British Sugar, with operations in Africa, Europe and China, is the leading sugar supplier in the UK. We process the country's entire sugar beet crop annually (around seven million tonnes), with our technologically advanced processing plants producing around 7,500 tonnes of sugar a day. The company is a member of the Associated British Foods (ABF) group, which is a FTSE 100 listed company. Other members of the group include Allied Bakeries, Silver Spoon, The Ryvita Company and Twining and Company Ltd.

As the UK's leading supplier of sugar, we built our first sugar factory at Cantley in Norfolk back in 1912. And that factory is still producing sugar to this day.

Since then, we've seen and introduced our fair share of innovations, from being one of the original manufacturers to add bar codes to packaging, to being the first UK food manufacturer to gain accreditation in quality management system BS5750, the forerunner of ISO9000.

We've also taken the hot water and CO2 that result from our sugar manufacturing process and used them to become the largest producer of salad tomatoes in the country. In addition we are the UK's largest supplier of quality Topsoil products to the landscape and amenity industries and make animal feed as another co-product. We are the first manufacturer of bioethanol in the UK and, thanks to our state-of-the-art gas turbines, sell power we produce back to the National Grid. It's an eco-conscious operation - and it will teach you a great deal about manufacturing in a very short time.

You'd better feel ready for responsibility. There's no shortage of it here. On the Operations scheme you could find yourself in charge of an entire shift, their performance and safety, and all within 18 months.