Electrical & Electronic Graduate Scheme

Salary: Circa £30,000 Contract Type: Full Time Working Pattern: Permanent Hours: 39.0 The Opportunity - Electrical & Electronic Graduate Scheme Start Date - September 2026, typically for 18 months Starting Salary - Circa £30,000 Minimum Entry Criteria - You’ll need to be near to, or have completed, an appropriate bachelor’s or master’s degree such as Electrical Controls, Electrical Systems, Electrical & Electronic and must be on track to secure a 2:1 or higher. Unfortuantly, JCB is unable to offer visa sponsorship or immigration support for its Early Careers Schemes, either now or in the future. This includes individuals currently on sponsored visas. This will be suited to you if… You’re dedicated, passionate, hands-on, willing to learn and have a relevant university project or work experience behind you. You’ll be a truly logical thinker, great problem solver and a tenacious, inquisitive graduate. What’s more, your fresh approach and desire to always challenge the norm and think creatively will be underpinned by a safety-conscious approach and the desire to succeed in a fast-paced environment. What does the Electrical & Electronic Graduate Scheme involve day to day? We’re investing into the future of our business and, as an Electrical & Electronic Engineering Graduate, you’ll be a crucial part of that. You’ll undertake tailored placements that perfectly suit your career aspirations, contributing to large scale projects – not just working on one small section of the machine, but on large systems or the entire machine architectures. There’s also the chance to get stuck into a more commercially focused placement to experience engineering from a unique perspective. This is a scheme for those who have a unique view of the work they’re doing and want to have their voice heard in a high-impact environment. What could I be doing? Touch screen display programming covering both front-end UI and backend coding techniques Electrical design of circuits and harnesses using relevant CAD software Specific machine system testing and verification to evaluate new functionality or discover potential issues Researching future technologies that will ensure positive innovation and improvements across our new fleet of machines What comes next? We’ll be reviewing applications against the essential criteria then shortlisting and sending out links to our online assessments in November 2025 - January 2026 (we’d recommend you keep a look out for emails at this point as you’ll hear from us either way). Once you’ve fully completed your online assessment, we’ll review it and provide you with an update within a few weeks. Please note, if you’ve not completed your online assessment then we won’t take your application further (we’ll send you a few reminders to make sure you don’t forget). If you've been progressed, you’ll be sent an invite to attend one of our in-person Assessment Centres. In-person Assessment Centres will take place from January to April 2026 (we’ll send you all the details you need). Following your Assessment Centre, whether you’ve been successful or not, our promise to you is that you’ll receive a call with feedback. If successful, congratulations We’ll now take you through the onboarding process, which will include a familiarisation day. Welcome to JCB – our Early Careers cohorts ordinarily start in early September. What’s in it for you? This is your chance to join a company that’s not only picking up awards for its Early Careers schemes but also opens up opportunities for the long term. On a JCB Early Careers Scheme you’ll join a company that’s known for developing its people, and somewhere that offers a career for life. As standard, you’ll get 33 days’ holiday, and access to our stakeholder pension scheme, you can also opt into our Private Medical scheme with Bupa. Not only that, but you’ll also benefit from access to our onsite gym, in-house doctor and dentist. 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. As part of your scheme, you’ll be involved in a professional outdoor development programme in the Lake District. We also encourage our cohorts to network and get involved in our “NextGen” society. 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 Resourcing 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.