Company Description

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.

Job Description

Begin your engineering career as Worcester Bosch. Our advanced apprentice position is designed to give you the best start possible to your future career by giving you time to learn and develop in a professional environment. 

A graduate position with Worcester Bosch will allow you to develop your skills in problem solving, critical thinking and project management while giving you the freedom to lead improvement projects, be creative in your solutions and start your career in engineering. 

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 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 

Design and implementation of manufacturing execution systems (MES) 

Support development of new manufacturing and assembly line 

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 

Interested? Upload your CV and a Cover Letter today! 

Qualifications

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. 

Must have: 

Good attitude to learning 

Computer literate including Microsoft 365 

Graduated in Bachelors or Masters in a STEM field or finishing studies in summer 2025 

Would be nice to 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 

We are looking for you to be: 

Innovative and have openness to new ideas 

Result oriented with an ability to solve problems 

Driven and an autonomous worker 

A team worker 

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. 

Additional Information

Deadline for Applications:  - 21st February, 2025 please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible

Expected Start Date: As soon as possible

Working Hours: 39 hours a week; Mon – Thurs 07.00 - 16.00 and Fri 07.00 - 12.00 with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidaysEligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £2,000 gross per annum)Discounts on products from across the Bosch GroupAccess to further education through the apprentice levyEnhanced pension contributionsAccess to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, healthcare plans, group income protection and death in service benefitsSubsidised onsite café and canteenHealth & well-being support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years’ service you gain eligibility for funding up to £150 per annum to support your personal well-beingAccess to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and eventsVolunteering daysCycle to work scheme with discounts on push-bikes, e-bikes and accessoriesPolicy to support growing familiesAccess to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmesNetworking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programmeAnd more!

Right To Work: please ensure you have valid Right To Work in the UK status for at least 2 years upon submitting an application. This is a 2-year fixed term role.