Apprentice Engineer
Ready to engineer your future?
Great engineers aren't just born. They're built.
That's why we're looking for our next generation of Engineering Apprentices to join our family at our Eastwood Bakery.
If you're curious about how things work, enjoy solving problems and want to build a proper career in engineering, this could be just the start you're looking for.
Our four-year Engineering Apprenticeship gives you the training, qualifications and hands-on experience you need to become a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, while earning a salary from day one.
And because we'll cover your tuition and first-year accommodation, you can concentrate on learning your craft.
Your apprenticeship journey /The Recipe
Your first year will be spent on a full-time residential programme with our national training provider, Midland Group Training Services (MGTS) in Coventry.
You'll stay in student accommodation close to the training facility, with the cost covered as part of your apprenticeship.
After that, you'll continue developing your skills back at Warburtons, combining hands-on experience with further training and support from your own mentor.
Over the four years, you'll get stuck into:
- Electrical, mechanical and control engineering
- Maintaining our highly automated equipment and production systems
- Fault-finding and diagnosing problems
- Repairing and replacing mechanical and electrical components
- Finding ways to make our equipment and processes even better
- Understanding the food and safety standards that keep our bakeries running safely.
- You'll learn from experienced engineers, put your skills into practice and steadily build the confidence to tackle real engineering challenges.
What you'll come away with
Successfully complete your apprenticeship and you'll achieve a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, with the skills and experience to begin your career as a qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer with us.
And that's only the beginning. Engineering can open up opportunities across areas such as Engineering Management, Project Engineering and continuous improvement.
The direction you take from there is up to you.
The Perks We’ve Baked In
Now for the extra dough… because you’ll want to know what your bread’s worth:
- £21,500 starting salary, increasing each year of your apprenticeship
- Your tuition fees paid
- First-year accommodation paid
- 25 days' paid holiday
- A structured four-year development programme
- Your own dedicated Warburtons mentor
- Development and 1-to-1 training designed around you
- The chance to learn alongside a national group of Warburtons apprentices
- Hands-on experience with automation and modern engineering technology
- Life assurance
- Award-winning contributory pension scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Retail vouchers and online shopping offers, including discounts on Warburtons products
- Site social events, charity days and wellbeing initiatives
- 24/7 confidential wellbeing support and occupational health services
- A new starter goodie box to welcome you to the family
Essential Ingredients
We don't expect you to arrive knowing everything. That's what the apprenticeship is for.
What we're looking for is curiosity, commitment and a genuine passion for engineering.
You'll need to:
- Be 18 or over by 1 September 2027, due to the residential requirement in your first year
- Have achieved five GCSEs or equivalent, including Level 5 or above in Maths, Level 4 or above in English and Level 4 or above in either Science or ICT
- Be comfortable working flexibly, including shifts, weekends and evenings from year three onwards
- Enjoy solving problems and approaching them logically
- Be committed to completing the full four-year programme
- Communicate confidently and work well with others
Most importantly, bring your enthusiasm and willingness to learn. We'll help with the rest.
A bit about us
Our Eastwood site is at the heart of the East Midlands, with easy access to the M1 and close to Nottingham and Derby, this site brings together a proud manufacturing heritage with a well-established distribution operation.
Since opening in the mid-90s, Eastwood has grown and evolved and is now home to over 300 colleagues working across Manufacturing and Distribution. Operating 24 hours a day, 363 days a year, our teams produce a range of freshly baked products, including morning goods and crumpets, with an impressive 5,000 bread rolls and 24,000 crumpets produced every hour.
And the baking is only half the story. Our Distribution team helps get our products where they need to be, delivering over 1.2 million units every week across the Midlands and beyond.
Ready to get your career rolling?
If you’re ready to learn, get stuck in and build a career in engineering with a family business that’s been doing things differently for 150 years, your journey starts here.
What happens next?
Applications close: December 2026
Shortlisted candidates contacted: January 2027
Assessment Day: March 2027
Offers made: March/April 2027
Your Warburtons journey begins: Mid to late August 2027
Think this could be the role for you? Get your application in early and show us what you could bring to the mix.
