Tooling Apprentice - Level 3 Apprenticeship Published: Assembly

Overview

BMW Group Plant Hams Hall is a modern, state-of-the-art engine manufacturing facility, located just outside Birmingham, UK. Producing the latest generation of three and four cylinder petrol engines as well as V8 and V12 engines, the plant has recently celebrated 20 years of successful production. Operating seven days a week with more than one engine rolling off the line per minute, the plant plays a key role in BMW Group’s global production network, supplying engines for BMW and MINI, including some of the latest plug-in hybrid vehicles.

BMW Plant Hams Hall, Birmingham - Level 6 Control Engineer - 4 Year Apprenticeship (August 2026)

We are looking for a committed and eager to learn individual to join our Maintenance team, responsible for ensuring all production equipment, both mechanical and electrical, is operating efficiently and safely. This involves engaging in tasks such as repairing and rebuilding machinery, designing process improvements, and assessing the need for future repairs to prevent issues from occurring, tasks that you will be involved in as your apprenticeship progresses.

Our Maintenance team is keen to teach our apprentices a range of skills needed to be successful, supporting you to ensure your apprenticeship experience is both engaging and valuable to your future.

Be part of the BMW Hams Hall maintenance team for assembly & logistics systems!

A team of nearly 100 of highly motivated and great experienced technical experts.

Modern high voltage battery production in small series.

Highly automated engine assembly facilities for 3 and 4-cylinder petrol engines.

Highly flexible production system for V8 and V12 petrol engines with:

• More than 250 PLC systems.
• Almost 100 robots.
• Almost 600 PC systems.
• More than 100 automatic cells.
• Artificial intelligence solutions wherever you go.
• Environment for digitalization and innovation.

The training that you receive during your apprenticeship involves studying modern, state-of-the-art automotive production technology as well as the latest innovations in manufacturing techniques.

The BMW Group offers an enhanced level 6 degree apprenticeship commencing end of August 2026. The four-year programme is designed to enable you to experience different aspects of engineering and production technology, including robotics, controls systems, machining, fluid power, electronics, welding, and many more.

Alongside the practical engineering skills that are gained, the program will also focus on your personal and professional development where you will have exposure to a number of business techniques such as Agile, Lean Manufacturing and Problem Solving.

The first year of the program is exclusively in a learning environment where in addition to starting the academic requirements of your program you will undertake practical training to qualify you with Employers Units of Competence. Your training will cover a wide range of engineering disciplines such as milling and turning, hand skills, electrical and electronic circuits, control systems, fluid power, programmable logic controllers, welding and more.

In the second and third year you will continue with the academic requirements of the programmme alongside on-the-job training. Your on-the-job training will comprise of placements in a number of different areas of the business, with particular focus focusing on developing, creating and quality checking our products and systems. Whilst training onsite, you will rotate around the business with placements in all areas of automotive manufacturing and may also involve placements at other BMW UK sites.

In your fourth year your on-the-job training will continue and will become more targeted to your final job role and where the job requires it you will start working a shift pattern to help better integrate you with your team.

Whilst developing specialist, on-the-job knowledge, the apprentice will also undertake fully funded study toward the attainment of a BEng (Hons) in Manufacturing Engineering.

• A minimum of 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) at level 6 (or above) including Maths and English.
• A minimum of 3 A levels…