Electrical Apprentice

An Electrical apprenticeship with Pilgrims Europe isn’t just another job, it’s an opening into an exciting and rewarding career with fast-learning and hands on industry experience.

Pilgrim’s Europe is at the forefront of the UK’s and Ireland’s food manufacturing industry, providing fresh, locally sourced poultry, as well as beef, pork and vegetarian products.

Pilgrim’s Europe includes: Moy Park, a leading provider of fresh, locally farmed poultry and innovative convenience products; Pilgrim’s UK, the UK’s number one pig farmer and producer of higher welfare pork, operating across several hundred farms and 15 well-invested manufacturing sites, and Pilgrim’s Food Masters who retains its strong portfolio of brands and customer brand offering with a leading chilled and frozen ready meal business as well as a leading manufacturer of branded and private label meats, meat snacks, food-to-go and meat-free products in the UK and Ireland.

Why Choose Pilgrims Europe?

The food industry is an exciting place to be an Electrican.

Our engineering teams have access to some of the most innovative, modern, and technically automated equipment available, to manufacture a wide range of food products for our consumers.

Gain - Working with industry approved training partners we will support you in your career by giving you the opportunity to practice what you learn in the classroom, back in your workplace and gain invaluable support from a highly skilled engineering team.

Grow - Our apprenticeship programme will provide you with the right level of training and support to enable you to grow and become a multi-skilled engineer on completion of your four-year programme.

Start - We offer a competitive starting salary starting and the opportunity to earn in excess of £40k once fully qualified as a multi skilled engineer.

Would I be suited to this type of career?

Here’s an idea of the kind of person we’re looking for:-

• I like finding out how things work and learning how to fix them if they’re broken

• I want to work in a role that keeps me interested

• I’m great at multi-tasking and managing my time

• I get things done, and people know they can rely on me

• I enjoy working as part of a team, and I don’t mind if it sometimes involves getting a bit dirty

• I’d love a job that keeps me fit and active, I don’t want to be stuck behind a desk all day

We have a few requirements that we would like you to meet these include:-

• Education: Leaving Certificate or equivalent.

• Computer literate

• A logical mind with attention to detail for effective problem solving

• The ability to work as a team member and possess good interpersonal, communication and literacy skills

• Enthusiastic and passionate about a career in being an Electrician

• A desire to learn

• Ability to think fast and thrive under pressure

About the role (listed but not limited to):

You will serve your time as a member of the Carrickmacross Engineering team while actively progressing through the relevant phases of the ETB apprenticeship scheme gaining a recognised qualification.

• Ensure that equipment productivity is maximised & maintenance schedules are met.

• Support the standardisation of all machine settings, engineering work, spare parts, procedures & records in line with the Factory

• Management System and OPEX (lean) manufacturing principles. Support the elimination of adjustment on tooling and replacement parts

• Monitor the effectiveness of and periodically update autonomous maintenance schedules carried out by the operator.

• Maintain all 5S standards set especially with regard to tools, tool boxes, parts use & storage. To contribute to the continuous improvement of 5S standards within the value stream

• Ensure that engineering activity in the value stream conforms to ISO14001 standard. Continually strive to reduce the impact the value stream has on the environment through the reduction of resource (energy, water etc) use and the reduction of waste generation.

• Working in our team to ensure that equipment productivity is maximised & maintenance schedules are met. Optimizing the use of Practical Problem Solving to support a culture of Continuous Improvement.

• Electrical Qualifications: Actively progress through the relevant phases of the SOLAS apprenticeship and gain a recognised qualification.

So don’t delay, join our Pilgrims Europe Apprenticeship Programme and start your career today.