Technical Service Apprentice
Are you ready to step into engineering?
With operations in Great Britain (GB); Ireland, France and Brazil, Britvic is the largest supplier of branded still soft drinks.  Our strong global portfolio includes iconic brands such as Robinsons; Tango, J2O, Fruitshoot, Drench, Plenish, Lipton, Ballygowan, Teisseire. Britvic also produces and sells a number of PepsiCo’s famous soft drinks brands, including Pepsi Max, 7UP, and Mountain Dew.
With state of the art manufacturing machinery; a talented workforce, and plenty of really exciting opportunities, our apprenticeship is your path to a fantastic career in engineering.
 
About the Role:
As a Drinks Dispense Technician Apprentice, you’ll be a Britvic brand ambassador. You’ll use your growing skills to install, maintain and repair our soft drinks equipment in a variety of business premises across the UK. You’ll also share the advice and tips you learn along the way with our customers,  helping them serve the best drinks every time.
When you join, you’ll be given comprehensive training over 15 months from Wolverhampton College, as well as continuous on-going support from your peers and mentors at Britvic.
No two days are the same, which means you’ll always be learning and finding new challenges to get stuck into. If you’ve got the enthusiasm, we’ve got the opportunity!
 
Salary: 
£21,673.60  with an increase after 6 months, depending on performance.
 
Working hours: 
0-6 months: 40 hrs a week, 9am to 5:30pm Mon to Fri
6 months onwards: Increasing to 42hrs per week, including one weekend a month.
The apprenticeship is 15 months studying plus 3 month EPA. You will be expected to attend college for 10 study blocks of 1 week long complete theory and practical learning. Your training will be delivered in Wolverhampton, and the cost of any travel or accommodation needed to attend will be covered by Britvic.  
What are we looking for?

1. A lateral thinker – technically minded with an interest in how things work
2. An aptitude towards hands on work and a strong interest in engineering
3. The ability to work within a team while supporting and learning from those around you
4. Excellent creative problem-solving skills with an eagerness to learn
5. The ability to use your own initiative
6. Strong communication skills
7. Vision, inclusive and the drive to keep on learning
8. Practical, self-motivated and conscientious in meeting demanding targets and deadlines while following best practice standards

 
Key Responsibilities:

1. To install, diagnose and repair Dispense and Chiller equipment
2. Educate customers with the knowledge and understanding of food hygiene responsibilities and basic fault diagnosis to maximise equipment serve time
3. Attend college full time in year 1, complete all learning requirements to develop both hands-on skills and basic engineering underpinning knowledge
4. Safely complete a variety of practical tasks and jobs to support your college learning
5. Support Technicians with maintenance and visits to customers 
6. Drive personal development on the programme
7. Learn about the business, soft drinks, and manufacturing; learning from others’ experience and knowledge with a clear vision about where we’re going and who we want to be.
8. Working for Britvic means you are joining a team of diverse, forward-thinking people who are constantly striving to deliver beyond expectations.  We like to stretch ourselves and bring fresh perspectives that will challenge the conventional way of doing things.

 
Qualifications:
You must have 5 GCSEs, including grades 4-9/A-C or equivalent in Maths and English.
 
You’ll also need:

1. A full, valid UK manual driving license
2. To be able to build memorable relationships
3. Adaptability for new daily challenges
4. Competent with using IT systems
5. Drive and motivation to complete the college based side of the apprenticeship