Apprentice Multi-Skilled Engineers
Natures Way Foods Limited · Selsey · posted 2 September 2026
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What you will gain:
- The chance to work with a business committed to significant capital spend which includes exciting machinery enhancements and introduction of automated equipment
- The chance to learn how to perform maintenance and breakdown repairs on mechanical, electrical and electronic food production system such as washer, driers and packing robots
As an Apprentice Multi Skilled Engineer You will be trained in electrical and mechanical maintenance gaining the competence to work on the equipment across our four of our sites.
Key Responsibilities:
- Learn how to diagnose faults on a wide range of equipment.
- Learn how to maintain and update maintenance and equipment documentation.
- Learn how to identify possible improvements that assist is implementing the company’s continuous improvement programme.
- To work in accordance with the company’s safety procedures and learn to follow Health and Safety Legislation.
- To attend college and complete ALL course work to an acceptable standard and in a timely manner.
Who you will be:
- Someone who is willing to learn and actively challenge/question.
- Someone with good cognitive skills.
- Someone who will be willing to work flexibly in a Production environment.
- Someone with the drive to improve their manual skills and personal development.
- Someone with an Interest in the company and their potential impact on the brand.
- Someone with good written skills to ensure college and on-site reports are legible and understandable.
Where it leads
On successful completion of the apprenticeship there will be a wide range of progression opportunities within their businesses allowing staff to build their career further. The company has a fantastic Learning and Development offering where staff can upskill in several areas for Communication Skills, First aid, Coaching skills and management skills.
About Natures Way Foods Limited
At Nature’s Way they love food! It all started in 1994 with bagged salad and now they are a leading and award-winning manufacturer of fresh convenient food such as prepared salad, food to go, dressed salads, coleslaw and potato salad with more exciting categories to come, supplying to some of the UKs largest household name supermarkets and restaurants.
Operating at four sites on the scenic south coast, Natures Way Foods (NWF) is now one of the largest employers in the area. They are immensely proud to employ a diverse team of nearly 1200 talented, committed and high performing people, valuing their individual strengths, talents, industry knowledge and experience.
Things to consider
What you need to know:
- This is a 48-month apprenticeship including a 6-month end point assessment
- Learning will be work based with occasional attendance at Worthing College
- To apply you must have lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years before the start date of the apprenticeship learning and have authorisation to work in the UK
- You cannot apply if you already have a qualification equal to or higher than the apprenticeship standard being studied
- You can apply if you have a higher qualification than the apprenticeship standard in an unrelated subject
- You will need to have achieved the minimum GCSE grades in English, maths and Science to be eligible to apply
- You will need to be able to travel to any of the 4 sites each day as directed so own transport would be an advantage
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE English (grade 4) — essential
- GCSE Maths (grade 4) — essential
- GCSE Science (grade 4) — essential
Where you'll work
- Park Farm, Chichester Road, Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 9HP
- Chichester Food Park, Bognor Road, Chichester, PO20 1NW
- Drayton Site, Park Farm, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 9HP
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