Welcome to the Parker Graduate Scheme 2024

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Enabling engineering breakthroughs
that
lead to a better tomorrow.

Parker products can be found on and around virtually everything that moves. Why? Because we produce motion and control technologies that make a difference in people’s lives. But there are endless engineering challenges still waiting to

be solved. That’s why we need you! People with the talent and drive to make the world move.

Challenges drive Parker people forward. We are continuously seeking new ways to innovate, combine technologies, collaborate, develop systems and partner with our customers to solve problems.

 

We’re looking for the brightest future talent to help make our world move.

Supply Chain Management Graduate

As the global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin is present in almost every area of industrial applications and employs about 55,000 people in 50 countries. This opens up a whole world of possibilities in which you can make the best out of yourself. At Parker, you have the individual scope for development to discover a broad range of topics and possibilities to which you can contribute your own ideas. On eye level with your colleagues, interacting in a team which welcomes you heartily. Take charge of your future. Discover Parker for yourself.

This is an amazing opportunity for you to develop your professionalism in technical engineering industry and learn more about your leadership skills. The goal of the program is to provide you with the best possible support early in your career so that you can reach your full potential in working life!

What you can expect:

  • Get to know Parker’s business, working in Supply Chain
  • Work at Manufacturing Plants, in Divisions, and support specialist functions
  • Learn how to generate the preparation and communication of the rolling forecast (S&OP)
  • Implement, monitor and expand processes to balance on-time delivery and inventories
  • Ensure the management of goods receipts incl. prioritization in order to avoid capacity constraints
  • Work in warehousing from goods receipt, to put-away, storage, pick & pack to ship in close collaboration with their Lean teams
  • Familiarize and use the procurement best practices, being actively involved in negotiations with suppliers
  • Take responsibility for your own projects

Your ideal profile should include:

  • Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or business administration and ideally one year work – or internship experience – in a Supply Chain or Engineering environment
  • First hand experience in project management is a plus
  • Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
  • Initiative, self-starter approach, and strong communications skills
  • Geographical flexibility to move to any Parker location both during and upon completion of the program
  • Fluent in local language, English and an additional language would be beneficial

Did we spark your interest?

Then put your career in motion as soon as possible! Simply click Apply Now and attach a copy of your CV.

About the EMEA Graduate Program:

Accelerated development of your functional, technical and leadership skills, while building your network which will become the foundation for your future career development. This is what you will get when embarking our international Graduate program.

During the two-year program, you will go through multiple assignments including one abroad, discovering multiple roles and gathering various experiences.

Starting your career at Parker, means the opportunity to expand your competencies and apply your knowledge through an international first job experience.

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and aware of its responsibility toward people with disabilities.

Finance Graduate

As the global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin is present in almost every area of industrial applications and employs about 55,000 people in 50 countries. This opens up a whole world of possibilities in which you can make the best out of yourself. At Parker, you have the individual scope for development to discover a broad range of topics and possibilities to which you can contribute your own ideas. On eye level with your colleagues, interacting in a team which welcomes you heartily. Take charge of your future. Discover Parker for yourself.

This is an amazing opportunity for you to develop your professionalism in technical engineering industry and learn more about your leadership skills. The goal of the program is to provide you with the best possible support early in your career so that you can reach your full potential in working life!

What you can expect:

  • Build and develop your expertise in areas such as financial reporting and analysis, cost accounting, auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and other finance related activities.
  • Look forward to a challenging work, professional and personal development and not least a thorough understanding of the world’s leading companies in motion and control technology
  • Develop contacts and create a valuable network for your future career within the Company
  • Teambuilding events and various development weeks complement the program and enable you to take the first step towards a successful career at Parker, with plenty opportunities to network
  • Take responsibility for your own projects

Your ideal profile should include:

  • University Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration. A Master’s Degree would be considered as a strong asset
  • Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
  • Initiative, self-starter approach, and strong communications skills
  • Geographical flexibility to move to any Parker location both during and upon completion of the program
  • Fluent in English and a second language would be beneficial.

Did we spark your interest?

Then put your career in motion as soon as possible! Simply click Apply Now and attach a copy of your CV.

About the EMEA Graduate Program:

Accelerated development of your functional, technical and leadership skills, while building your network which will become the foundation for your future career development. This is what you will get when embarking our international Graduate program.

During the two-year program, you will go through multiple assignments including one abroad, discovering multiple roles and gathering various experiences.

Starting your career at Parker, means the opportunity to expand your competencies and apply your knowledge through an international first job experience.

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and aware of its responsibility toward people with disabilities.

Engineering & Operations Graduate

As the global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin is present in almost every area of industrial applications and employs about 55,000 people in 50 countries. This opens up a whole world of possibilities in which you can make the best out of yourself. At Parker, you have the individual scope for development to discover a broad range of topics and possibilities to which you can contribute your own ideas. On eye level with your colleagues, interacting in a team which welcomes you heartily. Take charge of your future. Discover Parker for yourself.

This is an amazing opportunity for you to develop your professionalism in technical engineering industry and learn more about your leadership skills. The goal of the program is to provide you with the best possible support early in your career so that you can reach your full potential in working life!

