Our Special Skills apprenticeship offers you the chance to specialise in one of three crucial aspects of manufacturing at our Sunderland plant – vehicle repair, panel repair and paint spraying. Work on the line is incredibly fast paced and you’ll need excellent attention to detail to make sure each and every car we build reaches the high level of quality our customers expect from us. Through a combination of on-the-job training in the plant and day release at college (one day per week), you’ll gain the specialist skills you need to work with state-of-the art equipment across the plant and become an important member of our team. An apprenticeship in Special Skills at Nissan will provide you with great opportunity to become a true expert in your chosen area. This apprenticeship will provide you with a foundation from which you can progress in the manufacturing environment, using your skills to support the ever-evolving techniques and practices as part of our world class production facilities. You will have potential to support others, demonstrating your skills and sharing your knowledge both with your team, and cross functionally. Your special skills will ensure Nissan continues to go from strength to strength with our award-winning productivity.

We are looking for permanent and temporary manufacturing staff to help us build quality cars of the future. Keeping our Sunderland plant at the top of its game demands a high-quality team with the resilience, reliability and physical skills to help us continue breaking new ground. When you join our manufacturing team, you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in all sorts of challenging and exciting projects.

We are looking for temporary manufacturing staff to help us build quality cars of the future. Keeping our Sunderland plant at the top of its game demands a high-quality team with the resilience, reliability and physical skills to help us continue breaking new ground. When you join our manufacturing team, you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in all sorts of challenging and exciting projects.

Our Special Skills apprenticeship offers you the chance to specialise in one of three crucial aspects of manufacturing at our Sunderland plant – vehicle repair, panel repair and paint spraying. Work on the line is incredibly fast paced and you’ll need excellent attention to detail to make sure each and every car we build reaches the high level of quality our customers expect from us. Through a combination of on-the-job training in the plant and day release at college (one day per week), you’ll gain the specialist skills you need to work with state-of-the art equipment across the plant and become an important member of our team.

This pathway will see you working in either Quality Assurance or on the Final Line, identifying and carrying out vehicle repairs and gaining valuable industry knowledge in repair standards across all parts of the car.

As a Panel Repairer, you’ll be reacting to quality concerns across the plant to maintain vehicle quality and repair standards.

An Apprenticeship at Nissan is like no other. Our schemes offer you the chance to kickstart your career with a real taste of what life is like working at a world-leading car manufacturer that encourages all employees to be the best version of themselves. Do you like the idea of a fast-paced, hands-on role and want to work for a company that drives innovation, together with a focus on producing high quality cars for customers? If your answer is yes, our Manufacturing Apprenticeship scheme could be for you. It's hard work and expectations of you will be high - but don't worry, you'll have support every step of the way. In return, you'll be rewarded with a competitive salary (increasing every six months based on performance) alongside amazing opportunities to develop a network through various teambuilding events and getting involved in projects with the wider business. What's more, most of our apprentices go onto the full-time roles at Nissan once they've completed their course - so it's a fantastic option for people interested in a stable and long-term career with us. Message from Production ‘Our Apprentices play a crucial role in shaping our future, they play an integral part of our succession planning and future proofing of our business bringing fresh perspectives and driving our continuous improvement culture.’

*As part of this application, please can you add a paragraph to your CV outlining why you are interested in the Production Leadership Graduate position and if you have applied to any other graduate roles for Nissan* Overview - dept: A combination of hands-on expertise with the knowledge of production processes, our production supervisors are at the heart of our operations, with responsibility for achieving high volume targets and developing continuous improvement programmes. As a Graduate Production Supervisor you will be at the cutting edge of launching new vehicles and responsible for producing 2 vehicles every minute.