Engineering Graduate Programme United Biscuits (UK) Limited

Job description

Ensuring that we produce our leading biscuits, cakes and baked snacks products requires world class technology and processes in our manufacturing sites across UK and Northern Europe.

Our Engineering and Manufacturing teams are responsible for ensuring the smooth running, day in day out, of our manufacturing facilities to ensure that our products are made to the exacting standards our consumers demand. In addition they lead our multi-million pound capital investment programme which ensures we can meet the consumer needs of tomorrow and deliver our sustainability agenda.

Whether you are working in one of our manufacturing facilities in a project role, designing and implementing a new production line, looking at ways to improve efficiency on existing equipment to maximise output, or researching and implementing ways to reduce energy consumption, we have engineering roles that will allow you to build on the knowledge gained from your degree and continue to develop expertise in a number of fields. The function will give you the opportunity to manage and work with people cross-functionally, from manufacturing and commercial functions within and external to UB.

Person requirements

You will need an Engineering Degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Process or Chemical) and a passion for taking on new challenges, innovative thinking and working as part of a multi-disciplined team. You will have the opportunity to use your technical expertise across a broad spectrum of engineering roles in our business. As your career progresses you will have opportunity to continue to develop your technical expertise, understand UB Lean techniques, including supporting the Lean initiative and gain experience in managing within the Manufacturing team, as well as general business knowledge and understanding.

Company information

UB is one of the world’s pre-eminent branded snacks businesses. We produce some of the best known and loved sweet and savoury snacks, with products ranging from biscuits and crackers to cakes and savoury snacks. Our unrivalled portfolio of brands has been meeting consumer needs for well over 100 years and includes such favourites as McVitie’s, Jacob’s, Carr’s, McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes, Mini Cheddars, go ahead!, Verkade, Sultana, BN, and Delacre.

UB holds leading or strong number two positions in its core markets of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. Moreover, our brands and products have global appeal. We have a rapidly growing international business unit serving consumers from North America to the Middle East, Africa, and Australia.

UB seeks to drive sustainable performance in all it does. This includes delivering consistently on our promise to consumers, serving our customers, developing and engaging actively with our employees, delivering superior financial results to our owners year in year out, minimising our impact on the environment and interacting constructively with the communities in which we operate. We are investing in the future whilst delivering results today.

Accepted degree subjects

• chemical engineering
• engineering, electronic and electrical
• engineering, mechanical