Operational Management Graduate

at  Renishaw plc

Job Description
Renishaw is a market-leading, global provider of manufacturing technologies, analytical instruments and medical devices.
We work closely with our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges. Our unique blend of pioneering research and product innovation helps our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges, meaning we touch billions of lives around the world.
Our Early Careers cohort consists of around 90 Graduates, 210 Apprentices and 60 Placements. You are the people who can make a real difference. By bringing your new and innovative ideas you will help keep Renishaw at the forefront of the industry, and that’s why we invest if your continuous development and success from day one.
Our Values
At Renishaw you’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We are proud of our strong working culture and work hard to promote diversity and inclusivity. We encourage our people to act in line with our core values of:

• Innovation
• Inspiration
• Integrity
• Involvement

Scheme overview
Renishaw offers exciting opportunities for graduates within our Manufacturing Services Division. The Operational graduate development programme aims to develop talented graduates.
Experience is gained from spending time working at several of our manufacturing sites based in Gloucestershire and South Wales where individual placements provide graduates with the opportunity to take on real operational roles with responsibility that equips them for a future in manufacturing / supply chain management.
What will I gain from this graduate scheme?
You will gain an overall appreciation of manufacturing management via practical “hands on” placement periods with varied and real operational responsibilities, following a personalised and structured two-year programme leading to a meaningful role within our division (which can lead to managerial positions).
What type of things will I be working on?

Our Operational Graduates (integrated within our larger manufacturing graduate scheme) will rotate through several core business areas within the Manufacturing Services Division including:

• Production management
• Materials management
• Scheduling / logistics
• Project management
• Supply chain.

Material Control / Production Scheduling – planning the material requirements to support the assembly build of a Renishaw product range. This involves ensuring material supplies are planned in line with build plans to satisfy incoming customer order demand requirements and meet defined stock level targets. A working knowledge of the company manufacturing system will be gained including all transactions related to stock control, design change implementation, and production plan management.
Production Scheduling of a range / group of machines in our Machine Shop environment provides graduates with experience of planning resources effectively to meet demand requirements and machine utilisation targets as well as providing further knowledge of our manufacturing systems in place.
Supply Chain – operational roles in a combination of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Development, and Indirect Purchasing. In all supply chain functions graduates will gain experience of liaising with external vendors in terms of order placement & expediting, problem solving & negotiation, cost control, risk management, establishing contracts, and efficiency improvement projects as well as working with production and internal design teams.
Production Supervision – managing a team of production staff to meet build plan and customer order requirements. Graduates will undertake day-to-day supervisory duties of staff to achieve departmental quality, delivery, and cost targets whilst working in close liaison with local material control, engineering, and management functions. This role will enable graduates to develop their people management, decision making, and prioritisation skills whilst working in a target driven pressurised environment that provides exposure to senior production management.
What career opportunities are available?
Career opportunities will be available in production management, operations, commercial (supply-chain), material control, or scheduling / logistics. Further career progression in these roles to more senior levels can be achieved based on individual performance.

What you will gain:

• Management experience
• Commercial experience within the Manufacturing Division
• Interaction across all areas of the business, including our subsidiaries

Where will I be working?
We run schemes at our sites in Gloucestershire (with some possible business need / preference rotations to Miskin, South Wales) and Miskin, South Wales (with some possible business need / preference rotations to Gloucestershire). We aim to rotate placements around the sites to provide graduates with a wide experience of our operational facilities.
What skills and qualifications do I need?

Applicants must have:

• A 2-1, or higher, degree. The personal attributes described, and a genuine interest in pursuing a career with a high-tech manufacturing organisation, are equally as important as the degree subject. Candidates with a wide range of degree subjects will be considered such as:
• Business
• Project Management
• Operations
• Logistics
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Scientific
• English
• Economics
• Law
• Modern Languages
• Positive, ‘can do’ and flexible attitude
• Practical and logical mind-set
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills with the ability to apply themselves in the workplace with a positive, flexible, ‘can do’ attitude and an attention to detail
• Be computer literate, ideally possessing Microsoft Excel skills

Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we’re committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
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Employment Type:
Permanent
Time Type:
Full time
Requisition Number:
R6236 Operational Management Graduate (Fill Date: 02/09/2024

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