Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to join a 4-year Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Technician apprenticeship, followed by a final year to complete your Level 4 HTQ qualification, totalling 5 years. You will take part in fantastic training courses and team building events, whilst tackling real challenges and taking on real responsibility.
You’ll need to be a great team player and communicator, with the motivation to get results and a positive mindset. As a Mars Apprentice you will gain a professional qualification, as well as on the job experience.
Salary £21,000 rising on completion of each academic year + annual bonus + benefits
Our Mars Petcare division has more than 100,000 Petcare Associates spending their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives through our nutrition, health and services businesses. This includes famous nutrition brands like PEDIGREE® and WHISKAS®. At Mars Petcare, we believe that pets make the world a better place. We work towards our Purpose: A Better World for Pets.
What are we looking for?
- 5 GCSEs Grade C / 4 or above (or equivalent) in Maths, English, and Science, and any other 2 subjects
- A demonstrable interest in Engineering and Leadership
- The ability to work as part of a team
- The desire to learn
- Willing and able to travel to our Melton Mowbray site and Loughborough College
- We require you to be 16+ by the 6th September 2027
- You must not have more than 2 years engineering experience, prior learning, or qualifications higher than an NVQ Level 3 in engineering
What would be your key responsibilities?
With strong mentorship and coaching from our experienced Technical Associates you will be;
- Learning how to maintain our plant
- Learning how to diagnose complex mechanical and electrical faults
- Learning how to repair our equipment
- Applying all relevant Mars quality and safety systems to ensure the safety of people and products is maintained
- Working across various areas in our factory including Mechanical, Electrical and Utilities
On successful completion of the Apprenticeship you will have demonstrated leadership, and the ability to take ownership and accountability for equipment, carry out complex fault diagnosis and repairs and provide technical coaching to others.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Applications will be reviewed regularly and may close early if we receive a high number of applicants. We currently expect to hold our assessment days during February and March 2027.
Want to know more about the recruitment process? Visit the Apprenticeship page on our careers website (https://careers.mars.com/uk/en/apprenticeships).
We are keen for all applicants to demonstrate their full potential during our recruitment process. If you could benefit from any support or adjustments to this recruitment process for any reason, including those related to a disability, please let us know at [email protected]. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence.
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Skills Required
- Five GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above, including Maths, English, and Science, plus two other subjects, or equivalent
- Demonstrable interest in engineering and leadership
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Desire to learn
- Willingness and ability to travel to the Melton Mowbray site and Loughborough College
- Must be at least 16 years old by 6 September 2027
- Must not have more than two years of engineering experience, prior learning, or qualifications higher than NVQ Level 3 in engineering
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
