Engineering Apprenticeship – Bakery Industry

Location: Bedford & Milton Keynes

Qualification: Level 3, Food & Drink Maintenance Engineer

Just finished school or thinking about a fresh career?

Lantmännen Unibake supplies bakery products to thousands of supermarkets and restaurants across Europe on our mission towards billions of smiling tummies! If you’re passionate about food, curious about how things work, and want a hands‑on career in engineering, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Join us as an Engineering Apprentice and develop the practical skills needed to maintain, fault‑find and improve the cutting-edge equipment behind our bakery production lines.

We are committed to producing high-quality, sustainable and delicious bakery products, and we’ll support you every step of the way as you grow into a confident, capable engineer of the future.

About the Training Programme

Your apprenticeship combines hands‑on engineering experience at our sites with technical training delivered by MGTS (Midland Group Training Services).

Residential Training at MGTS (Coventry)

Your technical training will include residential blocks at MGTS, with accommodation fully funded by Lantmännen Unibake:

• 22 weeks in Year 1
• 14 weeks in Year 2
• 6 weeks in Year 3

This industry‑leading training will equip you with essential mechanical, electrical and automation skills.

Travel Between Sites

There may be times where you’ll need to travel between our Milton Keynes and Bedford sites to support your training and development. A driving licence is highly desirable for this reason.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an Engineering Apprentice, you’ll work with experienced engineers to:

• Maintain and repair machinery on our production lines
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and automation faults
• Carry out preventative maintenance
• Learn how food production equipment works and how to keep it running efficiently
• Support continuous improvement across our bakery operations