Renishaw Presentation from Employability Skills day 2017

1. Engineering
excellence in
metrology
and healthcare
Simon Biggs
Education Officer
Ian Carpenter
Encoder Products Division

2. Presentation Agenda
• Introduction to Renishaw
• Opportunities at Renishaw
• How to get a job in 7 simple steps
• Writing an effective CV
• What can an engineer do?

3. Renishaw introduction
Founded on innovation
• first touch-trigger probe invented in 1973 to
measure fuel pipes for the Olympus
(Concorde) jet engine
• organic growth sustained by patented
innovations – from dimensional metrology
to healthcare
• £436.6M turnover (2015-2016)
£80.0M profit before tax
95% exported
Sir David McMurtry
Chairman & CEO
John Deer
Deputy Chairman

4. Origins of Renishaw
Founded on innovation
• £60.1 million spend on R&D and engineering (14% of turnover)
• FTSE 250: £2.0B valuation
• 18 Queen’s Awards
– 6 for Export Achievement and International Trade
– 12 for Technological Achievement and Innovation
• about 4,300 employees in 35 countries
– approx. 2,250 in Gloucestershire
– approx. 250 in South Wales
Original touch
probe and patent

5. Renishaw’s ethos
“ Renishaw fundamentally
believes that success comes
from patented and innovative
products and processes, high
quality manufacturing, and the
ability to provide local customer
support in all its markets around
the globe. ”
Sir David McMurtry
Chairman & Chief Executive

6. Business sectors: metrology
On-machine measurement
CMM metrology
Position feedback
Machine calibration Versatile gauging
Styli

7. Business sectors: metrology
Long-range metrology
Additive manufacturing Advanced materialsFixturing

8. Business sectors: healthcare
Dental CAD/CAM
Raman spectroscopy
Precision neurosurgery

9. To measure things very accurately
(we deal in microns and nanometres)
To position things very accurately
(from digital printers to brain surgery)
To make processes more efficient
(faster, more automated, less wasteful)
Why do businesses need our products?

10. From the manufacture of TVs, digital printers, solar panels, wind
turbines and jet engines, to dentistry, forensics and brain surgery,
Renishaw products improve and raise product quality:
Some of our customers

11. Renishaw’s research & development
New Mills Old Town, Wotton
Woodchester
CMM, Machine tool,
Encoder, Measurement
& Automation
Raman
Laser & calibration CMM software ControllersCMM sensors
Castle Donington Edinburgh Exeter
Dental, Neurological,
Group Engineering
Charfield
Additive
manufacturing
Stone

12. Renishaw’s global manufacturing
Pre-production Machining
Sub-system and final assembly
New Mills, Glos, UK Stonehouse, Glos, UK
Swords, Dublin, Ireland Woodchester, Glos, UK Pune, IndiaOld Town, Glos, UK
Machining and Assembly
Völklingen, Germany

13. Room to grow in Wales and India…
193 acre / 461,000 ft2
site at Miskin, South Wales
Expansion of assembly
facilities in Pune, India

14. Global sales subsidiary network

15. •Summer Placements 60
•Industrial Placements 40
•Graduate programme 45
Opportunities at Renishaw in 2017

16. • Send in CV with cover letter
• Looking for the following disciplines:
Electronic/Mechanical/Software/Engineering, Mathematics, Optical
Engineering, Physics, Manufacturing.
• Need to have own transport – we are fairly rural!
• No interview
• If you have had a successful summer placement no assessment
centre for graduate programme
Graduate Scheme

17. Slide 1702/15/17
Graduate Programme

18. Slide 1802/15/17
Graduate Programme

19. • Application via CV, but advisable to also upload a covering letter.
• You will stand out if you show you have lots of enthusiasm, knowledge
of your subject, and have a relevant extra – curricular interest to
highlight.
• You will be interviewed.
Industrial Placements

20. 1. Think about what you would like to do
2. Choose job opportunities carefully to best suit you
3. Consider what an employer is actually looking for
4. Tailor your application to make best use of your qualities, skills and
experience
5. Be positive and enthusiastic
6. Be realistic and robust
7. Persevere
How to get a job in 7 simple steps

