Overview :
Engineering Apprenticeships at Quaker Oats
Work Location: Cupar
Salary: Minimum of ££17,222.40 depending on age (national minimum wage applies)
College Location: Dependant on successful applicant’s location
Are you looking for a fantastic Engineering career working for a company that has been recognised as one of Britain’s Top Employers by the Top Employers Institute? We are offering an accredited training programme in the form of an Advanced Multi Skilled Maintenance Apprenticeship and are looking to recruit two candidates to join our team in August 2025.
PepsiCo is home to some of the world’s most loved food and drink products and our products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
At our Cupar Manufacturing facility site we’ve been making porridge since the 1940’s. We specialise in producing a variety of Oat products including Quaker Oats, Scott’s and Oat So Simple. We make millions of porridge products every day and export lots of our production to Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Responsibilities:
It is an exciting time for us and we continually strive to improve our business performance, with our Engineering Team being a critical part of our operation across every area of the plant with a wide variety of skills needed.
As an Engineering Apprentice you’ll attain base engineering skills in the form of a SVQ Level 2 and 3 and Higher Diploma / NC / HNC / HND. Over a period of 4 to 5 years you will mix attending college and working in a fast paced manufacturing environment gaining hands on experience.
Skills you’ll develop include:
- Mechanical applications and solutions
- Electrical wiring, testing and installation
- Robotics
- Pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Control Systems
Qualifications:
- A minimum of National 5 qualification in Maths, English and a Science subject.
- Lots of enthusiasm and self-motivated
- Excellent communication skills
- Good problem-solving skills
We pride ourselves on our superb work force. The people in this business genuinely care about doing a great job! We have a common goal - strive to continuously improve our business performance and our own personal development. With the majority of executive team having been promoted organically, we are continually developing and encouraging our employees to push themselves further and offer them support with their continual learning. Career progression is incredibly important to us and we provide great opportunities to grow a long term career.
We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.
