Operational Management Graduate

TN United Kingdom; South Woodchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking motivated graduates for their Operational Management Graduate scheme. This exciting opportunity offers a structured two-year program, providing hands-on experience in various operational roles across manufacturing and supply chain management. Graduates will gain valuable insights into production management, logistics, and project management while working in a supportive environment that encourages innovation and personal growth. With a commitment to developing talent, this program paves the way for future leadership roles in a dynamic and high-tech industry. Join a team that values diversity, integrity, and excellence!

Benefits

9% non-contributory pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Subsidised onsite restaurants

Free parking

24 hour fitness centres

Cycle to Work scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a 2-1 or higher degree in relevant fields.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage production staff to meet build plan and customer order requirements.
• Rotate through core business areas including production and supply chain.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Microsoft Excel

Project Management

Logistics

Operations

Business acumen

Education

2-1 or higher degree

Degree in Business, Engineering, or Sciences

Job description

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Client:

Renishaw

Location:

South Woodchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Description

Renishaw is a market-leading, global provider of manufacturing technologies, analytical instruments and medical devices.

We work closely with our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges. Our unique blend of pioneering research and product innovation helps our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges, meaning we touch billions of lives around the world.

Our Early Careers cohort consists of around 90 Graduates, 210 Apprentices and 60 Placements. You are the people who can make a real difference. By bringing your new and innovative ideas you will help keep Renishaw at the forefront of the industry, and that’s why we invest if your continuous development and success from day one.

Our Values

At Renishaw you’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We are proud of our strong working culture and work hard to promote diversity and inclusivity. We encourage our people to act in line with our core values of:

Inspiration

Integrity

Involvement

Scheme overview

Renishaw offers exciting opportunities for graduates within our Manufacturing Services Division. TheOperational graduate development programme aims to develop talented graduates.

Experience is gained from spending time working at several of our manufacturing sites based in Gloucestershire and South Wales where individual placements provide graduates with the opportunity to take on real operational roles with responsibility that equips them for a future in manufacturing / supply chain management.

What will I gain from this graduate scheme?

You will gain an overall appreciation of manufacturing management via practical “hands on” placement periods with varied and real operational responsibilities, following a personalised and structured two-year programme leading to a meaningful role within our division (which can lead to managerial positions).

What type of things will I be working on?

Our Operational Graduates (integrated within our larger manufacturing graduate scheme) will rotate through several core business areas within the Manufacturing Services Division including:

Production management

Scheduling / logistics

Project management

Supply chain.

Material Control / Production Scheduling – planning the material requirements to support the assembly build of a Renishaw product range. This involves ensuring material supplies are planned in line with build plans to satisfy incoming customer order demand requirements and meet defined stock level targets. A working knowledge of the company manufacturing system will be gained including all transactions related to stock control, design change implementation, and production plan management.

Production Scheduling of a range / group of machines in our Machine Shop environment provides graduates with experience of planning resources effectively to meet demand requirements and machine utilisation targets as well as providing further knowledge of our manufacturing systems in place.

Supply Chain – operational roles in a combination of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Development, and Indirect Purchasing. In all supply chain functions graduates will gain experience of liaising with external vendors in terms of order placement & expediting, problem solving & negotiation, cost control, risk management, establishing contracts, and efficiency improvement projects as well as working with production and internal design teams.

Production Supervision – managing a team of production staff to meet build plan and customer order requirements. Graduates will undertake day-to-day supervisory duties of staff to achieve departmental quality, delivery, and cost targets whilst working in close liaison with local material control, engineering, and management functions. This role will enable graduates to develop their people management, decision making, and prioritisation skills whilst working in a target driven pressurised environment that provides exposure to senior production management.

What career opportunities are available?

Career opportunities will be available in production management, operations, commercial (supply-chain), material control, or scheduling / logistics. Further career progression in these roles to more senior levels can be achieved based on individual performance.

What you will gain:

Commercial experience within the Manufacturing Division

Interaction across all areas of the business, including our subsidiaries

Where will I be working?

We run schemes at our sites in Gloucestershire (with some possible business need / preference rotations to Miskin, South Wales) and Miskin, South Wales (with some possible business need / preference rotations to Gloucestershire). We aim to rotate placements around the sites to provide graduates with a wide experience of our operational facilities.

What skills and qualifications do I need?

