Plant electrician
Duration 2 yearsHagen & IserlohnStart each 1 AugustApplications ongoing
redefining wire. since 1815.
Your apprenticeship
at the BenderWire Group.
Here you don't just get to know wire — you help shape the material that holds the world together. And you do it in a group that shows you more than a single plant.
What you'll find with us.
For us, an apprenticeship isn't a programme, it's responsibility. We train because we believe in the next generation — and because an industry that holds the world together needs people to carry it forward.
Not sure yet whether wire is the right fit for you? Why an entry into the wire industry? →
Four things that define your apprenticeship with us.
Between tradition and high tech
We are a grown family business rooted in Hagen — and at the same time work on highly precise plants, our own software and wire thinner than a sixth of your hair. With us you learn both: solid craftsmanship and real innovation.
A career that keeps moving
An apprenticeship with us is not an end point, but a beginning — with real development paths across the whole group. That means you can switch plants, get to know different areas and find your own way, instead of getting stuck in one role.
You see more than one plant
You do your apprenticeship in one plant — but you get to know the whole group. Inter-company training with partner companies is part of it, as is the view beyond your own plant's boundaries: Stamm, Hagener Feinstahl, Sassenscheidt and more. You train at one plant — and see five others.
We keep supporting you
Dual study programmes, language courses, further training of every kind — if you want more, we support you. You have fixed points of contact for your apprenticeship. And you get insight all the way to the top, for example over coffee with the group's management. Because you should understand the group, not just your own workplace.
Paths out of the apprenticeship.
What has really happened here.
People who did their apprenticeship here — and paths that carried on afterwards.
learning more than at a workbench.
Inter-company. Cross-plant. With substance.
We want you to understand wire in all its breadth — not just one part of it. That's why your apprenticeship doesn't end at the plant gate.
DEW career workshop
Learning in a strong community
Around 90% of our technical apprenticeship takes place together with the career workshop of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW) in Hagen, one of the most renowned training addresses in the industry. Instead of learning as a single apprentice in a small workshop, you're part of a large community there: many apprentices, high standards, real camaraderie. You learn everything specific to our company, from fine wire to our processes, directly with us in the plants of the BenderWire Group. So you get both: the strength of a large training community and the concrete know-how of your own company.
Across plants
When it fits your apprenticeship, you can spend stations in another plant of the group, for example at Stamm, Hagener Feinstahl or Sassenscheidt. Different plants, different products, different colleagues. That creates a picture that's bigger than a single site.
Group context
The BenderWire Group is part of the Bender Group, a family-run mid-sized company with three business divisions and 22 companies. For your apprenticeship this means: you grow not just within one plant, but within a group that is also active in skin care (BenderCosmetics Group) and in operational investments (BenderInvestment Group). So you get insight into a diversely positioned group, not just a wire business.
Apprenticeships at the BenderWire Group.
With us you can start in the BenderWire Group on a technical or commercial path. Both are real apprenticeships with responsibility, not an afterthought.
Technical apprenticeship
applies to the technical apprenticeship: around 90% at the DEW career workshop in Hagen.Metal technology specialist
Duration 2 yearsHagen & IserlohnStart each 1 AugustApplications ongoing
Commercial apprenticeship
Office management clerk
Duration 3 yearsHagenStart each 1 AugustApplications ongoing
Industrial clerk
Duration 3 yearsHagenStart each 1 AugustApplications ongoing
Nothing that fits? Write to us anyway, we'll look together at what's possible. Apply speculatively.
And if you just want to get a first impression: you can always ask about an internship on your own initiative. Just tell us what interests you.
Your contact
for the apprenticeship.
Giulia Nierhoff
HR · Apprenticeships
Questions about the apprenticeship? Just email Giulia. You'll get a real answer, not a standard phrase.
Why your start with us pays off.
In short — what you take away when you start with us.
Stability for over 200 years
A family business that has seen many crises come and go — and stayed.
Security & real chances of being taken on
Those who get involved usually stay — many colleagues have been here since their apprenticeship.
Long-term perspective
Your apprenticeship is a beginning, not a dead end — with paths that really keep going.
A plant family with history
Stamm. Hagener Feinstahl. Sassenscheidt. You're not in one company — you're in a group that holds together and has already accompanied generations.
Tradition meets high tech
Grown down to earth, technologically right at the front — craftsmanship and Industry 4.0.
Support that stays
Fixed points of contact, further training, dual study — if you want more, we support you.
frequently asked questions.
FAQ on the apprenticeship.
When does the apprenticeship start?
Each year on 1 August. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with no fixed deadline.
Where does my apprenticeship take place?
The technical apprenticeship takes place around 90% at the career workshop of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW) in Hagen, in a large training community with high standards. You learn the specifics of our company directly in the plants of the BenderWire Group.
Which apprenticeships do you offer?
Technical: plant electrician, metal technology specialist. Commercial: office management clerk, industrial clerk.
Who do I contact?
Giulia Nierhoff, HR / apprenticeships. Contact by email.
Can I also do an internship?
Yes. You can ask about an internship on your own initiative at any time. Just tell us what interests you and when it fits your schedule, and we'll find something together.
You're a good fit? Then let's talk.
Even without a matching listing, we welcome your speculative application. Tell us what drives you — we'll look together at what's possible.