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

Join us for your placement year in summer 2025! 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.

Using several different databases and research tools, you will assist the Standards Manager in protecting the Company's products from being placed at a disadvantage in the marketplace by forthcoming changes in legislation or standards. You will gain an awareness of how these changes can impact on the business.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Over a 13 month placement the successful candidate will be involved in:

Researching, processing and recording proposed changes to product related standards and legislation to assist the Standards Manager.Communicating proposed changes in product related standards and legislation to a cross-functional team of experts (both internal and external). Including taking a proactive part in departmental briefing meetings with a range of audiences in the business.Providing feedback on proposed product related standards and legislation changes to external parties such as Trade Associations, Standards Committees and Government Departments.Task ownership of tracking and updating the Early Warning database about proposed changes in product related standards and legislation.Administrative support to the Standards Manager.

Development Opportunities of this internship:

Multiple opportunities to communicate and discuss crucial issues that are affecting the business with senior management.Acquiring new or developing existing knowledge and competencies within the department to extend your "life", "work" and "academic" skills.Wider experience of business operations whilst maintaining a consumer focus attitude.

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.

Our ideal candidate must have:

Be computer literate and ready to embrace new ways of working through digitalisation.Be able to adapt quickly to changing working environments.Have good organisation and planning skills with the ability to prioritise workload.Have the confidence to challenge and propose new ideas in a professional manner.Have the potential to communicate confidently with people at all levels.Have the capability to work well in a team as well as independently, using own initiative.Have good attention to detail.The successful candidate will be supported to enhance their skills in the above areas during their placement.

Our ideal candidate should have:

Previous successful undergraduates in this role have been reading one of the following academic areas:

Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic or Chemical EngineeringBuilding SciencesLawBusiness StudiesEconomicsPolitics and international relationsGeographyBiomedical Science

Whom have been interested to experience a “large successful forward looking and evolving business”. Whom were keen to gain an understanding of how their studies relate to a working environment, cross-functional activities and culture within our business. Whilst also making a positive and proactive contribution to our business processes and activities.

The successful candidate will be supported and encouraged to contribute to departmental practices and communicate with national and international colleagues to meet business goals.

This role may involve hybrid working based on “day to day” requirements, responsibilities and business objectives.

This is a 13 month placement to facilitate a detailed induction / handover from the current intern and subsequently deliver the induction training to your successor.

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: end of December - 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: July 2025  - Please note that this date is advisory and can be flexible within reason.

Contract Duration: 13 months

Working Hours: 39 hours per week – standard working pattern of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 16:00 Friday with a 1-hour lunch break

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

20 days annual leave per year plus bank holidaysAccess to the Perkbox Benefits platformDiscounts on products from across the Bosch GroupEnhanced pension contributionsAccess to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and eventsVolunteering daysPolicy to support growing familiesHealth & well being support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programmeAccess to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and eventsAnd more!