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Assembly Production Placement - MINI

We believe in creating an environment where you, our placement student, can learn and develop during your time with us and where you are given your own areas of responsibility from the start. Our experts and mentors will treat you as part of the team from day one, encouraging you to bring your own ideas to the table and giving you the opportunity to show what you can really do.

Plant Oxford is the birthplace and heart of MINI production. Manufactured to individual customer specifications, hundreds of MINIs leave the plant’s assembly lines each day, off to meet new owners in more than 110 countries around the world. Three UK plants have had a part to play in MINI production – Plant Hams Hall makes engines, Plant Swindon produces body pressings and sub-assemblies for MINI, and all this comes together at Plant Oxford with body shell production, paint, and final assembly.

MINI Plant Oxford - Assembly Production - 13 Month Placement (July 2025)

We are looking for a confident and eager to learn individual to join our Assembly team, responsible for beginning the process of transforming a painted body into a finished MINI. This involves assembling the car through the skillet lines, rotary slings, and door build areas. We also fit electrical, mechanical, fluid, glazing, and trim components, tailoring each MINI to its customer's specific choices. 

What will you be doing?

• You will uphold direct responsibility for an Assembly-related project. This will be focused on damage prevention, problem solving approaches, innovations, or an alternative Assembly-related function.
• Quality control analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate both quality and performance.
• Working with new CAD processes - such as UnReal World.
• Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of approaches, solutions, and conclusions to problems.
• Investigating problem resolution reports.
• Continuous improvement activities.
• Undertaking specific project activities as instructed by General Managers and Group Leaders.
• Completing data analysis and management.

Qualifications

• Qualifications and experience
• Studying towards a bachelor's degree in the field of Engineering and on track to achieve at least a 2:2.
• A fully competent user of Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel.
• Additional CAD software competencies would be advantageous but not essential. 
• Strong data analysis skills. 
• A strong ability to identify problems, develop and evaluate options, and then implement feasible solutions.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Well organised, and has effective time management. 
• A personal interest in engineering is beneficial. 

Why choose us?

• Great Pay - A competitive annual salary
• Rewarding Work-Life Balance - Contracted working hours are 37 hours a week with a half-day on a Friday, helping you develop a fulfilling work-life balance.
• Exciting Additional Benefits - You will have the opportunity to enjoy other employee benefits including access to our Advantages scheme, giving you access to a range of offers and discounts, an on-site gym, and a subsidised on-site restaurant. 

What are we responsible for?

• Supporting you in your training and ensuring you settle into your role and feel welcomed.
• Working sustainably and ethically.
• Providing you with the opportunity to bring your own ideas and develop yourself.
• Ensuring you are happy with your work-life balance and feel as though your contribution to the business is being valued.
• Encouraging you to develop your soft skills such as creating working relationships, communicating effectively, delivering presentations, and gaining confidence in your own ability, supporting you in both your return to university and your future career. 

About BMW Group

No need to predict the future. You can create it. 

At the BMW Group, we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can learn from others and teach others. Here, our industry-leading experts will treat you as part of the team from day one and give you every opportunity to really show what you can do.

We look for passionate people, from all backgrounds, who will benefit from exploring every opportunity we have to offer; all while showing curiosity and ambition.

We also believe in giving people the skills and experience they need to thrive. That’s why we welcome around 200 individuals on six or 12-month placements each year, within a wide range of business areas.