Here's why Morrisons is looking to hire raft of new apprentices

The roles are for food maintenance engineers who work across Morrisons 18 food making sites to maintain and improve modern equipment that is used to cook, slice, mince, pack, weigh and prepare food.

A spokesperson said that during their four year apprenticeship, they will gain skills across mechanical and electrical engineering through residential studying at college and on-the-job training at Morrisons sites - where they are supported by engineering managers, mentors and work buddies.

When in employment with Morrisons, the engineers will be placed at one of its sites in England - where fresh and cooked meat, bread, fruit and vegetables, fish, prepared food, eggs, and flowers are made.

Morrisons started its engineering apprenticeship scheme in 2016 and currently has 61 students on the programme.

Alison Guest, Senior People Manager at Morrisons said: “We make half of the food that we sell and employ 9,000 people at eighteen of our own food making sites. We need engineers to ensure we produce good quality affordable food. That’s why we’re training and recruiting our own home-grown engineers.”

Anyone over the age of 16 can apply and there is no age limit on joining the scheme. However, candidates must have level 6 GCSE maths and level 5 GCSE English. Applications are open from now until the end of March.