Global Graduate Program 2025 - Tech track at Volvo Car Gent

Global Graduate Program 2025 – Manufacturing Engineering Ghent

A lot can happen in 24 months 

Do you have the curiosity to learn, the will to develop and the drive to create change? We’re looking for curious engineers, technical enthusiasts and change-makers to join our transformation. Our tech track will allow you to deep dive into your technical areas of interest. 

About our Global Graduate Program 

The Global Graduate Program is a 2-year career-boosting program designed around your potential in our global organization! We offer two program tracks – Business and Tech – allowing both future business enablers and skilled engineers to thrive and develop with us.

As a business track graduate, you will experience a variety of business functions and cross-functional projects. As a tech track graduate, you will sharpen and apply your technical skills across multiple areas in the organization. Both career paths are equally important to successfully drive transformation! 

Every year, Volvo Cars welcomes around 50 graduates from all over the world. By joining the program, you become part of an inclusive community of a wide range of professionals and previous graduates. Throughout the program you will all come together for common module weeks, group projects, and learning opportunities. 

The rotational program takes you on a journey within Volvo cars where you get to explore your skills and interests in different departments during the two years. You will start in the department which you are recruited into.

Year 1
•    18 August Graduate Program kick off at our Headquarter in Gothenburg, Sweden
•    Module week 1: Global Introduction & Business Understanding (HQ Sweden)
•    Rotation in your home department
•    Module week 2: Product Development & Production (HQ Sweden)
•    Rotation in new department
•    Module week 3: Commercial Module (HQ Sweden)
•    Graduate group project
 

Year 2
•    2-3 Rotations in new departments, opportunity for international experience
•    Final Graduation project
•    Module week 4: Leadership Foundations & Final week (HQ Sweden)
•    8 Juli 2027 – Graduation (HQ Sweden)
 

After the program you move into your permanent position in the company. Note that regular travel to our Headquarter in Sweden will occur.
 

Build the Cars of Tomorrow
 

For our Manufacturing Engineering graduates in Ghent, we offer positions within different technology areas. Be in forefront of the newest automation technologies, design lean & efficient processes, be part of the integration of machine learning & AI and create intelligent solutions that generate immediate benefits in our plants.
 

Are you one of our new Graduates? 

To be considered for the program, you must have a master's degree completed between December 2024 and the start of the program. 
For this cluster, we are looking for graduates with engineering or manufacturing oriented master degrees: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Production & Operation Management Engineering, Software or Computer Science.
You must be fluent in Dutch and English to be considered for our graduate positions in Ghent.
 

What our Global Graduate Program offers. 

You will get: 
•    Permanent employment from start, and after the program you will have a position within your hiring managers organization  
•    Work permit support given where necessary. Relocation support offered for international moves 
•    €4131 monthly gross salary, all extralegal white collar VCG salary benefits such as E-car program, 15 extra holiday days, insurance package including hospitalization, group insurance
•    A complete package of benefits and our employment offer will be presented to you during the final interview phase. 

Recruitment process 

Advertisements are open November 1st – December 1st, 2024. All eligible candidates will be invited to conduct online assessments. You may apply to multiple graduate advertisements but will only do the assessments once. 
Candidates selected for the next stage will be invited to a first screening interview via Teams. The last step in the recruitment process is an in-depth Behavioral and Domain interview with hiring manager and an HR representative. The final interviews will be conducted via Teams during January and February 2025. Employment offers are communicated continuously during March 2025. 

Kick-start your career - apply today
We accept applications via our career site only, apply with CV and cover letter in English no later than Sunday December 1st  2024, midnight (CET). Please note that applications per email are not accepted due to GDPR. 
Curious to know more? Visit our graduates page or listen to the graduate podcast, recorded by previous graduates, and learn what it is like to be part of our program. For further questions, welcome to contact us in English at graduates@volvocars.com