Sales Engineering Intern
Warwick, GB, CV34 5YA
Salary: £22,000
Location: Warwick Head Office
12-month Placement (28th June 2027 – 10th July 2028)
Working Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday-Friday
Degree Requirements:
- 2 years completed – Placement between 2nd & 3rd study years.
- Academic grades on track for a first or 2:1 in your chosen studies.
- Working towards a mechanical-based engineering degree
Volvo Trucks is a world-leading truck manufacturer, committed to driving progress and shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport. We are a close and supportive team that works hard to provide total transport solutions in the medium- to heavy-duty segment and offer support to customers in more than 130 countries.
As an intern, you will support the New Vehicles Sales department on product knowledge and sales system developments. You will work with our sales tools to calculate vehicle weights and electric range by applying engineering principles and your knowledge.
Check out one of the products you'll be dealing with:
Volvo Trucks – The family extended
What we have to offer:
- Pension scheme: We offer a matched pension scheme of up to 5% of your salary.
- Healthcare Coverage: Access to healthcare coverage through Bupa,
- Employee Assistance Programme: Take advantage of wellness, mindfulness and counselling services to support your overall well-being.
- Holiday Allowance: Start with 25 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
- Discounts on various purchases: Enjoy savings on shopping vouchers and cinema tickets
- Fitness perks: Access MyGymDiscounts and MyActiveDiscounts.
- Free on-site Gym
For more details regarding our benefits, please follow the link: Volvo Group Benefits
What you will do
- You will provide general assistance to the Engineering team
- Take your engineering knowledge and assist in developing product-related training materials for the Volvo Truck Sales Academy.
- Support and work closely with the Truck Product Support Specialist with new product and component information.
- Represent Volvo Trucks at Trade shows and Customer Events
- Understand how the truck market is made up and how the truck is adapted into sectors such as long haul, distribution and construction.
- Working closely with sales teams to ensure that the product is fit-for-purpose and supporting customer documents are in alignment.
- Research and understand international and national regulations and legislation, ensuring that product offers are suitable
Who are you?
- Confident in both verbal and written communication
- Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills, comfortable with changing or managing multiple priorities.
- You have strong analytical skills and understand how to research changes in legislation and regulation
- Confident with the ability to communicate across all levels of the business
- A strong interest in the automotive industry and how engineers operate in the commercial sector
In your team, there is a Truck Product Support Specialist, as well as 3 other sales engineers collectively reporting to the Head of Product Management. You will collaborate and assist your team throughout your placement year, getting exposure to all aspects of the engineering team
Apply now!
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This is a 1-year placement between 2nd and 3rd year of your degree. We can’t accept those who have completed their degree.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.