Undergraduates - JLR Careers

You’ll have a Cohort Leader assigned to you who’ll support with your individual learning plan, whilst you’ll receive mentorship and support from your team to make sure you have what you need to succeed with us. There is also an Early Careers Community who run numerous social events and activities where you can meet, network and socialise with your peers.

You will have regular performance reviews with your line manager who will track your progress of your role within the team. Progress against the requirements of the Undergraduate programme will be measured by the Early Careers Programme Delivery Team Cohort Leaders.

Depending on your performance whilst on placement along with business need, it is possible to progress on to the graduate scheme – we are proud that many of our undergraduates do return and complete our graduate programme and are still growing and thriving within JLR today.

Our undergraduate programmes offer a direct pipeline to our graduate scheme for which we only sponsor skilled worker visas for shortage occupations which include electrical engineering, software engineering and creative (design).

Therefore, JLR will only accept applications for this programme from candidates who would have the right to work in the UK at the point that they would successfully convert to the graduate programme.

You should be on track to achieving a 2:2 level or higher. You should look at the Undergraduate programme that you are interested in to view the degree programme specific information required for each programme.

Show us your passion and performance, and we may give you the opportunity to progress onto our graduate programme. You will not need to apply If you are returning as a graduate following the completion of an undergraduate placement with us.

On an undergraduate placement, you may experience different areas of the business depending on business need. There are also opportunities for shadowing which will give you insights wider than your own job role.

Guidance is provided on the application as to the likely site where you will be located for the programme you have applied to. This will be confirmed to you at the assessment centre and on acceptance of your contract.

You may be required to travel dependent on business need. Your line manager will provide you with this information.

For a limited number of roles, we do require you to have a drivers’ license. For the majority of roles this is not required, however it could be of benefit to you.

As a JLR employee, you will be eligible for the Privilege vehicle lease and purchase scheme providing discounts on JLR vehicles. There is also a shuttle bus which employees can make use of, free of charge, which runs to Whitley and Gaydon locations.

Usually not, as our roles are allocated based on business need in particular areas.

In many areas of our business, hybrid working is possible. However, this is dependent on the nature of the work that you are doing and the team in which you are working. For all Early Careers hires we require significant in-person working to facilitate learning collaboration and a sense of belonging.

Information about the starting salary for all of our early careers programmes can be found on the relevant programme page. Visit our programme pages to learn more.

Your holiday entitlement will be indicated in your contract and for your first year will be pro-rated based on your start date.

There is no relocation assistance. There will be a requirement for you to travel to your site and, where relevant, education provider regularly and when requested, therefore consideration to your living arrangements should be given.

There’s are lots of opportunities to meet other Early Careers hires. The Early Careers Community social team run numerous social events and activities where you can meet, network and socialise with your peers. From rock-climbing and football to coffee roulettes and a summer ball – there’s lots to enjoy!

As an employee of JLR, you will benefit from rewards and benefits including a competitive pension scheme, discounts from various retailers and discounts on vehicles. In addition, we will develop you personally and professionally through our Learning Academy. You will find out more about this when you join.

We are committed to providing opportunities to young people to experience what it is like to work at JLR. We will be updating our ‘Supporting Schools’ page in the coming weeks with opportunities that you could get involved in.

Yes, we do. If your school, college or university would like to work with our recruitment team contact us at educate@jaguarlandrover.com.

As a JLR employee, you can make use of out networking within the diversity and inclusion space. You can read more about our networks here.

There are lots of networks for you to join including gender equality, Pride, Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) and the Women in Engineering & Allies Network. You can read more about our networks here.

As an Early Careers hire, you can join the Early Careers Community, a social network run by current apprentices, undergraduate and graduates at JLR. They run regular activities including coffee catch ups, sporting leagues and summer balls.