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Apprentice Quarry Operative

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Breedon Group plc

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United Kingdom , Durham

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Salary:

21257.60 - 23316.80 GBP / Year

Job Description:

Earn as you learn, combining college study for a Level 2 material processing plant operators apprenticeship with industry experience at the largest independent construction materials group in the UK. You will attend the training centre in Mansfield 2 days every other month.

Job Responsibility:

  • Support the vital need to uphold quarry and cement site production
  • Loading trucks with rocks, stone, sand, and gravel
  • Driving large yellow machinery such as a loading shovel
  • Maintaining machinery such as the loading shovel by ensuring it is well greased, dust free and reporting any defects
  • Maintaining a tidy site to keep everyone safe and ensuring machinery doesn’t get damaged

Requirements:

  • Good level of Maths and English, grade E/3 at minimum, or National 4’s
  • An interest in working in the great outdoors
  • Someone who wants to get stuck in and work as part of a team
  • Aged 18 and above
What we offer:
  • Being paid to go to college
  • earn as you learn, without having to ‘work the time back’
  • Full company funding of any fees for qualifications and training
  • No need to buy your own kit or any work equipment
  • No shifts, no nights, no weekends
  • a 40-hour week, with Monday-to-Friday daytime hours
  • A competitive salary significantly higher than the national minimum wage for apprentices
  • Support from a community of apprentices
  • a collaborative and comprehensive induction
  • A huge variety of potential career progression pathways at a stable, thriving business
  • Pension
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays on top
  • Share Saver Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands
  • Broad learning opportunities and career progression pathways
  • Cost of travel, accommodation and meals for training centre attendance covered

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 01, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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