Engineering Apprentice

STONEGATE FARMERS LIMITED

Wiltshire (SN15 2LZ)

Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 13 May 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 April 2026

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Summary

Modern factory with the king's appointment. We don't just pack eggs we care about quality. With mechanical, electrical and robots. You will be trained to a high standard in a demanding environment. Food engineers are in high demand once qualified.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm or 8.00am - 4.00pm

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 June 2026

Duration

4 years

Positions available

2

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

  • Pre planned maintenance with engineers
  • Attending machine break downs with engineers
  • Reporting breakdown fixes on the shire system

Where you'll work

Whiteoaks Farm
The Old Sidings Corsham Road
Lacock
Wiltshire
SN15 2LZ

Training

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

Training provider

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

Training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

This advert lists that the apprenticeship course title is Maintanance and Operations Engineering Technician, this is due to be replaced by the Engineering Maintanance Technician apprenticeship standard- The apprentice will enrol onto this new apprenticeship standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)
  • Science (grade 4-9)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Creative
  • Initiative

Other requirements

  • May involve heavy lifting and work outside

About this employer

Egg producer and packer based in Lacock, distributing nearly 1 billion eggs a year across the UK. With both own brand and big customers such as Waitrose.

https://www.stonegate.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • After the apprenticeship will qualify has a production engineer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

Wiltshire College and University Centre Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeships@wiltshire.ac.uk

01249465282

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028019.

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Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 13 May 2026 at 11:59pm)