Engineering Placement Student

About the Role

The Avara Foods Engineering Placement Programme 2026‑2027 is a 12‑month placement for current BEng (Bachelors of Engineering) students. This placement is based at our advanced processing site in Telford, Shropshire, and offers a realistic engineering experience within a leading food manufacturing organisation.

• Competitive salary of £25,396.
• Structured one‑year development programme to support you in your day‑to‑day placement.
• Training, mentoring and support from peers and managers.
• Real role and responsibilities from Day 1, with challenges and opportunities to enhance your skills.

• Work on varied projects, focusing on improving engineering processes, quality and efficiency.
• Be involved in maintenance and continuous improvement, contributing to problem‑solving projects that require teamwork and the opportunity to deliver your own projects.
• Serve as the Asset Manager for an area of the operational environment, monitoring downtime, organising planned maintenance, gathering data to analyse trends, conducting RCAs and FMEAs to drive continuous improvement.
• Manage projects (under guidance) to solve operational problems and impact performance within an FMCG environment.
• Receive mentorship on identifying needs, planning solutions, sourcing funding/resources, tendering, delivering projects, and developing training and technical documentation.

• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Adaptable to varied situations.
• Excellent communication skills with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues.
• Comfortable with hands‑on work.
• Drive to achieve results and find solutions.
• Currently achieving a minimum of a 2:2.

Avara Foods is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated company that controls the entire product supply chain – from feed mills and farms to hatcheries, factories, transport and logistics – employing more than 7,000 people. We invest in people, use the latest technology and are uncompromising in our commitment to quality and food standards.

Submit your CV and a cover letter. If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.