Apprentice Technical Sales Engineer

AIRBLAST LIMITED

Peterborough (PE6 9NF)

Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026

Posted on 14 January 2026

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Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Sales Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in handling customer enquiries, understanding technical needs, and providing tailored solutions to meet those needs.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week (flexibility required) with UK-wide travel). Shifts TBC.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 April 2026

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Sales Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in handling customer enquiries, understanding technical needs, and providing tailored solutions to meet those needs. This is a customer-focused role requiring strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 

  • Technical Consultation: Engage with customers to understand their specific requirements and recommend the appropriate blasting and spraying solutions based on technical knowledge. 
  • Sales Support: Provide technical expertise throughout the sales process, from initial enquiry to product delivery, ensuring customer satisfaction at all stages. 
  • Quotations and Proposals: Prepare detailed quotes, proposals, and product documentation for customers, ensuring accuracy and relevance to their requirements. 
  • Database Management: Input customer information, sales activities, and technical specifications into the company database, ensuring up-to-date and precise records. 
  • Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain long-term relationships with key customers, providing ongoing technical support and after-sales service. 
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with the internal sales team, engineers, and logistics to ensure a smooth handover from enquiry to delivery, while meeting customer expectations. 
  • Problem Solving: Address customer technical challenges with creative solutions, ensuring customer satisfaction and maintaining product quality. 

Where you'll work

King Street Industrial Estate
Langtoft
Peterborough
PE6 9NF

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING LTD

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Training schedule

The training will take place at your place of work and the training provider will come to you. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Willing to travel
  • Have a full driving licence

About this employer

Airblast is a global leader in the provision of high-performance blasting and spraying equipment, catering to a wide range of industries including manufacturing, marine, and construction. We specialise in delivering innovative and reliable solutions to our clients, enhancing both safety and productivity. 

https://airblast.co.uk/about/industry-sectors/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Once qualified there are many progression routes you would be able to take depending on where in the business you would like to go. 
 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008589.

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Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026