Dairy Technologist Apprentice

3 weeks ago


Stonehouse, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 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 more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Trainee Dairy Technologist: Müller Foundation Degree Apprenticeship Programme  

Title:  Dairy Technologist Apprenticeship

Department: Manufacturing

Location: Severnside

We’re recruiting Level 5 Apprenticeship Dairy Technologists for our Milk and Ingredients and Yogurt & Desserts sites nationwide. Technologists are at the heart of our operations, providing specialist dairy skills across production, process manufacturing and technical areas of our dairies.  

About Müller:

In 1971 Theobald Alfons Müller took over the running of his father’s dairy farm in Bavaria, and all four of its employees. Fast forward sixteen years to 1987 and the Müller brand, which has rapidly expanded since, entered the UK market for the first time.

Today Müller is one of the nation’s favourite dairy brands, sourcing milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain to develop, manufacture and market a wide range of branded and private label dairy products for the UK market.

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to build a better dairy future. It produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products and boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country. 

A bit about this role:

As a dairy technologist you will be trained through the Dairy technology foundation degree apprenticeship, in partnership with Reaseheath College.

The program is designed to develop top class dairy technical skills  future Muller professionals for our Process, Continuous Improvement, Production, Quality and Automation functions.

As a dairy technologist apprentice you will be working across our UK dairies, directly with  our operations team, gaining hands on experience and training across our production, process and technical departments.  

You will be given responsibilities through involvement in various activities, such as

audits
product testing
operating production lines
executing projects across technical, manufacturing and sustainability The training will commence September 2025 and will be delivered via a blended approach of distance learning, and two 2 week periods of release for hands on practical training in a purpose built state of the art training facility at Reaseheath College. The remaining time will be spent putting the know-how to practice and good use in the business - all supported and nurtured by workplace mentors and academic coaches

Advanced Dairy Technologist Degree

The responsibilities of this programme are preformed within the framework of the Apprenticeship standard (Ref: ST0393 V:02) The degree will cover the following, and much more

Milk production and chemistry.
Milk microbiology.
Principles of dairy process, engineering and automation.
New product development
Legislation and guidelines applicable to manufacture of dairy products
Continuous Improvement
Environmental sustainability and waste management 
Product quality testing and sensory evaluations What we can do for you?

Investing in our Dairy Technologist Apprentices is crucial to the future success of Müller. At Müller you receive the highest standard of training supported by our champions in the field.

You will benefit from 1:1 periodic career guidance that truly embraces your talent to enjoy a purpose driven career and academic coaches to support your learning journey.

You will be trained to become competent in a manufacturing role by the end of the programme. The roles offered will likely be within the production, operations, process, technical and quality departments.

You will receive :

Level 5 Apprenticeship AND a Foundation Degree in Dairy Technology from the University of Chester
Level 3 Food Safety
Level 3 HACCP
Level 3 Health and Safety Requirements:

A minimum of 3 GCSEs in Maths, English and a Science plus 1 A level or equivalent, preferably in a science field.
Flexibility to stay and travel to accommodation for the purpose of project work, site support and college block release (expenses will be covered)
Full UK Driving Licence is preferred
17 years of age and over
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
Pay: competitive salary. Internal Muller applicants will remain on their current salary terms.
Make some friends for life – true professionals 
You will be based at a specific site, however there will be an expectation of travel across our dairy network as you work on projects and develop your experience
Due to the nature of our work we are a 24/7 operation so there will be an expectation of shift work, nights and weekend. What you will bring?

An infectious desire to drive your future and accelerate your career.
A pro-active mindset with a willingness to learn.
Attention to detail and strength of character to challenge the status quo
Ability to work on own initiative
A collaborative mindset to support peers
Be comfortable in managing the apprenticeship workload alongside business tasks against tight deadlines
A passion to work in manufacturing and operations  

If this sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we’d love to hear from you  Please apply at (url removed)



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