Workshop & Administration Apprentice

Starting Off • Northampton, England, United Kingdom • £15k - £20k / year • 2d ago

Our client empowers others to understand and act on the performance of their buildings – improving building performance, usability, and energy efficiency, reducing CO2 emissions, and tackling climate change. Their goal is for their tools to reach 5 million buildings by 2030. You will be joining a small, financially stable, investor-backed organisation comprising of a small and ambitious team, with a can-do attitude. Their current products include:

· Pulse – a compressed air-based system for measuring building air leakage

· SmartHTC – an energy balance algorithm that uses temperature and energy data to determine the thermal performance of a building and;

· Heat3D – an infrared thermography-based mobile app for measuring thermal transmittance through building structures.

Key responsibilities include:

· Supporting the technical team in carrying out equipment testing and delivering projects

· Servicing and repairing measuring equipment in the workshop (basic hand tools)

· Collating test results and service records sheets (Excel), detailing if any problems were found with the product.

· Customer relations, including meeting and greeting customers who are bringing products in to be serviced/repaired and contacting customers when products are ready to collect.

· Supporting the process of managing stock of products and spare parts

· Generating and issuing certificates for industry training

· Preparing quotes and processing sales orders.

· Additional administration tasks as and when needed.

Personal Specification:

· Good communication skills

· Hands on and interested in being part time in the workshop, part time at a desk in the office

· Ability to take initiative and be proactive

· 4/C+ in GCSE Maths and English

· Car driver required if not based locally

You will complete a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship, delivered by Starting Off, alongside this role.

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm with an hour lunch