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Parts Specialist Apprentice (Business Administrator) BRUSH ELECTRICAL MACHINES LIMITED

Brush Electrical Machines Ltd, based in Ashby have an exciting new vacancy for a Parts Specialist to join the team whilst studying towards a Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship qualification.

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Closing date: 08 Jul 2022

Apprenticeship summary

  • Annual wage

    £9,254.44 - £18,000.00

  • Working week

    Monday - Thursday 8am - 4:30pm. Friday 8am - 1pm. (Some flexibility with start and finish times if required)

    Total hours per week: 37.00

  • Expected duration

    18 months

  • Possible start date

    01 Aug 2022

  • Date posted

    21 Feb 2022

  • Apprenticeship level

    Advanced
    Level 3 (A level)

  • Reference number

    VAC001825071

  • Positions

    1 available

 The role will involve working in the parts team to prepare offers and process purchase orders for customer needs. Other duties will include:

  • Preparing and sending customer Quotes from RFQs received from Sales
  • Processing customer purchase order in Brush Systems
  • Producing and sending order acknowledgments in line with the business policies
  • Providing updates on customer on their order statuses and working with Procurement to make sure deliveries are on time
  • Instructing Finance on invoice creation and chase up overdue payments

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • IT (Excel, Word)
  • Problem solving
  • Communication

Personal qualities

  • Team work
  • Hard working

Desired qualifications

GCSE Grade C/4 including English and maths or equivalent is essential. Evidence (certificates) will be required at shortlisting stage.

Future prospects

Potential opportunity for a permanent role within the company following successful completion of the Apprenticeship.

Things to consider

  • Additional training to take place at Loughborough College to develop knowledge, skills, and behaviours to accordance to this Apprenticeship. Please ensure you are able to travel before applying
  • Provisional interview dates in May
  • Loughborough College has the right to close this vacancy before the end date

Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

About the employer

Brush has grown for over 130 years to be recognised as the foremost independent manufacturer of electrical equipment including 2 and 4-pole Turbogenerators, Power Management Systems, Transformers, Hawker Siddley Switchgear and Harrington Diesel Generators. A consultative partner, Brush offers specialist technical value to complex projects from the thousands of hours of product design, manufacture and support accrued in ours.
   
Charles Francis Brush formed both the BRUSH Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio and also the Anglo-American BRUSH Electric Light Corporation in London, England, in 1879.

Today, the BRUSH name lives on in the BRUSH Electric companies in Loughborough, England (where manufacture was moved in 1889), Plzen in the Czech Republic and Ridderkerk in the Netherlands. BRUSH continues to supply high quality products to the electric power industries both on and offshore.

Employer

BRUSH ELECTRICAL MACHINES LIMITED

Address

Power House

Excelsior Road

Loughborough

LE65 1BU

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Training

Training provider

LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE

Applications for this apprenticeship are being processed by Loughborough College

Contact

Hayley Cousins 07827 252299 apprenticeships@loucoll.ac.uk

Qualification:

  • L3 Apprenticeship Standard in Business Administrator
  • Functional Skills Level 2 in English and maths (if required)

End-Point Assessment (EPA):

  • Knowledge test
  • Portfolio based interview
  • Project presentation

Delivery Method:

  • 14 sessions delivered at Loughborough (Thurs AM)
  • Online portfolio to update with learning and development completed onsite
  • Diarised visits from dedicated Trainer/Assessor
  • Attendance to Loughborough College for Functional Skills (if required)

Apprenticeship standard

Business administrator

Level 3 (A level)

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