Following a highly successful six-month intern programme which ran from 2023 to 2024, the next cohort of interns have arrived at MiTek this week.
MiTek UK & Ireland is again working with the Dudley College of Technology, one of the UK’s most successful further education colleges that focuses on outstanding technical and professional learning for tomorrow’s careers.
The start of the programme coincides with the UK’s National Intern Week.
The MiTek Internship programme has been designed to give interns valuable experience focused on MiTek’s EMEA Engineering department, with specific projects this year on Automation.
Alongside the end goal projects, the interns will have the chance to see other sides of the business: design, commercial, factory floor and on-site visits.
MiTek’s Engineering team is responsible for the design and manufacture of some of the most advanced machines in the construction industry. Every day, these are being used to manufacture off-site engineered timber products for leading housebuilders.
Over the five-month duration of the internship, the interns will be immersed in MiTek’s business. They will have the opportunity to work in Research and Development and on customer projects.
Out in the field, they will be visiting MiTek customers, seeing the machines in operation, and gaining first-hand industry experience. They can then take this back to inform their academic work with the T Levels they are studying over two years.
Aaron Thomson, Senior Automation Engineering Manager, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), MiTek, says: “This year, we decided to take on two interns who have really stood out to us for their behaviour and attitude.”
“MiTek cares about technical skills, obviously, but it also cares about personality and approach. It is about a willingness to engage with groups and to speak openly. We have seen this with the interns in the run-up to the internship. They have had no issues with taking the lead, voicing opinions, and challenging people with ideas. It is great to see.”
Simon Connor, EMEA Product Portfolio Manager, MiTek, who oversees the Internship Programme, says: “It’s important that, as an industry, we are developing the pipeline of talent. We have designed the programme so students gain valuable real-world experience and have access to a career path here at MiTek, which starts from day one of the internship programme.”
Aaron Thomson continues: “By introducing them to MiTek at the T Level stage, we are giving opportunities to young people at a really critical point in their education.”