Quality Practitioner Apprentice
Vertiv Infrastructure Ltd
Sheffield (S20 8NQ)
Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 March 2026
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Summary
This is a great opportunity to join a highly experienced team, who will support specialist knowledge building in providing effective Quality Practices to ensure Vertiv Infrastructure fulfils the contractual and regulatory requirements of their customers and other stakeholders.
- Wage
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£18,525 a year
- Training course
- Quality practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - 9am - 5pm with unpaid lunch break of 30-minutes
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 July 2026
- Duration
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1 year 2 months
- Positions available
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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
This role will require you to interact with a variety of departments within the organisation (engineering, supply chain/procurement, manufacturing, and service delivery departments) and external organisations, such as customers, suppliers and certification bodies when required. Being the advocate for implementing Quality Practice and Governance.
A typical day will likely include:
- Pre-test quality assurance of equipment built within Vertiv’s local factory
- Working to a checklist and ensuring that everything on the checklist is compliant prior to releasing the equipment to the systems test part of the process
- Final inspection of the equipment - Quality Assurance process (after successful test of the equipment). This involves cleaning the equipment, fitting all removable panels/covers, taking photographs, providing a user manual/installation instructions, collating all build, test and QA documentation and filing onto the system
The QA engineer also interacts with people from other functions to plan the quality delivery system for their area of responsibility. Individuals will also support and develop people within and outside the Quality Function.
Where you'll work
7-8 Carley Drive
Westfield
Sheffield
S20 8NQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WHYY? CHANGE LIMITED
Training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Training schedule
Quality Practitioner Level 4.
This apprenticeship is day release in based Rotherham.
You will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to support quality management and continuous improvement within the organisation.
You will develop an understanding of the organisation’s operating environment, including the markets it operates in, key stakeholders and factors that influence organisational strategy and performance. This includes awareness of legislative, regulatory and customer requirements that affect how products and services are delivered.
You will gain knowledge of how stakeholder needs influence organisational priorities and how contractual and commercial requirements impact quality objectives. You will also learn how to identify customer and stakeholder requirements and translate these into measurable quality objectives using recognised quality tools and techniques.
The programme will develop your understanding of risk and opportunity management, including how to identify, assess and manage risks related to products, services, processes and supply chains. You will learn about the lifecycle of products and services, and the role quality plays throughout design, development, production, support and closure stages.
You will also gain knowledge of process design and improvement methods, including tools such as process mapping, SIPOC and Value Stream Mapping. In addition, you will learn how organisations plan, measure and monitor quality objectives and how auditing is used to assess compliance and drive improvement.
The apprenticeship will introduce you to business improvement approaches such as data analysis, root cause analysis and measurement systems analysis. You will also learn about organisational change, the drivers behind improvement initiatives and the importance of building a strong quality culture.
You will develop an understanding of the principles of quality management systems and the importance of maintaining professional development within the quality profession.
You will develop practical skills to support quality management activities. This includes the ability to identify and apply relevant legal, regulatory and industry requirements affecting the organisation.
You will develop strong communication skills to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders using appropriate verbal, written and visual methods. You will also learn how to gather, interpret and analyse quality-related data using tools such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trend analysis.
You will gain experience applying quality improvement tools and techniques to improve processes, products and services. This includes identifying risks and opportunities, supporting improvement actions and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
You will learn how to plan and conduct audits of systems, processes or products, as well as how to assess measurement systems and interpret technical or stakeholder requirements to support operational processes.
You will also develop your ability to identify gaps in performance, develop improvement plans and apply structured problem-solving techniques to address root causes and implement sustainable improvements. You will also support the communication of the organisation’s quality strategy and help engage stakeholders in quality-related activities.
You will demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement and the promotion of best practices within the organisation. Professionalism, diligence and the ability to consider the wider organisational context will be key aspects of the role.
You will act with integrity, demonstrating honesty, openness and ethical behaviour in your work. A strong customer focus will also be essential, ensuring that customer requirements remain central to all activities.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
BTEC in:
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
- Enthusiastic
- Punctual
Other requirements
Apprentice Employment Agency is a Flexi-Job Apprentice Agency & we will employ you for the duration of the apprenticeship. The company named in this vacancy is a Host Employer. Your application will be shared with them and training providers. You must hold unrestricted right to live and work in the Uk to apply for this role.
About this employer
At Vertiv, we build products that keep critical technologies running 24/7. We are proud we were the first to protect mainframes with precision cooling systems. We were the first to introduce an integrated enclosure system to distribute networks. We can help some of the largest names in the industry bring new capacity online faster and at a lower cost when research and social media increased demand for storage and computing. Our portfolio spans power, thermal and infrastructure management products, software and solutions, and is complemented by a network of nearly 250 service centres worldwide.
After this apprenticeship
On completion of the apprenticeship, the successful candidate could secure a role in a successful, dynamic company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Vertiv Infrastructure Ltd
Jan Crabb
jan.crabb@apprentice-employment.co.uk
07747562961
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019805.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 11:59pm)