Undergraduate Placement Year 2027 - Production Engineer

Worcester Bosch; Hasland; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave

Perkbox Benefits platform

Discounts on Bosch products

Enhanced pension contributions

Bosch Social Club membership

Volunteering days

Family support benefits

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Worcester Bosch invites undergraduates in STEM to join a 1-year placement year for summer 2027 at the Clay Cross plant. You will help digitalise manufacturing processes, work on industry 4.0 initiatives, lead improvement projects, and support new product launches.

You will balance office tasks with hands-on shop-floor work, gaining problem-solving, project management and teamwork experience within a supportive engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Be studying a Bachelors or Masters in a STEM field.
• Good attitude to learning.
• Computer literate including Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Improving the digitalisation of the Clay Cross Manufacturing plant.
• Assist in I4.0 projects in different processes around 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 lines to keep production going.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Teamwork experience

Willingness to drive projects

Problem solving experience

Time management

Lean manufacturing concepts (JIT, Lean

Education

Bachelors or Masters in a STEM field

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. 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. You will be joining a tight knit team of young engineering's that have a culture of support, communication and trust. There is a strong sense of team work and collaboration with a determination to drive improvements and projects. There has also been a high number of returning interns after there studies have been completed.

Responsibilities

• Improving the digitalisation of the Clay Cross Manufacturing plant
• Assist in I4.0 projects in different processes around 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 lines 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:

• Be studying a Bachelors or Masters in a STEM field
• Good attitude to learning
• Computer literate including Microsoft 365

Our ideal candidate should have:

• Team working experience
• Willingness to drive projects by themselves
• Some problem solving experience
• Manages time effectively
• Understanding of lean manufacturing techniques; Just in Time, Waste elimination, Pull Systems

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 & Working Hours

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

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!