Apprentice Packaging Operative
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25400.00 per annum fixed term contract |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Warmley, England, BS30 5LW |
| Company: | St Austell Brewery Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2510613 |
Summary
Description
Do you have production skills or experience and looking to further your career?
If so, we have an exciting development opportunity available within our packaging
team at our state-of-the-art site brewery in Warmley, Bristol.
You’ll be supported through a nationally recognised Level 3 apprenticeship
while gaining real-time, hands-on experience across our Canning, Bottling and
Kegging operations, where we produce over 12 million cans and bottles of our
award-winning beers, including Korev, Tribute and Proper Job. The
apprenticeship will foster a deep understanding of the packaging process as
well as an overall understanding of the wider brewery operations whilst
offering a pathway into a growing business.
What it's like to be a Packaging Operative
You’ll work across multiple packaging lines, learning how to operate
machinery from start-up to clean down, problem solve technical issues, perform
changeovers, and ensure food safety and quality standards are met. You will
work closely with our Packaging Leads, gradually taking on more responsibility,
rotating through a variety of tasks designed to stretch and grow your capability.
You’ll also work alongside other production teams including Brewing, Maintenance, Quality, and Distribution – ensuring you get a holistic view of operations in a large-scale, fast-paced brewery.
We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role. To be eligible for government-funded apprenticeship training, you must have lived in the UK or EEA for the past 3 years and hold legal permission to work and remain in the UK for the full duration of the apprenticeship.
About You
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in a production/packaging environment or similar
- Able to work our weekly rotating earlies/lates shift pattern (06:00-2:30pm, 13:30-22:00)
- Positive and proactive mindset, confident communicator, hands on learner
- Interested in technical operations, enjoys working in practical/fast-moving environments, takes pride in the end product
- Counterbalance FLT licence desirable (or willingness/capability to be trained)
- Working knowledge of food safety (HACCP) is desirable
What’s in It for You?
Join us as an apprentice and gain:
- An industry-recognised Level 3 Food and Drink Technical Operator qualification
- Structured development and a clear pathway towards a senior packaging role
- Hands-on mentoring and support from experienced colleagues
- Full exposure to a variety of packaging formats and brewery operations
- Opportunities to take part in continuous improvement (CI) projects
Our benefits package:
- 33 days’ annual leave
- 30% discount on food & drink within our managed pub estate & visitors centre
- 50% discount on accommodation within the managed estate
- Fantastic training & career development opportunities
- Pension Scheme - 4% Employee and Employer. Can increase to 5% if required
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company bonus scheme
- Westfield Health cash plan – Claim money back for Dental, Eye Care, Physio etc
- Westfield Rewards – Shopping rewards
- Free Parking
Additional Info
This role will require you to work two different shift patterns: 6am to 2.30pm and 1.30pm to 10pm.
For further information and a job description, please email recruitment@staustellbrewery.co.uk
St Austell Brewery Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We also welcome requests for flexible working.
Early applications are encouraged as we’ll review applications throughout the recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert at any time. Please note that we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. Speculative CVs from recruitment agencies won’t be accepted, nor the fees associated with them.