Fire Testing Apprentice

Job Title: Fire Testing Apprentice

(with a view to moving into Fire Testing Technician)

Salary: £18,000 pa (pro-rata based on 4 days working and 1 day of college day-release)

Hours: 4 days per week office based & 1 day per week at West Suffolk College (Chatteris/Bury St Edmunds)

Length of apprenticeship: 30 months

Benefits:  Private medical insurance, increasing annual leave with service, additional annual leave salary sacrifice scheme, employee discount platform, med24 digital GP, EAP, Bike2work, eyecare & more

Responsibilities:

• Helping to design, build and carry out Fire Testing at various laboratories in the UK
• Co-ordination to testing plans, documentation, and test reports
• Analysis of fire test results
• Creating technical documents that might include datasheets, guides, instructions, and manuals
• Becoming a technical resource to help support the business internally and externally to customer
• Attend various technical meetings both internally and externally
• Liaise with key technical component manufacturers
• Travelling will be required occasionally therefore a valid UK driving license would be beneficial

Personal Attributes:

• Good communicator and confident speaking
• Attention to detail
• Interest in science/technology
• Self-motivated
• Good sense of humour

Company Overview:

• Deanta is an ISO9001 certified, leading supplier of internal doors, hardware and ancillary products to door specialists, builders’ merchants, and independent door shops across the UK.
• Our doors are designed, manufactured, tested, and delivered to our customers by Deanta employees. Having full control of the process from end to end sets us apart from our competitors, allowing us to deliver a consistent and superior product to the UK market.
• All our employees have the opportunity to gain great autonomy and experience in our stimulating, diverse, and dynamic environment.
• Our continued success is driven by our ability to produce high quality doors at competitive and accessible costs, pivoting to meet customer needs and bringing new and innovative designs to market. All of this is delivered by our agile and forward-thinking team.

Full Deanta benefits and company policies at https://career-deanta/

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