Engineering Graduate 2024

Start Date: September 2024

Duration of Programme: 2 years

Contract Type: Full time/permanent

Closing dates for applications: 22nd January 2024 to be considered for an assessment day in February 2024. 

Requirements: An accredited Engineering degree or international equivalent.

Location: Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and our cutting edge Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). We also operate in a hybrid way of working, so there will be a mix of remote working and time in the office depending on the placement and business needs.

We’re looking for innovative and passionate graduates who can build towards our mission: changing the way the world shops for good with our incredible technology. If you are highly-motivated, innovative and embrace every opportunity to develop, the Ocado Group graduate programme could be a great fit for you! 

About us

Ocado Group is a technology-led, global software and robotics platform business with a strong retail heritage. As a pioneer in the online grocery market, we partner with some of the world’s largest forward-thinking retailers across the globe (including Kroger, Sobeys, Coles, AEON, Lotte, Alcampo, Groupe Casino and ICA, joining our UK partner Morrisons and the Ocado/M&S joint venture) and together we are transforming the global grocery landscape.

We continue to invest significantly in our technology and people in order to deliver for our current clients and forge exciting new partnerships. At the heart of our success lies our technological know-how and unparalleled IP. 

You can find more about the Ocado Group story here.

The hardware engineering Graduate Programme

• 2 year programme consisting of 4 exciting and varied placements across teams that develop deliver and support our automated engineering systems for today and tomorrow
• You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself with like minded engineers who are working on live business and real engineering challenges
• From developing and testing new technologies and solutions, to getting hands-on with our bots in an operational warehouse, to data analysis on products and components, our engineering graduate scheme will give you an enriching and well rounded experience of engineering at Ocado Group
• This programme helps graduates learn where their capabilities, passions and ambitions lie within engineering. Giving you a springboard for your future career

Not all engineering graduate placements are based at our head offices though! We also give engineering graduates the opportunity to work at our warehouses on implementation, construction and commissioning, and running our engineering operations. There are also chances to work with our global manufacturers and on client sites around the world.

The engineering graduate scheme is flexible to your interests and skills, giving some graduates the opportunity to specialise in specific engineering crafts or stay as a generalist engineer in their second year.

In this role you will develop and refine essential engineering, leadership and personal skills whilst gaining valuable experience across a broad range of areas. Your development will be supported throughout your placements with the use of personal targets and development plans set by your managers. You will be expected to complete various additional training modules to complement your development and engineering and personal career to help you thrive and realise your best potential.

What are we looking for

• We are looking for people with an engineering background. This could come from your degree area, a placement year and hands-on experience. 
• Passionate and driven individuals who are excited about working in a fast-paced technology company.
• Inquisitive and proactive individuals, who enjoy taking on new challenges.
• Full UK driving licence (preferred) to travel to sites.

Your development

We also have the Future Leaders Programme (FLP), designed to equip you with the essential soft skills to craft a career that works for you when you’re ready to roll off into the business.

Attending the FLP will help you tap into the culture and values that drive us forward as well as provide opportunities to connect and grow partnerships with your wider cohort across all of our schemes. Through the combination of this programme and your rotations across the business, you will grow the skills that accelerate your career at Ocado Group.

Application process

Our application process consists of four stages that allow you to showcase your abilities in different environments.

1. Online Application
2. Online Tests
3. Video Interview
4. Virtual Assessment Centre

Benefits

Listed below are some of the most popular benefits that our employees enjoy.

• 15% discount and free delivery for all employees at ocado.com
• Hybrid working - where the roles allow it, our teams work together in the office, two to three coordinated days a week
• 25 days annual leave (plus optional to buy more)
• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station
• Generous pension and share schemes
• Private medical insurance
• Variety of discounts with other retailers including discounted gym passes, cinema and gadget deals 

Equal opportunities

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status. Find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at Ocado here.

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