21. • Enthusiasm for working in the area of the job
• Demonstrate your interest and knowledge of the work area
• What kind of person are you?
– What do you do with your time?
– What do you like in life?
• Some knowledge about Renishaw
– Why pick us?
• Cover letter as well as CV
– Extra opportunity to show us why we should give you a chance!
What employers are looking for

22. • Be neat and tidy
• Get the details right
• Don’t miss things out for no good reason
• Tell us what you have done
• Communicate to us what sort of person you are
– Be specific rather than general
– Be enthusiastic
• Keep your CV brief
• Don’t over-design it - black and white in one or two columns is just
fine
• Carefully space and format your CV
– But don’t make it TOO sparse
• And finally the most important thing to do is…
CVs – good features

23. SHOW
don’t
TELL
CVs – good features

24. • I am professional, honest, self-motivated, hardworking and intelligent.
I enjoy learning new things and applying what I have learnt.
• I am an enthusiastic, organised and highly motivated self-starter with
strong relationship skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a
team or on my own by setting and achieving my own deadlines and
goals.
• I am very keen, conscious and a reliable person. I am a good time
keeper and enjoy meeting people. I get own well with people and can
work well either own my own or as a part of a team. I can adapt to any
environment and would like to use my skills to contribute positively to
any work situation.
• I love cars and have spent the last two summers rebuilding a 1968
Mini.
CVs – opening personal profile statements

25. • Spelling or grammar mistakes
• Focused on a different industry
• Too much generic wordiness
• Not enough focus on, for instance, engineering
• Not tailored at all to Renishaw
• Too much “tell” and not enough “show”
CVs – common mistakes

26. • Ensure it is focused on what Renishaw will be interested in
• Highlight modules that are of particular relevance
• Make it easy to read – spacing, headings, bullet points,
highlighted titles etc.
• List your previous work experience if relevant or useful and if there is
sufficient space
• Ensure it flows – it should tell a story about you
CV – what to include

27. A little personal history – Ian Carpenter
What Where
BSc General Engineering Durham University
Sponsored Student British Aerospace
PhD Manufacturing Engineering Durham University
Research Fellow Heriot-Watt University
Lecturer in Engineering Durham University
Senior Software Engineer Renishaw, Edinburgh
Principal Mechanical Engineer Renishaw, Gloucestershire
Operations Manager
Group Engineering Manager
Business Strategy Manager
Encoder Marketing Manager

28. The Renishaw story – what can an engineer do?
• From Gloucestershire
• Joined Renishaw in 2004 aged 16 as an
apprentice
• In 2012 achieved a first class honours
Mechanical & Manufacturing
Engineering degree from the University
of South Wales sponsored by Renishaw
• In 2014 appointed to the Board of Young
Engineers
• Won the Women’s Engineering Society Prize at the 2014 Young
Woman Engineer of the Year Awards
• A Project Manager working on next generation metal 3D printing
technologies
• National ambassador for the engineering sector with regular radio
and print media interviews, and talks at education events
Lucy Ackland

29. The Renishaw story – what can an engineer do?
• From Abergavenny
• Joined Renishaw in 1988 aged 16 as an
apprentice
• Achieved an honours degree in Mechanical &
Manufacturing Engineering from Cardiff
University sponsored by Renishaw
• Variety of manufacturing management positions
• In 2006 appointed Director – Group Manufacturing
Services Division with responsibilities for all UK
manufacturing sites
• Also a Director of Renishaw Ireland Ltd
• Member of the Industrial Advisory Board for School of Engineering
& Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University
Gareth Hankins

30. The Renishaw story – what can an engineer do?
• From Gloucestershire
• Joined Renishaw 1997 as Oxford
University Physics graduate
• MBA from Bath University sponsored by
Renishaw
• 2007 Director & General Manager of
Laser & Calibration Products Division
• 2014 appointed Director & General Manager of Machine Tool
Products Division
• July 2015 – Appointed to Executive Board
• December 2015 – Appointed Director of Group Sales and Marketing
• Governor of large secondary school close to Renishaw HQ (where
he was a former pupil)
William Lee

31. Questions?