Graduate Trainee - Commercial

TT Electronics plc; Fairford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly incentives

Sharesave scheme

Pension scheme – up to 7%

Life assurance

Onsite car parking

Healthcare cashback

Employee assistance programme

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

TT Electronics plc is launching a Commercial Graduate Programme starting September 2026 at our Fairford site in Gloucestershire. The two-year scheme accelerates development in business development and sales, with rotations across inside sales and new business development.

You’ll learn CRM usage, contribute to monthly reporting, and build market awareness through workshops. On completion, there is potential for a permanent role within TT Electronics.

Qualifications

• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn.
• Great communicators and team players.
• Passionate about innovation, people, and sustainability.
• Excited by the opportunity to make an impact in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience in inside sales and customer account management.
• Participate in structured rotations across inside sales and new business development.
• Learn to use the CRM to manage opportunities and insights; contribute to monthly reporting.
• Develop market awareness through regional workshops and hands-on collaboration.
• Begin owning opportunities within the new business sales funnel as confidence grows.

Skills

Curious

Proactive

Eager to learn

Great communicators

Team players

Passion for innovation

Tools

CRM

Job description

Company Overview

At TT Electronics, we’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious graduates to join our business development and sales.

Kick-Start Your Engineering Career Where Innovation Meets Impact

At TT Electronics, we’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious graduates to join our Commercial Graduate Programme – a brand-new, two-year scheme designed to accelerate your development and set you up for a meaningful, long-term career in business development and sales.

Role Overview And Responsibilities

Starting in September 2026, based at our Manufacturing facility in Fairford, Gloucestershire, this programme puts you right at the heart of our manufacturing operations. From day one, you’ll gain hands‑on experience in inside sales and customer account management. Through a series of structured rotations across inside sales and new business development, you’ll build a strong commercial foundation while taking on real responsibility. You’ll learn how we use our CRM to manage opportunities and insights, contribute to the monthly reporting cycle, and develop your market awareness through regional workshops and hands‑on collaboration. You’ll also gain exposure to bid preparation and, as your confidence grows, begin owning opportunities within the new business sales funnel.

Upon successful completion of the two-year scheme, you’ll have the opportunity to progress into a permanent role at TT Electronics, building a career that grows with you.

If you’re looking for responsibility, variety, and the chance to leave your mark early in your career, this is where it begins!

To ensure full integration with your team and to maximise your learning experience, all our graduate roles are site-based.

Supported Throughout Your Career

At TT, we’re committed to developing our graduates into leading technical professionals, and we’ll support you through your preferred route for professional development. From day one, you’ll be assigned a dedicated site buddy and functional mentor, giving you the guidance you need to thrive. Alongside role‑specific training, you’ll receive professional membership and support obtaining relevant certifications, providing industry recognition, access to learning resources and publications, networking and event opportunities, and enabling you to engage in volunteering that enhances both your experience and professional profile. And it doesn’t stop there! Depending on your chosen career path, we’ll also fully fund and support you with your professional accreditation.

Why Join TT?

At TT Electronics, we’re proud of our values driven culture. Collaboration, innovation and integrity shape everything we do. You’ll be part of a business that believes in doing the right thing – for our people, our customers, and our environment.

Within Your Two-year Graduate Role, You’ll

• Benefit from carefully designed rotations
• Earn a competitive, progressive salary
• Gain professional body membership
• Have the full support of a personal buddy and functional mentor
• Be given exposure to senior leaders
• Participate in industry events and trade shows
• Take an active role in a sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project that makes a difference in our local communities

Qualifications, Skills And Attributes

Who We’re Looking For

• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn
• Great communicators and team players
• Passionate about innovation, people, and sustainability
• Excited by the opportunity to make an impact in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment

What We Offer You

• An annual starting salary of £30,000 with pay increments every 6 months!
• Quarterly site incentive plan
• Sharesave Scheme
• Company pension scheme – up to 7% employer contribution
• Life assurance
• Free onsite car parking

Health & Wellbeing

• Company discounts and benefits with a variety of partners
• Lunchtime finish Friday's
• 25 days’ annual leave, calculated in hours, plus bank holidays
• Healthcare Cashback Plan, including reimbursements on dental, optical, physio and more
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Cycle-to-work scheme

Inclusive Environment

• An active charity committee and paid volunteering hours
• A dedicated Armed Forces policy, supporting Cadet Volunteers, Reservists, Veterans, and service families

Personal And Professional Development

• A personalised development plan
• A site buddy and functional mentor

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under‑represented groups.

Our Recruitment Process Is Broken Down Into Two Stages

Step 1: Online application – Set up your candidate profile and apply using your CV. Here, you will be asked to answer a small number of application questions relevant to the role for which you’re applying.

Step 2: If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to attend an onsite interview here at Fairford, to include a short presentation. You’ll receive the presentation topic in advance so that you can prepare and remember, the interview process is a two‑way street; we want you to have the opportunity to decide whether TT Electronics is the right place for you too!

Please be aware that many roles at TT Electronics are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). TT Electronics is unable to sponsor work visas for this role.

We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre‑employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics take positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you!

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. You can do this by emailing [e-mail]