Process Engineering Apprentice

British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.

  Job Details   Full-Time, Apprenticeship

Duration: 36 months +

Location:

Bury St Edmunds

Salary: £27,000 per annum

     In this apprenticeship, you will follow a Process Engineering pathway, learning the science behind how we make sugar and how to control and monitor our process plants and its equipment efficiently, economically, and safely from slicing to diffusion and evaporation, to filtering.

A 36-month learning programme, following the Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician Standard, gaining all the practical experience alongside, to be ready to move into a Process Technician role.

Working from our Bury St Edmunds factory site, on a 12-hour shift pattern comprising of day and night shifts. This includes working some weekends and bank holidays.

     This scheme gives you the opportunity to:

Learn how the key operational functions Extraction, Refinery, Pulp Management, Energy, Co-Products and Customer Supply work within our factories.
Gain a solid knowledge of our processes and equipment.
Understand our systems and procedures to work safely and efficiently.
Develop the behavioural skills to be a great team member.
What will you need?  

You will need a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Level 5/C or above which must include Maths, English and a Science.

Candidates must be able to travel to the workplace.

Final date to receive applications: 5th April 2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job adverts early, in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please do not delay in submitting your application