Design & Development (Mechanical Engineering) Graduate Scheme
Qualities Needed
The Opportunity - Design & Development (Mechanical Engineering) Graduate Scheme
Start Date - September 2025, typically for 18 months
Starting Salary - £30,000
Minimum Entry Criteria – You’ll need to be near to, or have completed within the last 2 years, an appropriate Bachelor’s or Master’s degree such as Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Motorsport Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and be on track to secure a 2:1 or higher
What does the Design & Development (Mechanical Engineering) Graduate Scheme involve day-to-day?
This exciting 18-month programme gives you the chance to rotate across different areas of the business whether that be machine focused, working with one of our components such as attachments. This scheme will cover Design, Development, Product Innovation and offers the opportunity to experience a commercial placement to truly broaden your understanding of our business. We’ll help you figure out just where your passion lies (not to mention your skills), as you learn to connect the conceptual thinking behind one set of Engineering problems.
What could I be doing?
Current product - There are always updates required to suit changing legislation and customer demands, so part of the team focuses on keeping what the production line is building every day up to the latest and greatest specification it can be. This includes upgrading parts in assemblies, designing new features and developing existing ideas.
New product - To stay ahead of the market trends, we must constantly look at what we offer to our customers; part of the team designs the next machines, which will be on sale in years to come. Working on elements of our five-year product plan includes reviewing challenges to create solutions, testing machines with new parts, and talking with customers to understand their needs.
Development and Endurance - JCB machines are used in harsh environments and are relied upon to be robust. Part of the team focuses on testing our designs to fail to find what needs to be improved. Working this way lets us catch issues before they get to the customer, making our machines action ready.
- We’ll be shortlisting and sending out links to our online assessments in November/December 2024.
- Through December 2024 to February 2025, if you've been shortlisted following your online assessment you will be sent an invite to one of our in-person Assessment Centres.
- In-person Assessment Centres will take place from January to April 2025.
- We aim to call all candidates whether successful or unsuccessful a few weeks after the Assessment Centre has taken place.
- All of our apprentices and graduates will start their exciting journeys with a full induction week in September 2025!
What’s in it for you?
This is your chance to join a company that’s not only picking up awards for its Early Careers schemes but also opens up opportunities for the long term. On a JCB Early Careers Scheme as a standard you’ll get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday, and access to our company pension. Not only that, but you’ll also benefit from access to our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. There’s also a JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts at many high street fashion and food retailers. And if you feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.
Building a Brighter Future
We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Resourcing team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.