Car | Bentley
Bentley opens early careers programme for 2025 - with product development focus
| 2024-10-14 |     |
Bentley creates 150 trainee vacancies for Apprentices, Graduates and Industrial Placements. More than a quarter of positions will help inspire Bentley’s future product direction. At the same time, the 2024 cohort begin their journey with the luxury British marque. Bentley’s colleague approach once again recognised as a Top Employer with strong focus on employee wellbeing and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Bentley Motors has today created 150 career opportunities for its early careers 2025 intake. Applications across the company open today for Graduates and Industrial Placements at careers.bentleymotors.com, with Apprentice positions open from February next year.
Over a quarter of positions are focused on Bentley’s product development as the marque transitions its future model direction to become a leader in sustainable luxury mobility. As Bentley looks for the industry’s brightest talents, additional vacancies include positions in Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources, Finance and Communications, all with a starting date of Autumn next year.
Whilst recruitment has begun for 2025, Bentley has welcomed the 2024 cohort to the factory in Crewe to begin their extraordinary journey on the early careers programme.
Dr. Karen Lange - Member of the Board for Human Resources at Bentley Motors
“As we embrace the exciting shift to electrification and redefine luxury in the automotive industry, we are seeking an exceptional talent pool that we can promise will be fully supported, trained and inspired to shape their future career path, and that of Bentley Motors. “We are committed to attracting talent from all backgrounds and experiences who share our passion for innovation, excellence, and craftsmanship and we look forward to working closely with our latest cohort to help deliver exactly that together.”
Of the 150 2025 roles, 26 are for three or four-year Apprenticeship positions, 20 are two-year Graduate roles, and 104 are for 12-month Industrial Placements.
One of the 2024 cohort who has recently joined, Anish Partab, a Vehicle Motion Industrial Placement, said:
“I wanted to join Bentley Motors because I am excited that the company is driving towards electrification. As my degree is in Robotics, I am eager to work on new innovations. I’ve never worked in the automotive industry before so I am looking forward to applying my skills and knowledge, whilst learning from industry leading experts.”
Bentley’s excellence in colleague wellbeing has again been recognised with the Top Employers Institute naming Bentley as a Top Employer for the 13th consecutive year. The company is the sole UK car manufacturer to be included in the celebrated list and is awarded for positive colleague experiences, recruitment processes and talent development.