Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is expanding its future workforce by welcoming 220 new recruits through its Early Careers programme. This latest intake comprises 63 apprentices, 100 graduates, and 57 industrial placement students, showcasing the company’s commitment to nurturing young talent and investing in the next generation. It also reinforces its dedication to building a diverse and skilled workforce for the future.
Renishaw’s Early Careers programme offers a wide range of schemes and encourages applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds with different skills and experience. Roles are available in Gloucestershire and South Wales and provide the opportunity to gain insight from industry-leading specialists, while working on real-life projects and products.
Applications for some of the 2025 graduate schemes are currently open with roles available in areas including engineering, manufacturing, software and electronics. The closing date for these applications is 29 November, 2024. Further schemes in materials science, IT and business and marketing will open at the beginning of December.
Applications for industrial placements are also now open and will close on 17 November, 2024. Industrial placements enable students to apply their academic learning to the workplace and contribute to projects under the guidance of Renishaw’s skilled and experienced staff. Available positions include roles in communications, software, mechanical engineering and physics.
Award-winning apprenticeship programmeMeanwhile, applications for Renishaw’s award-winning apprenticeship programme will open at the beginning of December and will close at the end of February 2025, offering positions across a wide range of roles, including manufacturing machining level 3, software engineer level 6, metrology apprenticeship level 3 and facilities project apprenticeship level 4. Renishaw apprenticeships are full-time, permanent jobs that give successful applicants formal training alongside work placements.
Simon Biggs, early careers manager at Renishaw, said: “Renishaw has always placed huge value on our Early Career’s programmes as we are focused on building a diverse workforce that can meet future challenges. Whichever early careers pathway you choose to follow, you will become part of a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary team working closely to design, develop, deliver and support the best outcomes for our customers. Our Early Careers programmes are not just about career aspirations though, you will also be able to participate in social activities and meet colleagues across the business.”
To welcome the latest additions to the early careers programme, Renishaw organised a team-building weekend retreat in Monmouth, Wales, featuring a number of activities such as climbing, canoeing, and archery. Additionally, the early careers team hosted a barbecue for all new hires, providing a relaxed environment for socialising and building connections across the business. These initiatives aim to help new team members integrate smoothly into the company.