Control Engineer Apprentice; Level 6 BMW Group

BMW HAMS HALL MOTOREN GMBH

Birmingham (B46 1GB
)

Closes in 5 days (Saturday 28 February 2026)

We're seeking a committed and eager to learn individual to join our Maintenance team, ensuring production equipment runs efficiently and safely. You'll gain hands‑on experience in repairs, process improvements, and preventive maintenance, with full support and guidance to make your apprenticeship both engaging and valuable to your future.

Great Pay – A competitive salary enhanced every six months depending on individual progress and performance starting at circa £16,746 per annum, rising to circa £30,000 at the end of the programme.

Training course Control systems engineer (degree) (level
6)

Hours:

Start and finish times will vary to meet the needs of your work‑based placements and college hours. Exact working days and hours TBC.

38 hours a week.

Thursday 27 August 2026

Duration: 4 years.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

The BMW Group offers an enhanced Level 6‑degree apprenticeship. This degree in Electronic Engineering (BEng (Hons)), provided by Birmingham City University and fully funded by the business, will take place alongside you developing your specialist technical knowledge.

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 2025. 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 programme alongside on‑job training. Your on‑job training will comprise of placements in a number of different areas of the business, with particular focus 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‑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
• Finally, by the end of the apprenticeship, you will have also finished your degree

Canton Lane
Coleshill
Birmingham
B46 1GB

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

• Translate conceptual designs or technical specifications into operational process control systems.
• Select, use and apply approved problem‑solving methods to solve complex problems and determine appropriate solutions such as Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, and Control (DMAIC), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) and fishbone diagrams.
• Select the best method for collating and conveying complex information using a range of data sources and supporting documentation.
• Interpret and produce technical documentation such as schematic diagrams, project plans, fault reports or data analytics using company documentation systems and guidelines.
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