Laboratory Technician Apprentice

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Start your journey of Growth with Müller Yogurts and Desserts (MYD) as a Labatory Technician Apprentice

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs 26,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,500 farmers in Britain. It's a family based business. In the UK we produce some fantastic brands and private label for the top UK retailers - Yogurts, Desserts, Butter and flavoured milk. Müller as brand is ranked at No.17 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands, and it is also Britain's most chosen dairy brand, picked from shelves more than 182 million times each year.

Müller UK & Ireland is subdivided into 2 business areas:
Müller Yogurts and Desserts (MYD)
Muller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) We are recruiting Apprentices in Muller Yogurts & Desserts (MYD)

Our purpose, as a major food and dairy manufacturer, is to empower your personal drive and ambition to create your own success story. Our DNA is to be bold, reward courage, focus on the future and allow our business to grow whilst encouraging its most vital asset, its people, to excel. Our part in this partnership is to support and encourage that empowerment by providing opportunity and so our responsibilities are to work together, proudly as one team

Where will this career journey take you?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Müller Yogurts and Desserts in a new upcoming Apprentice role as a Laboratory Technician. We are growing fast and we need future technologists, scientists and leaders to grow with us

We focus on continuous learning to develop not only our business but our people. This Apprenticeship program is an opportunity for you to learn about every aspect of our laboratory's. As an apprentice at Müller, you will get full support, development and training to become one of our Laboratory Technicians. In this role, you will perform effective and high quality analysis in our state of the art laboratory on a variety of exciting brand names and customer products such as Müller Corner, Müller Rice and Müller Light, all following given methods and procedures to produce accurate and timely analytical results.

You will be working at one of our three dairy locations all based in Shropshire and specifically Market Drayton or Telford. Your development journey will be strategically guided by Müller Yogurts and Desserts Quality teams to give you a thorough learning of all aspects of the business operation.

What's in the Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship?

As an apprentice Laboratory Technician at Müller Yogurt & Desserts you will learn how to:
Assist with the decontamination of equipment, learn about waste management processes and procedures and how to undertake this effectively.
You will be taught how to stock check many of our general consumable stores and the re-ordering process and how to allocate bar codes as requested by our scientists for importing into the Chemical Inventory.
In addition you will have the opportunity to discover general lab equipment maintenance methods and/or how to coordinate engineers for repairs and servicing of equipment in conjunction with our scientists.
It's a hands on role as you will be able to assist in the preparation of reagent/buffers, register and record Fixed Asset Numbers on new equipment purchases and recording them on our internal systems.
You will need to learn about maintenance, a tidy workplace and Health and safety processes and procedures to ensure you work safely within our labs. What we can do for you?
Investing in our Laboratory Technician apprentices is critical to the future success of Müller Yogurts and Desserts. At Müller you receive the highest standard of training supported by our champions in the field.
At the end of the Apprenticeship programme you will gain the following awards: BETEC Level 3 National Certificate in Applied Science which includes:

Principles and Applications of Science

Practical Scientific Procedures and Techniques

What You will Need?
GCSE Grade C and above in Maths, English & Science (or EU equivalent)
Flexibility to stay and travel to accommodation for the purpose of project work or learning activities at other Müller sites work (expenses will be covered)
Full UK Driver's License is preferred
Must be over 16 years of age
Must not be engaged in other full time education
Must be living in the UK What to Expect?
Hours: A full time role of 40 hours / week with some potential to experience shift working.
Pay: £18,500 salary, with an increase after successful completion of your first year on the apprenticeship programme. Internal Müller applicants will remain on their current salary terms. What you will bring?
An infectious desire to drive your future and accelerate your career.
A consistent focus on the consumer at the heart of all activities
A collaborative mindset to support peers
Be comfortable in managing the apprenticeship workload alongside business tasks against tight deadlines
A technical curiosity to learn
A mindset that is eager to make an impact on an enormous scale and looking for greatness