Graduate Production Engineer: Hands-On Manufacturing in Worcester

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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS:

• The advanced apprenticeship provides hands-on experience, allowing you to shadow seasoned engineers directly within a dynamic production environment.
• The specification, procurement and implementation of product test equipment, namely 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 the several versions of station control software.
• Configure and maintain the server-based software and databases that receive and store the data from the assembly station control software.
• Create and maintain user instructions and technical documentation for test equipment and 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 whilst collaborating with Design & Development to establish robust, efficient and sustainable processes.
• Setting up new and maintaining existing processes for a reliable, capable production.
• Ensure safe working methods and environment.
• Project planning.
• Team member in cross functional team that formulates the justification of purchasing capital equipment, tooling required for implementing new processes.
• Manage design, manufacture and commissioning of assembly equipment to hand over to production.
• Setup 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 shop floor.
• Contact person for Quality Process audits.
• TPM representative.
• SPC assessments using the state of art tools.
• Other duties as they arise in the efficient maintenance of the systems within the Manufacturing Engineering Department.
• Act responsibly and pro-actively to ensure Safe and Environmentally friendly processes and workspaces according to Health and Safety regulations and internal Environmental Protection policies.
• Support Continuous Improvement Process via periodical shop-floor based workshops with good 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.

Additional Information:

• Deadline for Applications: 19 June 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: June 2026.
• Working Hours: 39 hours a week; Mon – Thurs 08.00 - 17.00 and Fri 08.00 - 16.00 with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break.

Working with us comes with the following 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!