Build Improvement 12 month Placement Scheme

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Build Improvement 12 month Placement Scheme

At Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains we offer a 12 month Build Improvement programme which will tap into your passion and determination to win, giving you a real opportunity to contribute to our success story. You will be an integral part of our Engineering Team, and using your practical engineering skills you will be expected to overcome challenges relating to the assembly of our Championship Winning Hybrid Power Unit.

The Build Team have the responsibility of ensuring all of the Power Unit’s high precision components are assembled to exacting criteria, using highly repeatable methods that ensure that our standards of reliability are consistently achieved. Working in an environment where rapid response to change is integral to our success, your ability to react to a performance or development improvement will be the difference between us winning or not.

As part of your Placement Scheme you will contribute to the final assembly and shipping of elements of our Hybrid Power Unit to Our works team; Mercedes AMG PETRONAS Formula 1, as well as our customer teams; Force India, and Williams Racing. In addition to this, we are also developing pioneering technology for the revolutionary Mercedes AMG Hybrid road car ‘Project One’ and the Formula E race introduction in December 2019.

A large part of the role will be to support the analysis of existing tools and methods and investigation into improvements and, where possible, automating assemblies. This offers a great opportunity to liaise with many cross functions to deliver and control significant improvement projects.

You will be involved in working with both the factory and trackside teams and getting ‘live’ feedback on the success of the work completed at the factory; this includes providing bespoke tooling and any updated processes to the teams who work on our Power unit. Finally, you will contribute to assembly improvement projects that your new found skills will allow you to identify, analyse and implement.

What can we offer you?

We offer the opportunity to work in a fast paced, state of the art Research and Development centre, being involved in exciting technological challenges alongside some of Formula 1’s and Formula E’s best engineers. You will have access to our latest designs, which will give you exposure to F1, Project One and Formula E Engineering drawings or CAD models of real products. You will be involved in product build processes, engaging with our team to suggest solutions for continuous improvement, and you will have the scope to work on both mechanical and electronic or hybrid products.

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £18,500pa
• Collective bonus
• Company lease car scheme
• 36 days annual leave
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts

What do we need from you?

• A curious, tenacious and driven individual with a hunger to work in a fast paced environment
• You’ll be on track to achieve a minimum of 2:1, or above, in an Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical Automotive degree
• You will ideally have previous experience working with Process flow maps and analysis of constraints
• You will need to be creative and innovative to overcome engineering challenges
• You will be adaptable as no two days are the same when there are pressures to be race ready
• You will be a team player, who can effectively communicate with senior managers as well as your peers.
• An interest in cars or racing is not a prerequisite, although the thirst for knowledge will help you to deliver
• A willingness to go the extra mile to help the team succeed

What to do next:

• Submit your on-line application, CV and covering letter
• Your application will be screened by HR and the hiring manager
• If successful you will be invited to attend an Assessment Centre. Assessment Centre’s will take place between November 2019 – March 2020
• If successful your scheme will start in August/September 2020

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, there may be periods of time during the process where you don’t hear anything from us. Don’t worry! We will advise you of the outcome of your application regardless of the result so please bare with us. Please be advised that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to applicants, apologies for any inconvenience.

About Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Ltd

Simply, Mercedes are here to make history.

We’ve got an exceptional tradition in motor racing and have been the dominant team in Formula 1 for a number of years. At HPP (High Performance Powertrains) we’re responsible for the design and manufacture of Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 racing engines and hybrid power systems for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS team. We’re also proud suppliers to Sahara Force India and Williams Martini Racing.

We create the entire Formula 1 Power Unit, from concept all the way through to racing, and also undertake advanced, high technology projects to transfer F1 technologies into mainstream automotive and high performance road cars. You may have recently heard about our newest venture in this field, Project One, where we’re putting an F1 engine into a roadworthy car – the first of its kind, and a phenomenal engineering challenge.

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