Applicants must have:

A 2-1, or higher, degree.The personal attributes described, and a genuine interest in pursuing a career with a high-tech manufacturing organisation, are equally as important as the degree subject. Candidates with a wide range of degree subjects will be considered such as:

Business

Project Management

Operations

Logistics

Mathematics

Scientific

Economics

Law

Modern Languages

Positive, ‘can do’ and flexible attitude

Practical and logical mind-set

Strong problem-solving skills

Good communication skills with the ability to apply themselves in the workplace with a positive, flexible, ‘can do’ attitude and an attention to detail

Be computer literate, ideally possessing Microsoft Excel skills

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (*not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

Please click for further information about our benefits.

Please click for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw.

Employment Type:

Permanent

Job Description

Renishaw is a market-leading, global provider of manufacturing technologies, analytical instruments and medical devices.

We work closely with our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges. Our unique blend of pioneering research and product innovation helps our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges, meaning we touch billions of lives around the world.

Our Early Careers cohort consists of around 90 Graduates, 210 Apprentices and 60 Placements. You are the people who can make a real difference. By bringing your new and innovative ideas you will help keep Renishaw at the forefront of the industry, and that’s why we invest if your continuous development and success from day one.

Our Values

At Renishaw you’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We are proud of our strong working culture and work hard to promote diversity and inclusivity. We encourage our people to act in line with our core values of:

Innovation

Inspiration

Integrity

Involvement

Scheme overview

Renishaw offers exciting opportunities for graduates within our Manufacturing Services Division. TheOperational graduate development programme aims to develop talented graduates.

Experience is gained from spending time working at several of our manufacturing sites based in Gloucestershire and South Wales where individual placements provide graduates with the opportunity to take on real operational roles with responsibility that equips them for a future in manufacturing / supply chain management.

What will I gain from this graduate scheme?

You will gain an overall appreciation of manufacturing management via practical “hands on” placement periods with varied and real operational responsibilities, following a personalised and structured two-year programme leading to a meaningful role within our division (which can lead to managerial positions).

What type of things will I be working on?

Our Operational Graduates (integrated within our larger manufacturing graduate scheme) will rotate through several core business areas within the Manufacturing Services Division including:

Production management

Materials management

Scheduling / logistics

Project management

Supply chain.

Material Control / Production Scheduling – planning the material requirements to support the assembly build of a Renishaw product range. This involves ensuring material supplies are planned in line with build plans to satisfy incoming customer order demand requirements and meet defined stock level targets. A working knowledge of the company manufacturing system will be gained including all transactions related to stock control, design change implementation, and production plan management.

Production Scheduling of a range / group of machines in our Machine Shop environment provides graduates with experience of planning resources effectively to meet demand requirements and machine utilisation targets as well as providing further knowledge of our manufacturing systems in place.

Supply Chain – operational roles in a combination of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Development, and Indirect Purchasing. In all supply chain functions graduates will gain experience of liaising with external vendors in terms of order placement & expediting, problem solving & negotiation, cost control, risk management, establishing contracts, and efficiency improvement projects as well as working with production and internal design teams.

Production Supervision – managing a team of production staff to meet build plan and customer order requirements. Graduates will undertake day-to-day supervisory duties of staff to achieve departmental quality, delivery, and cost targets whilst working in close liaison with local material control, engineering, and management functions. This role will enable graduates to develop their people management, decision making, and prioritisation skills whilst working in a target driven pressurised environment that provides exposure to senior production management.

What career opportunities are available?

Career opportunities will be available in production management, operations, commercial (supply-chain), material control, or scheduling / logistics. Further career progression in these roles to more senior levels can be achieved based on individual performance.

What you will gain:

Management experience

Commercial experience within the Manufacturing Division

Interaction across all areas of the business, including our subsidiaries

Where will I be working?

We run schemes at our sites in Gloucestershire (with some possible business need / preference rotations to Miskin, South Wales) and Miskin, South Wales (with some possible business need / preference rotations to Gloucestershire). We aim to rotate placements around the sites to provide graduates with a wide experience of our operational facilities.

What skills and qualifications do I need?

Applicants must have:

A 2-1, or higher, degree.The personal attributes described, and a genuine interest in pursuing a career with a high-tech manufacturing organisation, are equally as important as the degree subject. Candidates with a wide range of degree subjects will be considered such as:

Business

Project Management

Operations

Logistics

Engineering

Mathematics

Scientific

English

Economics

Law

Modern Languages

Positive, ‘can do’ and flexible attitude

Practical and logical mind-set

Strong problem-solving skills

Good communication skills with the ability to apply themselves in the workplace with a positive, flexible, ‘can do’ attitude and an attention to detail

Be computer literate, ideally possessing Microsoft Excel skills

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (*not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

Please click for further information about our benefits.

Please click for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw.

Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R6236 Operational Management Graduate (Fill Date: 02/09/2024)