC).
• Assemble, position and fix equipment or components. Complete commissioning checks.
• Disconnect and remove equipment or components. Complete storage measures to prevent deterioration.
• Read and interpret equipment performance data.
• Fabricate, drill, and join to produce basic parts, spares or components to measurement and tolerance specification.
• Apply down-hand (flat) TIG welding techniques: butt and tee.
• Apply mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems.
• Produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information. For example, for new component parts or change in circuit diagram or panel.
• Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques for example, using PLC data to diagnose issues and locate faults on industrial network.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques to understand current performance; collect and record data. Devise suggestions for improvement.
• Restore the work area on completion of activity.
• Resolve or escalate issues.
• Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR. Comply with cyber security.
• Record work activity. For example, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records, and any business or legal reporting requirements.
• Communicate verbal and written. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders. Use engineering terminology where appropriate.
• Produce reports for example, equipment performance reports.
• Provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.
• Read and interpret task related information and data. For example, work instructions, SOPs, quality control documentation, Service Level Agreements, specifications, engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information, work instructions, and operation manuals.
• Plan work. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks.
• Identify hazards and control measures to mitigate risks.
• Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
• Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
• Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
• Select, check the condition, and safely use maintenance tools and equipment. Store tools and equipment. Complete or arrange maintenance of tools and equipment including calibration where required.
• Follow standard operating procedures and quality procedures.
• Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout) and re-instatement of equipment with system checks and handover.
• Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, grease and lubricate parts, replace, fit components, and calibrate equipment.
• Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques including use of electrical testing equipment and instruments. For example, panel risk assessment, fixed wire installation testing, fault finding, thermographic surveys, and checking protection settings.
• Apply reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures. For example, condition monitoring, oil sampling, thermography, vibration analysis, and ultrasound.
• Install and configure instrumentation or process control systems.
• Install and configure electrical systems. For example, add distribution boards to circuits, single and three phase motors (AC and DC).
• Assemble, position and fix equipment or components. Complete commissioning checks.
• Disconnect and remove equipment or components. Complete storage measures to prevent deterioration.
• Read and interpret equipment performance data.
• Fabricate, drill, and join to produce basic parts, spares or components to measurement and tolerance specification.
• Apply down-hand (flat) TIG welding techniques: butt and tee.
• Apply mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems.
• Produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information. For example, for new component parts or change in circuit diagram or panel.
• Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques for example, using PLC data to diagnose issues and locate faults on industrial network.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques to understand current performance; collect and record data. Devise suggestions for improvement.
• Restore the work area on completion of activity.
• Resolve or escalate issues.
• Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR. Comply with cyber security.
• Record work activity. For example, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records, and any business or legal reporting requirements.
• Communicate verbal and written. For example, with colleagues and stakeholders. Use engineering terminology where appropriate.
• Produce reports for example, equipment performance reports.
• Provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.

Training schedule

• Upon successful completion of the programme, you will achieve a Level 3 Apprenticeship, in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer
• NWTC Training provider based in Liverpool for first five months on residential
• Year 2 - 4 block release back to Liverpool

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Problem solving skills
• Analytical skills
• Team working
• Resilience

Other requirements

First five months of the apprenticeship is full time, based in Liverpool, living in residential accommodation funded by CCEP.

About this employer

CCEP is the world's largest soft drinks manufacturer, with over 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries. Within GB we have 5 manufacturing and distribution sites and 3 offices

https://www.ccep.jobs/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

We also offer excellent benefits, including 25 days of annual leave, a pension scheme, access to 24/7 Wellbeing programs (Employee Assistance Program and Doctor Care Anywhere), and flexible benefits to suit your needs.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

• Technician Role 
• Senior Technician with the opprotunity to move onto an Engineering degree apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349284.

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Closes in 24 days (Friday 28 November 2025)

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