Are you passionate about developing technical expertise and exploring the manufacturing processes of innovative building materials? Join us as a Higher Apprentice – Technical, where you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and performance of our products while gaining hands-on experience and valuable industry knowledge.
As a Higher Apprentice – Technical, you’ll embark on a journey to understand the technical and quality control aspects of our manufacturing processes. Working closely with site operational teams, you’ll learn about the production of aircrete blocks, focusing on raw material management, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
This apprenticeship will give you exposure to client-facing responsibilities, allowing you to collaborate with internal departments and customers alike, and explore production processes across concrete, aggregate, asphalt, and building projects.
Role Responsibility
In this role, you will:
Focus on the technical and quality aspects of manufacturing aircrete blocks at the site level.
Provide support to the operational team and central Quality Management System with routine quality assurance and control testing.
Manage and test raw materials to ensure compliance with target specifications.
Train and support operational colleagues in business quality requirements, ensuring they can control and manage quality standards.
Perform strength and density testing to ensure compliance with standards and deliver excellent customer service.
Develop and monitor continuous improvement programmes, improving quality and efficiency.
Analyse statistical data from manufacturing processes to identify and eliminate quality issues.
The Ideal Candidate
To excel in this role, you should:
Be willing to learn and develop your technical skills.
Demonstrate resilience and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Be a team player who values collaboration.
Enjoy a varied role that includes both hands-on work and office-based tasks.
Have great attention to detail and an analytical approach to work.
Be passionate about working safely and ensuring high-quality outcomes.
Be eager to gain a technical understanding of processes and resolve challenges.
Educational Requirements
You must have:
5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grades A-C or numbered equivalent 9-4).
