Undergraduate Placement Year 2027 – Manufacturing Engineering Intern

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About the role

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.

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.

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:

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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.

• Improving and maintaining the day-to-day operation of the Clay Cross Manufacturing plant within the Weld and Press areas.
• Assist in Weld and Press projects in 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 processes to keep production going

Who they want

Our ideal candidate must have

• Undergraduate student (studying an Engineering focused degree) with a desire to complete a 13-month work placement as part of degree studies.
• Organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
• • Adaptable to changing working environments
• Confident to challenge and create new ideas.
• Capable of exercising initiative individually and in a team.
• High attention to detail.
• Can communicate confidently with people at all levels of seniority, both written and verbal.
• IT literate and confident in using MS Office packages as well as learning Bosch and industry specialist systems.

Who they want

Our ideal candidate should have

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.

Deadline for Applications: 27/11/2026

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: 28th June 2027

Please note that this date is advisory and can be flexible within reason.

Contract Duration: 1 year

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

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• Full and valid Driving Licence
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes including welding, assembly, testing and automation.
• Knowledge of quality tools e.g. FMEA, SPC, Capability studies
• Understanding of Lean manufacturing techniques e.g. Pull system, Just-in-time, waste elimination
• 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!