Job Description
The advanced apprenticeship provides hands‑on experience, allowing you to shadow seasoned engineers directly within a dynamic production environment.
Key Responsibilities & Tasks
- The specification, procurement and implementation of product test equipment, including leak test machines, electrical safety test machines, transducer torque equipment and vision systems.
- The specification, procurement and implementation of PCs, PLCs, HMIs to host production assembly station control software which is a component of the manufacturing execution system.
- Configure and maintain multiple versions of station control software.
- Configure and maintain the server‑based software and databases that receive and store data from the assembly station control software.
- Create and maintain user instructions and technical documentation for test equipment, station control software and hardware.
- Provide critical support and immediate problem‑solving to technical malfunctions on the assembly lines to minimise downtime.
- Collaborate with local manufacturing support teams and the international production network.
- Support on‑time delivery of new products within the manufacturing environment and collaborate with Design & Development to establish robust, efficient and sustainable processes.
- Set up new and maintain existing processes for reliable, capable production.
- Support the implementation and industrialisation of new processes.
- Ensure safe working methods and environment.
- Project planning.
- Team member in cross‑functional team that formulates the justification of purchasing capital equipment and tooling required for new processes.
- Manage design, manufacture and commissioning of assembly equipment to hand over to production.
- Set up and maintain process documentation such as control plans and TPMs.
- Perform capability studies for machines and processes.
- Generate and implement new working methods to continuously increase manufacturing productivity.
- Proactively support design of new parts by supplying technical expertise of tooling and machine/process capabilities.
- Support implementation of BPS principles on the shop floor.
- Contact person for quality process audits.
- TPM representative.
- SPC assessments using state‑of‑the‑art tools.
- Other duties as they arise in the efficient maintenance of the systems within the Manufacturing Engineering Department.
- Act responsibly and proactively to ensure safe and environmentally friendly processes and workplaces according to Health & Safety regulations and internal environmental protection policies.
- Support Continuous Improvement Process via periodical shop‑floor workshops with associate empowerment (Point CIP) for quality, cost and delivery performances.
Qualifications
- A degree in mechanical, production, electrical engineering or closely related discipline.
- Preferable to have had experience in a manufacturing environment.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays.
- Eligibility for our company performance bonus (up to £1,500 gross per annum).
- Enhanced pension contributions.
- Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, healthcare plans, group income protection and death in service benefits.
- Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group.
- Subsidised onsite café and canteen.
- Health & wellbeing 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 wellbeing.
- 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.
- Access to self‑service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes.
- Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme.
- And more!
