Engineering Apprentice Review

Product and Process Integrator - The Validation Product Integration is responsible for Planning and validating the manufacturing capability of vehicles before SOP. Resposible for Virtual Validation. Hardware Validation. Support on Buildlist maturity. Support on Pruefcubing. Non-Series-Vehicle build. (together with assembly) Participation in ProblemManagementProcess as Sensor NSFB (non-series-vehicle-build). Member of the SE-Teams within the ProcessChains. Fachteam members and participation in SSA-(Strengths/Weakness-Analysis) process

I have gaied Betec, national Deploma, NVQ Level 4, and a Foundation Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I am now studying for my honours degree. I have also been given german language training, as i will often be traviling to germany with work.

I really enjoy the work i do as it has a direct impact on the quality of the build of the MINI. I work in a large team who offer as much advise as i ask for. We are all working to produce excilent MINI, so everyone works well together to achive that goal. The prgramme beat my expectation to tell the truth, I have managed to get so much out of it and have always had support it what i wanted to do from my training advisers/managers.

I feel very valued as i know im having a direct impact on improving the car.

It vaires....at times i will have everything set out for me and all of the placements i am to attecened decided. But also at times it is unstructured as they are trying to cater for everyones needs and intrests. I have always been given time do do my studying, as they understand the importance of it.

As such support as i ask for, they have always been supportive in the chioces i have made.

They are very supportive and undestand that my training needs come fisrt, I have never been overloaded with work as they appeciate the amound of studying that has to be down withing the prgramme. I have been fortunate enough to have a mentor in my place of work who has introduced me to the nessacery people for my job role.

For my age it is great, I am able to save pleanty of money as well as having a good social life.

There is always events going on outside i work that i can join in with. I have completed a coule of triathlons with a few guys from work and also a mountain challange. As well we have team work shops every three months in which we all get togeter and do some form of activaties

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The componany is so diverse so there is a job roll for most people intrests. It also provides a huge amount of education in the basic programme, and further higher education if you are up for the challange. It also allows you to work and earn at the same time which gives you a good foundation for the future.

Gain as much work experiance as possible to give you a good idea of what you would like to do in the company, do plenty of reseach about the BMW group, and the plant you wil be working in. Attend all the assesment days and open days to gain as much knowledge as possible. You want to give the the impression that you are a risk free imployee.