What you can expect:

  • Get to know Parker’s business, working in the Engineering and Operations function
  • Build and develop your expertise in areas such as Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, New Product Introduction, EHS & Lean
  • Have responsibility for managing your own workload and, responding directly to requests
  • Provide a first line of response to queries in your functional area from internal and external contacts
  • Collaborate with colleagues to identify problems that need resolving and seek to find solutions
  • Make decisions in your area of responsibility and communicate these directly
  • Seek all learning opportunities and develop your knowledge and skills required for each of the roles and from people within your wider team
  • Support the wider team in each placement and participate in lean and business improvement opportunities including High Performance Teams.

 

Your ideal profile should include:

  • Minimum of a Masters University Degree in Engineering with a specialization in a relevant discipline, such as industrial economics, mechanical engineering, hydraulics, mechatronics, manufacturing or automation.
  • Initiative, self-starter approach, and strong communications skills
  • Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
  • Process-driven, organised and disciplined
  • Geographical flexibility to move to any Parker location both during and upon completion of the program
  • Fluent in local language, English and an additional language would be beneficial

Did we spark your interest?

Then put your career in motion as soon as possible! Simply click Apply Now and attach a copy of your CV.

About the EMEA Graduate Program:

Accelerated development of your functional, technical and leadership skills, while building your network which will become the foundation for your future career development. This is what you will get when embarking our international Graduate program.

During the two-year program, you will go through multiple assignments including one abroad, discovering multiple roles and gathering various experiences.

Starting your career at Parker, means the opportunity to expand your competencies and apply your knowledge through an international first job experience.

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and aware of its responsibility toward people with disabilities.

Commercial Sales Graduate

As the global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin is present in almost every area of industrial applications and employs about 55,000 people in 50 countries. This opens up a whole world of possibilities in which you can make the best out of yourself. At Parker, you have the individual scope for development to discover a broad range of topics and possibilities to which you can contribute your own ideas. On eye level with your colleagues, interacting in a team which welcomes you heartily. Take charge of your future. Discover Parker for yourself.

This is an amazing opportunity for you to develop your professionalism in technical engineering industry and learn more about your leadership skills. The goal of the program is to provide you with the best possible support early in your career so that you can reach your full potential in working life!

What you can expect:

  • Build and develop your expertise in areas such as: Sales, with a focus on high calibre Customers, both as direct sales to Original Equipment Manufacturers and through distribution channels
  • Customer Service, learn how to manage pricing processes, logistics and customer relationship management
  • Support in cross-functional projects, for example in the areas of technology, sales, lean, pricing and marketing
  • Application engineering, interact with our technical experts to gain knowledge of our technologies and provide the best technical solution to our Customers
  • Responsibility for your own projects

Your ideal profile should include:

  • University Degree in Engineering or Commercial with a specialization in a relevant discipline. A Master’s Degree would be considered as a strong asset.
  • First hand experience in project management is a plus
  • Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
  • Initiative, self-starter approach, and strong communications skills
  • Geographical flexibility to move to any Parker location both during and upon completion of the program
  • Fluent in local language, English and an additional language would be beneficial

Did we spark your interest?

Then put your career in motion as soon as possible! Simply click Apply Now and attach a copy of your CV.

About the EMEA Graduate Program:

Accelerated development of your functional, technical and leadership skills, while building your network which will become the foundation for your future career development. This is what you will get when embarking our international Graduate program.

During the two-year program, you will go through multiple assignments including one abroad, discovering multiple roles and gathering various experiences.

Starting your career at Parker, means the opportunity to expand your competencies and apply your knowledge through an international first job experience.

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and aware of its responsibility toward people with disabilities.

Environment, Health and Safety Graduate

As the global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin is present in almost every area of industrial applications and employs about 55,000 people in 50 countries. This opens up a whole world of possibilities in which you can make the best out of yourself. At Parker, you have the individual scope for development to discover a broad range of topics and possibilities to which you can contribute your own ideas. On eye level with your colleagues, interacting in a team which welcomes you heartily. Take charge of your future. Discover Parker for yourself.

This is an amazing opportunity for you to develop your professionalism in technical engineering industry and learn more about your leadership skills. The goal of the program is to provide you with the best possible support early in your career so that you can reach your full potential in working life!

What you can expect:

  • Get to know Parker’s business working in the Environment Health and Safety function
  • Gain skills knowledge and experience in manufacturing, warehouse, and office operations across the divisions
  • Responsibility for managing your own workload and projects
  • Experiences will include ISO management systems, occupational health and behavioral based safety programmes plus specific aspects of risk assessments and machine safety
  • Identify problems that need resolving and seek to find solutions
  • Make decisions in your area of responsibility and communicate these directly

Your ideal profile should include:

  • Masters Degree in Health and Safety or Environment
  • Initiative, self-starter approach, and strong communications skills
  • Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
  • Process-driven, organised and disciplined
  • Geographical flexibility to move to any Parker location both during and upon completion of the program
  • Fluent in English and a second language would be beneficial

Did we spark your interest?

Then put your career in motion as soon as possible! Simply click Apply Now and attach a copy of your CV.

About the EMEA Graduate Program:

Accelerated development of your functional, technical and leadership skills, while building your network which will become the foundation for your future career development. This is what you will get when embarking our international Graduate program.

During the two-year program, you will go through multiple assignments including one abroad, discovering multiple roles and gathering various experiences.

Starting your career at Parker, means the opportunity to expand your competencies and apply your knowledge through an international first job experience.

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and aware of its responsibility toward people with disabilities.