Engineering and Facilities Apprentice

LINPAC PACKAGING LIMITED

Pontefract (WF7 5DE)

Closes in 26 days (Monday 17 August 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 22 July 2026

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Summary

Support purchasing and stores systems, ensuring parts are available, correctly identified and stored. Assist with maintaining buildings and site services, supporting planned maintenance and compliance. Gain experience in contractor management by helping specify work, monitor activities and support maintenance projects.

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday (Times to be confirmed).

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 5 October 2026

Duration

2 years 6 months

Positions available

1

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

As an Engineering and Facilities Apprentice, you will work alongside experienced engineers and facilities professionals to support the maintenance and operation of site equipment, buildings and services.

Your day-to-day duties will include assisting with planned maintenance activities, supporting repairs and fault finding, maintaining stock and stores records, ordering and receiving spare parts, and ensuring materials are stored correctly.

You will help monitor the condition of site facilities, support compliance with health and safety requirements, and assist with contractor activities on site. The role will provide opportunities to learn about maintenance planning, asset management, purchasing systems, and engineering best practices within a manufacturing environment.

In addition, you will:

  • Help ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental procedures
  • Assist with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities
  • Help maintain engineering stores and stock control systems
  • Assist with the ordering, receipt and storage of parts and materials
  • Support facilities maintenance and site improvement projects
  • Assist with contractor supervision and permit-to-work processes
  • Maintain accurate maintenance and purchasing records
  • Participate in training and development activities as part of the apprenticeship programme
  • Work collaboratively with engineering, production and support teams

Where you'll work

Linpac Wakefield Road Featherstone
Pontefract
WF7 5DE

Training

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

Training provider

HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP

Training course

Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Manage the flow of fast-moving consumer goods products or services based on evolving and changing information.
  • Use standard operating procedures.
  • Support customers with supply chain enquiries.
  • Use IT systems for the supply chain; Company and customer systems. Applies cyber security and GDPR regulations and policies.
  • Use continuous improvement techniques in the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Lead and participate in problem solving activities: 5 whys, fishbone analysis.
  • Use capacity planning to inform fast-moving consumer goods supply chain processes.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Escalate issues and tasks.
  • Analyse data against supply chain key performance indicators to identify trends and themes that affect the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Plan and adhere to customer lead times.
  • Use data analysis outcomes to inform decision making in the supply chain function.
  • Develop and implement a supply plan, for example, supply planning, production planning, demand planning, operations planning - logistics, commercial planning.
  • Use order management tools to capture customer orders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
  • Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Apply quality assurance procedures.
  • Identify and document hazards and risks in the workplace. Apply control measures.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic; risk assessments, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Comply with sustainability principles and regulations including efficient use of resources, recycling, reuse and safe disposal of waste.
  • Identify, organise and use resources, including team members, to plan and complete tasks, with consideration for cost and quality.
  • Manage the flow of fast-moving consumer goods products or services based on evolving and changing information.
  • Use standard operating procedures.
  • Support customers with supply chain enquiries.
  • Use IT systems for the supply chain; Company and customer systems. Applies cyber security and GDPR regulations and policies.
  • Use continuous improvement techniques in the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Lead and participate in problem solving activities: 5 whys, fishbone analysis.
  • Use capacity planning to inform fast-moving consumer goods supply chain processes.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Escalate issues and tasks.
  • Analyse data against supply chain key performance indicators to identify trends and themes that affect the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Plan and adhere to customer lead times.
  • Use data analysis outcomes to inform decision making in the supply chain function.
  • Develop and implement a supply plan, for example, supply planning, production planning, demand planning, operations planning - logistics, commercial planning.
  • Use order management tools to capture customer orders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
  • Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Apply quality assurance procedures.
  • Identify and document hazards and risks in the workplace. Apply control measures.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic; risk assessments, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Comply with sustainability principles and regulations including efficient use of resources, recycling, reuse and safe disposal of waste.
  • Identify, organise and use resources, including team members, to plan and complete tasks, with consideration for cost and quality.

Training schedule

Training will be provided by the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group and will be delivered in the workplace.

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

  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills

About this employer

Sustainable packaging solutions
We innovate, design and manufacture for sustainable solutions that our customers use to package and protect products in daily situations around the globe such as food packaging. And we understand our obligation and responsibility to champion a circular economy where plastics are a source of valuable raw material, especially in the food packaging industry.

https://www.kpfilms.com/en/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Opportunity to become a permanent member of staff in the Engineering Stores & Facilities department.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP

Sarah Howard

sarah.howard@kpfilms.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000044239.

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Closes in 26 days (Monday 17 August 2026 at 11:59pm)