Apprentice Shift Leader
HEINEKEN UK LIMITED
Tadcaster (LS24 9SA)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 9 March 2026)
Posted on 11 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Four-year programme developing future operational leaders. Delivered with a leading university, it combines formal study and hands-on experience across brewing, packaging, quality, logistics and engineering. Three week-long study blocks each year build leadership and operational expertise.
- Wage
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£23,000 a year
- Training course
- Manufacturing manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Start on days Monday to Friday then transition to shifts (12-hour rotating) Dependent on production line either: Panama : Mix of days and nights- 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off OR Continental 3 shift: 3 on, 2 off, 3 on, 1 off, 3 on, 2 off
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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3
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
- Complete apprenticeship requirements on time, participate in performance reviews and proactively work on personal development areas.
- Proactively promote behavioural safety, hazard spotting and hazard completion in order to ensure safe practices and site targets are delivered.
- Deliver the KPI targets to ensure optimum performance of the department.
- Create an environment that truly drives high performance through effective performance management and development planning.
- Ensure effective communications with all team members and stakeholders to achieve committed performance and output targets.
- Build strong collaboration with TPM stakeholders to ensure the correct application of principles and methodology.
- Ensure effective participation and ownership of AM activities to achieve high levels of sustained performance, for example, through leading and participating in loss reduction teams.
- Continuously develop the capability of team members through effective training plans and assessment processes.
Where you'll work
The Brewery
Tadcaster
LS24 9SA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
Training course
Manufacturing manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identifying, forecasting, planning and scheduling resource requirements
- Identifying data requirements; data analysis and interpretation
- Using information technology
- Reporting, for example manufacturing performance data
- Communicating using different techniques, for example verbal, written, visual
- Building and sustaining collaborative relationships to influence internal and external stakeholders
- Presenting information, for example in staff briefings, customer meetings, management meetings
- Managing people, for example recruiting, leading, coaching and motivating a team
- Partnership working with local and/or regional union representation
- Driving compliance with legal, customer and product standards on site
- Devising, implementing and maintaining health & safety and environmental standards to achieve a harm free culture
- Producing budget proposals; negotiating budgets with senior managers
- Planning site based projects, for example for new capital investment, construction on site, new product lines and new equipment
- Managing change
- Conducting Continuous Improvement techniques within manufacturing environment
- Problem solving/trouble shooting within manufacturing environment
- Crisis management; agreeing, leading and implementing a site based disaster recovery plan
- Responding to third party audits; managing relationships with audit personnel
- F&D. Analysing food safety data, for example cooking/chilling temperatures, metal detection checks, storage and segregation
- F&D. Responsive production planning to adjust to customer orders
- F&D. Organoleptic testing of food and drink products
- F&D. Promoting food safety culture
- Identifying, forecasting, planning and scheduling resource requirements
- Identifying data requirements; data analysis and interpretation
- Using information technology
- Reporting, for example manufacturing performance data
- Communicating using different techniques, for example verbal, written, visual
- Building and sustaining collaborative relationships to influence internal and external stakeholders
- Presenting information, for example in staff briefings, customer meetings, management meetings
- Managing people, for example recruiting, leading, coaching and motivating a team
- Partnership working with local and/or regional union representation
- Driving compliance with legal, customer and product standards on site
- Devising, implementing and maintaining health & safety and environmental standards to achieve a harm free culture
- Producing budget proposals; negotiating budgets with senior managers
- Planning site based projects, for example for new capital investment, construction on site, new product lines and new equipment
- Managing change
- Conducting Continuous Improvement techniques within manufacturing environment
- Problem solving/trouble shooting within manufacturing environment
- Crisis management; agreeing, leading and implementing a site based disaster recovery plan
- Responding to third party audits; managing relationships with audit personnel
- F&D. Analysing food safety data, for example cooking/chilling temperatures, metal detection checks, storage and segregation
- F&D. Responsive production planning to adjust to customer orders
- F&D. Organoleptic testing of food and drink products
- F&D. Promoting food safety culture
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Patience
Other requirements
- Flexibility to work 12 hour shifts (mixture of days & nights rotating)
- The right to work in the UK for the duration of the apprenticeship.
UK residency for at least three years by 1 September 2026. - Be aged 18 or over by 1 September 2026. You must be 18 or over due to nature of the business.
About this employer
As a major player in the international drinks industry and home to around 2,400 pubs across the UK, we’re a place where passion meets purpose, careers are crafted with care and enjoyment of life is part of the job.
https://www.heineken.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
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
Full-time Shift Leader with opportunities to progress into Line Leader or other People Management positions.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014679.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Monday 9 March 2026)
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