Industrial Placement - Production Planning

As an Industrial Placement Student at Bentley, you will play a key part in Bentley’s journey to creating extraordinary vehicles for our customers. Based out of our state-of-the-art headquarters in Crewe, you will:

• Gain invaluable experience supporting high-impact strategic projects and play a key role in delivering our Beyond100+ Strategy.
• Work alongside and receive mentoring from experienced professionals across Digital Planning internally and through engagement with external partners and stakeholders.
• Develop valuable insight into how we develop, manage and deliver our IT systems to support manufacturing.
• Build practical experience in project coordination, stakeholder management, research, data analysis and strategic reporting.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Supporting the preparation and coordination of project governance meetings, including preparing agendas and presentation materials, capturing decisions and actions, and following up with stakeholders to ensure actions are completed.
• Maintaining and updating project plans, RAID logs, action trackers and project documentation, providing clear visibility of project progress, risks, issues, dependencies and upcoming milestones.
• Working with IT, Manufacturing and business stakeholders to coordinate project activities, gather information, track deliverables and support effective communication across project teams.

About the Department

The Digital Planning department is responsible for delivering the IT solutions that support and enable Bentley’s Manufacturing operations. Working at the intersection of technology and Manufacturing, the team delivers projects that improve processes, enable digital transformation and ensure our production facilities have the technology they need to operate effectively.

The department works closely with Manufacturing, IT, technical teams and external suppliers to plan, develop and implement solutions across the Manufacturing environment.

What we are looking for:

The successful candidates will be on track to achieve a 2:1 in the following degrees: Business & Management Studies, Computing science or equivalent.

Skills required for the role:

• PowerPoint experience is essential.
• Good Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Self-confidence to work with senior colleagues and external third parties.
• Organisation skills.
• Self-motivated.

What we offer:

As an Industrial Placement you will have access to the following benefits:

• A starting salary of £25,500
• Support from our Early Careers team and 121 manager mentorship
• 35 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• 10% pension contribution with life assurance benefits
• Learning and development opportunities

Right To Work:

To be eligible for an Early Careers programme you must have a legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the placement or graduate scheme. We welcome students who have Settled Status, a Tier 4 Visa, or a Graduate Visa. We are unable to offer sponsorship for our Early Careers positions.

Application Process:

• Submit your application, including your CV and Cover letter.
• Applications will be screened by our HR team and the Hiring Manager.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our recruitment team and invited to attend an online Assessment between 9th – 27th November.
• Candidates successful at assessment stage will receive an offer shortly afterwards.
• All applicants will be kept informed throughout the recruitment process.