Mechanical Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Level 6 Mechanical Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

September 2024, typically for 4-5 years

£18,000

Entry to the programme of study is a minimum of 112 tariff points. In addition to the required entry tariff, you must also achieve an A level in Maths at grade B or above. You’ll also need to achieve GCSE grades in Maths, English and additional STEM subject at grades C, 4, or above. Disciplines studied post-GCSE should include any Engineering or relevant STEM subjects (Physics recommended).

Unfortuantly, JCB is unable to offer visa sponsorship or immigration support for its Emerging Talent schemes, either now or in the future. This includes individuals currently on sponsored visas.

Over 4-5 years, you’ll experience different areas in mechanical engineering. All helping you gain lots of amazing experience so you can figure out what you’re best at and what you love doing the most. Our Mechanical Engineering Degree Apprenticeship will equip you for a lifetime of boundary-pushing engineering work in a career that could take you to any of the four continents in which we operate.

Completing the programme at Warwick Manufacturing Group will earn you a Bachelor’s Engineering Degree but, not only that, you’ll also be in a role with a global innovator that the world is always watching. You don’t get that when you take the conventional university route.

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.

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.

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.

1. We’ll be reviewing applications against the essential criteria then shortlisting and sending out links to our online assessments in November 2026 - January 2027 (we’d recommend you keep a look out for emails at this point as you’ll hear from us either way).

2. Once you’ve fully completed your online assessment, we’ll review it and provide you with an update within a few weeks. Please note, if you’ve not completed your online assessment then we won’t take your application further (we’ll send you a few reminders to make sure you don’t forget). If you've been progressed, you’ll be sent an invite to attend one of our in-person Assessment Centres.

3. In-person Assessment Centres will take place from January to April 2027 (we’ll send you all the details you need).

4. Following your Assessment Centre, whether you’ve been successful or not, our promise to you is that you’ll receive a call with feedback.

5. If successful, congratulations! We’ll now take you through the onboarding process, which will include a familiarisation day.

6. Welcome to JCB – our Emerging Talent cohorts ordinarily start in early September

When you join JCB, you'll enjoy a great…