About The Role

Are you detail-oriented, analytical, and passionate about ensuring the highest standards of quality? At Arco, the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, we’re offering an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Quality Assurance Apprentice. This is your chance to gain hands-on experience, develop practical skills, and build a rewarding career in quality assurance.

In this role, you’ll work closely with our Quality Manager and collaborate with the wider Technical Compliance team and business stakeholders. From tracking and resolving complaints to improving processes and ensuring quality throughout the product lifecycle, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing our commitment to excellence.

As a result of completion of this apprenticeship you will gain a level 4 qualification as a Quality Practitioner, more details of this can be found at: https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0853-v1-0

Key Responsibilities include:

Reporting and tracking complaints, collaborating with key stakeholders to resolve issues, and verifying corrections
Creating and updating documentation related to organisational procedures and processes, and quality reports
Reviewing internal processes and procedures to ensure that they are being followed and identifying areas where improvements can be made
Working closely with other internal departments such as customer service, category management among others to ensure quality throughout the product lifecycle
Contributing to the improvement of quality assurance processes and procedures

On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:

A competitive starting salary of £20,586.30 plus bonus
On completion a Level 4 qualification as a “Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner”
32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays which rises with service, plus the option to purchase up to 5 more days each calendar year
2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
An excellent pension (up to 8% Arco contribution) and x4 Life Assurance scheme
A huge range of discounts to help with cost of living via Perkbox plus Employee Discount on Arco products
Free, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Health Cash Plan where we'll reimburse up to 100% of everyday healthcare costs
Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years]

About you
The ideal Quality Assurance Apprentice will be/have:

A level 4 or equivalent in Maths and English
Some knowledge of quality assurance principles and improvement techniques
A strong attentions to detail
Analytical and problem solving skills
Communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Organised with the ability to plan and organise projects

About Us

With a 140-year legacy, Arco are recognised as the UK's leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, our size, scale and reputation in the sector are why we have such an impressive portfolio of accounts and customers. We're the expert safety partner with a unique mix of specialist expertise and practical real-life industry knowledge.

We are now on a transformation journey to become more profitable and sustainable, with investment into our growing business to help achieve this. This is an exciting and demanding time for the business. There is opportunity to shape and challenge the transformation journey and future growth, while balance the pressure to deliver sales growth and financial targets that are necessary to support the future growth. Our behaviours; Care, Collaborate, Perform and Deliver, are embedded within our culture, to drive performance and ensure we succeed together and are rewarded for that shared success. Because It’s on us. To deliver. Together.

Diversity and Inclusion at Arco means understanding everyone's views and giving colleagues a sense of belonging. We respect and value individuals for their unique skills, experiences and ideas; to ensure we can be at our best. By creating a supportive and inclusive environment we will be an organisation able to drive our strategic goals, attracting and developing great people to be a more profitable and sustainable business for generations to come.
Be Safe, Be Yourself, Be Your Best.

ARCO Limited

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