Working at Hyundai

The power of new thinking has helped Hyundai become the world's fifth largest motor group in less than fifty years, selling 4.05 million vehicles in 2011.

In 1967, in an innovative arrangement, Chung Ju-Yung started the Hyundai Motor Company to build the Cortina in Korea, in association with Ford.

Smart enough to realise world-class expertise could unlock lucrative new markets, Chung hired former Austin Morris boss George Turnbull in the 1970s to lead development of the very first Hyundai car.

Within two decades Hyundai was exporting in volume, to the huge US market among others.

Ulsan, in South Korea, builds 1.5 million cars a year - the equivalent of one every 20 seconds, thanks to 34,000 personnel and berths where three 50,000 ton ships can anchor simultaneously. It's also known as the 'forest plant', because it has 58,000 trees landscaped within it.

Hyundai also has Europe's most modern plant, Nošovice in the Czech Republic, with advanced technologies and waste-management systems to ensure exceptionally high levels of quality, while keeping impact on the environment to a minimum.

In 2005, Hyundai built the Rüsselsheim Design and Engineering Centre in Germany, a state-of-the-art studio bringing together designers and engineers from all over Europe. This makes it possible to design, engineer and manufacture cars in Europe, specifically for European customers.

In the UK Hyundai has replaced its entire line-up of 14 cars
with all-new improved models, in just four years.

We’ve grown fast. In fact, in less than 50 years, we’ve become the world’s 20th largest company. How? By doing things differently. By challenging the status quo. And by giving our customers high quality affordable products.

And that’s all down to our people. Energetic, ambitious and innovative, they’re encouraged to think – and act – for themselves. To look at what needs doing and to come up with the best way of doing it. And to do it smarter, faster and more effectively. It’s a challenging, exciting and incredibly rewarding way of working.

Since 1967 we have become a major global motor manufacturer. And in the UK we’re well on the way to achieving our target of 100,000 sales by 2020. Naturally, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved. Because it proves that the way we do things works. The way we constantly challenge ourselves – and the industry. The way we think on our feet, act rapidly and learn as we go. Ultimately, the way we achieve more, faster.

Join us and you’ll be working in small teams of like minded people. You’ll be encouraged to fly in the face of convention. And to come up with brilliantly imaginative solutions to whatever challenges we throw at you. Most of all, you’ll be working with outstanding people, in a great atmosphere, and with a range of stylish, driveable, accessible products that you can justifiably be proud of.