Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Worcester Bosch; Hasland; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave

Perkbox Benefits platform

Discounts on Bosch products

Enhanced pension contributions

Bosch Social Club discounts

Volunteering days

Family support policies

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Worcester Bosch is offering a 13‑month summer 2027 placement for engineering students at our Clay Cross site. You will work on manufacturing operations, lead improvement projects, and gain exposure to welding, assembly, testing and automation.

The role blends office planning with hands‑on shop floor activity and emphasizes problem solving and project management. Eligible candidates are undergraduate engineering students seeking a placement year and who can communicate effectively with

Qualifications

• Undergrad student pursuing an Engineering focused degree.
• Interest in completing a 13‑month work placement.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Improve day‑to‑day operation of the Clay Cross Manufacturing plant in Weld and Press areas.
• Assist in Weld and Press projects in the manufacturing site.
• Lead or participate in Continuous Improvement Projects.
• Support the launch of new products into the plant and changes to existing products.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external manufacturing legislation.
• Create or update SOPs.
• Balance office work with hands‑on shop floor activity.
• Troubleshoot live manufacturing issues to keep production running.

Skills

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Project management

Communication

Education

Engineering focused degree

Job description

Join us for your placement year in summer 2027! Our internships are designed to give you an insight into what it's like to work for a world-renowned brand with a culture of support and community. An internship with Worcester Bosch will allow you to develop your skill in problem solving, critical thinking and project management while giving you the freedom to lead improvement projects, be creative in your solutions and learn about new engineering disciplines. We are looking for someone who wants to have a real impact on our organisation, who is willing to learn from industrial professionals but who can also bring a new set of ideas to problems. The projects you will be working on will be broad-ranging and varied in size, giving you exposure to the principles of manufacturing engineering & technology and, how a project environment operates. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Improving and maintaining the day-to-day operation of the Clay Cross Manufacturing plant within the Weld and Press areas.
• Assist in Weld and Press projects in the manufacturing site
• Participating in and leading Continuous Improvement Projects
• Supporting the launch of new products into the plant and changes to existing products
• Ensuring that we meet internal and external legislation for the manufacturing process
• Upkeep and creation of SOPs
• A good balance of office work and being hands on in a shop floor environment
• Problem solving on live issues on manufacturing processes to keep production going

  Please note that to be eligible for this role, you must be an undergraduate student seeking a placement year as part of your degree - if you do not meet these criteria please consider applying for other positions.

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Undergraduate student (studying an Engineering focused degree) with a desire to complete a 13-month work placement as part of degree studies.
• Organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
• Adaptable to changing working environments
• Confident to challenge and create new ideas.
• Capable of exercising initiative individually and in a team.
• High attention to detail.
• Can communicate confidently with people at all levels of seniority, both written and verbal.
• IT literate and confident in using MS Office packages as well as learning Bosch and industry specialist systems.

Our ideal candidate should have:

• Full and valid Driving Licence
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes including welding, assembly, testing and automation.
• Knowledge of quality tools e.g. FMEA, SPC, Capability studies
• Understanding of Lean manufacturing techniques e.g. Pull system, Just-in-time, waste elimination

Right To Work: please ensure you have a valid Right To Work in the UK status for the entirety of the placement year upon submitting an application.

We're the nation's favourite heating brand, here to warm up people's homes, lives, and futures. From boilers, hybrids and heat pumps to solar thermal and smart controls, we're giving our customers plenty of choice. With cutting-edge tech and research, we're right in the thick of the drive for a better future of home heating. It's not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause - delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering. As an organisation of more than 1,600 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work - we're no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out. If that sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, we'd love to meet you. Come and work #LikeABosch at Worcester Bosch.

Contract Duration: 1 year Working Hours: 39 hours per week - standard working pattern of 07:00 - 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a 30minute unpaid lunchbreak and 07:00 - 12:00 Friday Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• 20 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays
• Access to the Perkbox Benefits platform
• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
• Volunteering days
• Policy to support growing families
• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme
• And more!