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About the Role
This role combines on-the-job delivery with formal learning through a relevant apprenticeship standard and Pentland Brands’ internal apprenticeship programme. It provides a structured, supervised early-career opportunity within the Materials and R&D teams, supporting materials research, innovation scouting, and sustainability evaluation across apparel, accessories, and hardware. The role enables the trainee to build applied materials science, research, and technical communication skills while contributing to informed material selection and innovation decisions within a commercial product development environment.
Responsibilities
- Complete the requirements of the relevant apprenticeship standard, alongside participation in Pentland Brands’ internal apprenticeship programme
- Support research into existing, emerging, and early-stage materials technologies relevant to sports and outdoor products
- Investigate adjacent industry solutions and assess potential relevance to Pentland Brands’ product needs
- Assist in the evaluation of woven, knitted, non-woven, synthetic, bio-based, and bio-polymer materials
- Manage physical and digital materials libraries, including cataloguing, archiving, and record maintenance
- Create structured material comparison matrices covering performance, sustainability, and technical criteria
- Support in-house and external laboratory testing to assess material performance and suitability
- Assist materials specialists with academic and technical literature reviews
- Liaise, under supervision, with mills, tier-2 suppliers, and material originators to gather technical and sustainability data
- Contribute to sustainability assessments in collaboration with responsible business and sustainability teams
- Support clear communication of materials research and insights to internal stakeholders
- Maintain accurate documentation and follow materials handling best practice
- Build understanding of how innovation, sustainability, and performance trade-offs are balanced commercially
- Contribute to presentations, summaries, and updates for materials and R&D forums
Requirements
- Commitment to completing a nationally recognised apprenticeship standard and Pentland Brands’ internal apprenticeship programme
- A strong interest in materials science, textiles, sustainability, or product innovation
- Academic or practical exposure to science, engineering, or materials-related subjects
- Curiosity about emerging technologies and sustainability challenges
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to research, structure, and summarise technical information
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence working collaboratively across teams
- Willingness to learn and adapt in a commercial environment
- Openness to feedback, mentoring, and structured development
- Alignment with Pentland Brands’ values and ways of working
Skills
- Materials science
- Research
- Technical communication
- Material selection
- Innovation
- Organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Research
- Structuring information
- Summarising information
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Collaboration
Work Type
- Contract
Experience Level
- Apprentice
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary bonus
- Hybrid working
- Flexible start and finish times
- Generous holiday allowance
- Product discounts
- Sample sales
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Healthcare support
- Gym and fitness discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric car scheme
About the Company
- Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.
- We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better.
- Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.
- Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines.
- It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.