Automotive Training & Logistics Placement Year

Porsche Cars Great Britain; Reading; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly Competitive salary

Fixed hours (Mon-Fri 9:00–17:30)

Staff discounts on Porsche products

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental health champions

Visit Porsche Experience Centre

Job summary

Porsche Cars Great Britain in Reading is offering a 10‑month placement in the Technical Training Support team. You will assist in course development, logistics, and platforms, working closely with the Service Qualification Manager to plan and prepare high‑quality training.

You will gain hands-on experience across vehicle preparation, diagnostics tooling, fleet management, and ITSM ticketing for training systems, while developing materials with trainers and course authors.

Qualifications

• Studying an Automotive/Motorsport Engineering related Undergraduate degree at University, seeking a placement for their 3rd year.
• Excellent level of PC literacy, including MS-Office, Excel, Word.
• Highly proficient in both spoken and written English.
• Must have held a driving licence for more than 2 years - driving license must be clean - must be minimum 21yrs old by August 2027.
• Interested in the automotive industry and innovation.

Responsibilities

• To act as a direct support between Technical Training delivery and Technical Training development supporting across the department logistically and digitally.
• Provide support to the Technical Training team in the areas of: Course set-up and breakdown, Vehicle preparation (classic, modern internal combustion and high voltage vehicles), Preparation of Diagnostics systems for use in technical training, Management of training aids to include in the classroom and the training workshops.
• Liaise with technical trainers in organising and procurement of special tools, parts and training materials, Maintenance of vehicle diagnostic system software, to include training tablets.
• Management and maintenance of vehicle training fleet, to include: Vehicle checks before and after loans, Vehicle defleet checks and process, Scheduling of vehicles for technical training courses, Moving vehicles around on site where needed.
• Proactively manage the specialist tooling, to include auditing and the maintenance of the specialist tool database on an ongoing basis.
• Liaise with Service Quality management team and intern on a regular basis to monitor and develop future training needs.

Skills

Automotive/Motorsport Engineering背景

PC literacy

English proficiency

Driving licence (2+ years, clean)

Education

Undergraduate degree in Automotive/Motorsport Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

Porsche Cars Great Britain in Reading is offering a 10‑month placement in the Technical Training Support team. You will assist in course development, logistics, and platforms, working closely with the Service Qualification Manager to plan and prepare high‑quality training.

You will gain hands-on experience across vehicle preparation, diagnostics tooling, fleet management, and ITSM ticketing for training systems, while developing materials with trainers and course authors.