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The Opportunity -Group IT Graduate Scheme
Start Date - September 2024, typically for 24 months.
Minimum Entry Criteria - Candidates wishing to apply for the Group IT Graduate programme should have a real hands-on approach and be as passionate about JCB as we are. Candidates wishing to apply must be on track to secure a 2:1 or above in a bachelor’s or master’s course prior to the start date of this role.
What is a Group IT Graduate programme like?
JCB Group IT is a critical part of the JCB success story, helping to build one of the world’s best-known brands and taking the lead in digital transformation for this global company, with a reputation for Innovation and an exciting strategy for future growth.
The Group IT graduate program offers an excellent chance to develop your technical, business, and personal skills in a fantastic environment as part of our fast paced, agile teams.
Join us on the Group IT Graduate programme if you’d like to develop the skills and experience to make a real difference to the success of JCB. Whether it’s orchestrating hyperscaler infrastructure, managing applications to create digital twins to accelerate the product innovation cycle or protecting the global business from cyber-attacks from criminals and rogue states with AI powered tech – we offer a tailored programme with on-the-job experience and placements across several IT domains.
This will be complimented with formal technical, professional, and personal development training and will enable you to build a deep understanding of the JCB business and its operations.
This programme is designed to develop future JCB IT managers and leaders.
The opportunities are broad and evolving, and your training and development programme placements could include: -
- Engineering and Business Systems - Demand and relationship management, core engineering & business systems (e.g., CAD/PLM, Simulation Tools, SAP) and how they enable business processes, system development/change control/testing, project delivery.
- Infrastructure - Availability and Capacity management, network management (WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi), database administration, server, and storage management (hyperscalers and on-prem)
- Cyber Security - Cyber security technology, incident response, penetration testing,
employee awareness and vigilance, security analysis (applications, vendors)
- Service & Operations – Service management (Incident, Problem and Change Management), service catalogue management, asset management, End User Compute strategy
- Data & Analytics - Data modelling and design, data visualisation, ETL, analytics tools, Machine Learning and AI techniques
- Project Management Office - Project justification/business cases, project mobilisation and funding, business analysis and solutioning, project planning and control, business change management, portfolio management
- International placement (e.g., 3 months in JCB India)
- Cross-functional placement (e.g., 3-month placement to gain broader JCB business experience in Finance, Marketing, Purchasing, or Engineering)
As well as: -
- You will be encouraged to join the Chartered Institute of IT (British Computing Society) and work towards Chartered IT Professional status.
- A dedicated mentor from the IT Leadership Team to oversee your personal and professional development.
- A comprehensive training programme, including residential outdoor development.
The rewards you deserve.
This is your chance to join a company that values expertise, not only in rewards but also in real employee care. On a JCB Early Careers Scheme you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday, and access to our company pension—you can also benefit from using our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician, as well as a comprehensive training programme including residential outdoor development.
There’s also a JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts at many high street fashion and food retailers. And if you feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.
JCB: Building a Brighter Future
We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our recruitment team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.
The closing date is the 15th December 2023, however should we receive sufficient applications we may close this sooner - so we recommend you apply as soon as possible!
