Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Goodwood - Technical Planning - 2 Year Graduate Scheme (September 2025)

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Goodwood - Technical Planning - 2 Year Graduate Scheme (September 2025), Goodwood

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Client:

BMW Group

Location:

Goodwood, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Logistics

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

10

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Everything starts with passion at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and to bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Our teams work as a strong unit where every opinion is valued. We have set future-focused goals within a practical and long-term framework —all with the intention to enact positive change and continue our pursuit of proactive responsibility. Plus, we pride ourselves on providing a friendly, supportive environment and management style, having some great benefits for our employees, career development, progression and work-life balance.

We’re committed to providing an environment where you can be yourself and be your best. This includes welcoming you into an inclusive culture, investing in your continuous learning and development, giving you access to breadth and depth of experience. We want to provide you with challenging and rewarding opportunities to make a difference, offering flexible working options and giving ample reward and recognition.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Goodwood – Technical Planning – 2 Year Graduate Scheme (September 2025)

You will be part of a young and dynamic team of engineers, forming the Technical Planning department for Interior Manufacturing, specialised in process planning. The department oversees an inimitable range of products and processes supplying the interior for all Rolls-Royce models. A successful candidate will be able to gain experience in various fields: Series Planning - “Implementation of lean manufacturing techniques to create a robust production system”, Structure Planning - “Analysis of the business needs to shape the future of the production system”, Project Planning - “Developing and integrating future products and materials into the existing production system”, and Logistic Planning - “Providing material flow analysis to enable idealistic product deliveries”.

What awaits you?

• Planning and delivering best practice solutions to improve efficiency, ergonomic, logistical and layout elements of the work area, applying Industrial Engineering & Process Improvement Practices.
• Establishing a Lean Manufacturing Environment, applying the company’s own VPS / CIP principles to reduce the 7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing.
• Creation of work instructions and further relevant process documentation and optimisation of assembly sequences, including line balancing.
• Strategical analysis of future volume demands and their impact on the production system. Scenario planning to create the future production system considering all relevant planning premises. Realisation planning for shutdowns including detailed project timing plans and risk assessments. From concept to final implementation of equipment specifications, raising purchase orders, manage the suppliers, co-ordinate installation and commission of new machines and tooling, co-ordinate pre-series builds as per the Process Plan to bring new features/new models into series production.
• Industrialisation of production processes for new Rolls-Royce interior parts from concept through to an approved release for series production with consideration for future materials and innovation of manufacturing processes.
• Responsible to plan the process, from cutting material to finished product; starting with detail planning costs and implementation timing for released CAD drawings to ensure detailed understanding of how a part will be manufactured, jigs and tooling defined, costs detailed, implementation plan created and delivered.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Studying towards or have achieved a Bachelor’s degree at 2:2 or above or a Master’s degree Pass or above in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Industrial Engineering or similar.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office and fluent in English.
• Excellent team spirit and communication skills.
• Autodidactic ability of learning new methods and software applications.

Why choose us?

· Great Pay – A competitive annual salary of £34,000 , 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata to your contract) and an attractive pension scheme.

· Rewarding Work-Life Balance – Contracted working hours are 40 hours a week, helping you develop a fulfilling work-life balance.

· Exciting Additional Benefits – You will have the opportunity to enjoy other employee benefits, including a subsidised on-site restaurant and access to our Advantages scheme which gives you a range of offers and discounts. You will also have the opportunity to purchase or lease a BMW or MINI vehicle of your choice at a very special and reduced rate as part of your benefits package.

What do you need to do now?

If you apply, the next stages of the recruiting process could include: online testing, video interview and then a face to face, telephone or virtual interview with the hiring manager. This may be in the form of an assessment centre.

Please note:

To be eligible for this position, you must be able to provide proof of your legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the graduate programme.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of disability, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sex or sexual orientation.

Closing date for applications: Friday 15th November 2024