National Apprenticeship Week 2023

We’re celebrating National Apprenticeship Week here at Mercedes-Benz South West! We’re taking a look back at our previous apprentices, how our apprenticeships work and the opportunities that we currently have available at our sites across the South West. Read on and watch our video to learn more about life as an apprentice at Mercedes-Benz South West.

Did you know that we work alongside Exeter College and Mercedes-Benz UK? We have had and currently have a range of different opportunities across our various departments such as Sales, Accounts, Service, Parts, HR and Marketing, all of which proving to be fantastic opportunities to develop your career.

Last year we visited Mercedes-Benz of Plymouth to chat to former Apprentice Harley Mortlock, LCV Technician, and current Apprentice Daniel Jacobs, Apprentice Technician. Harley reflects on life at Mercedes-Benz South West post apprenticeship and Daniel tells us about what it’s like to be an Apprentice at Mercedes-Benz South West.

For National Apprenticeships Week 2021 we spent our time at Mercedes-Benz of Exeter learning more about current Apprentice Josh Partridge, PC Technician and former Apprentice Amber Massey, from our Marketing department and how they’ve found their experience as an Apprentice within the business.

Last week we received our Best Companies 2023 Q1 Awards and we are absolutely thrilled with the results! We won:

• #2 Automotive company to work for in the UK
• #8 Across all sectors in the South West
• #24 Large company in the UK

We have a whole host of exciting opportunities to join our ever-growing business in a range of departments across the South West! To give you a taste of working for Mercedes-Benz South West, our employees have shared their experience on their career journey with us.

We hope you enjoyed meeting our current and former Apprentices’ as part of National Apprenticeship Week. If you’re considering becoming an Apprentice, a Trainee or if you’re looking for a change in career, you can see our current available vacancies at Mercedes-Benz South West by visiting our Careers page. We would love to hear from you!