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Quick overview
- Starting salary £29,440.
- Based at MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH, office attendance is required.
- Two-year graduate development programme
- Specialising in Engineering
- Entry Requirements: GCSE Maths and English at a minimum of grade 4 (or equivalent qualification) and an Accredited Engineering or Science Degree at minimum 2:2 classification.
- Start date October 2025
Application requirements
- This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last five years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance, without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role.
- Please read all information in this advert thoroughly before applying and save it for future reference.
At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we're here to provide for the Armed Forces, as they serve our country all over the world. We support those on the front line by providing cutting-edge equipment and technology for land, sea, air and space. We deliver the kit the UK military needs to maintain advantage and stay protected, as they protect life at home and overseas.
You want to be an expert in your field one day. We want to help make it happen. Whichever area you join us in, you’ll discover new talents, pinpoint new ambitions, find a home among a diverse team - and be empowered to turn your gifts into an incredible career. Ready for real investment in your future?
Job description
What sets DE&S apart is the focus we put on you. We help you find your flair and then plan a flourishing career around what you love. Along the way, you’ll enjoy real rewards for the work you do, with competitive benefits and career progression. As a DE&S graduate, you’ll find real support to reach your potential - so you can specialise in your field.
As part of our team, you'll benefit from plenty of routes for development, access to specialist training and funding for professional qualifications, and a circa 28.97% employer pension contribution. You’ll also have access to a wide range of employee networks, including the Women’s Inclusive Network, Race & Culture Network, Pride Network, Disability Network - and many more.
A range of graduate career opportunities are available here at DE&S. We’re looking for talented, motivated, and skilled university graduates to become our Engineers of the future.
On this graduate scheme, you’ll have the opportunity to work in different roles across a range of equipment and technology environments, such as supporting the safety of new ships, weapon systems, or updates of battle tanks that are already in service. There are huge variety of areas that you can get involved in at DE&S.
The placements will span the engineering lifecycle; from early concept, next generation platforms and technologies, to acquisition and acceptance of new equipment, supporting in service systems through to the safe environmental disposal of obsolete equipment.
Once you’ve successfully completed the scheme, you may be offered a permanent position within one of our engineering areas. With support provided at all levels throughout your career, we’ll help you reach your full potential as a Professional (Chartered) Engineer.
Initially, you’ll be based at our headquarters in Bristol but while you’re on the scheme you may have the opportunity to undertake placements in a variety of locations across the UK. Hybrid working is available but attendance at our Bristol site will be required on a routine basis (as determined by your manager).
Please note: Because of the classification of some of the information related to certain projects, some work-based placements may be open to Sole UK Nationals?only.
Your place of work will be MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH. You will be required to attend the office regularly, at the request of your Scheme Manager or Placement Supervisor. This attendance will be at your own expense and costs for travel or accommodation will not be reimbursed.
Person specification
It takes lots of different people and lots of different skill sets to keep the UK Armed Forces fully equipped and well supported.
To be successful with your application, we’re looking for you to demonstrate your potential to succeed in a dynamic working environment.?We’re here to help you find your speciality, so?we hire for potential and train for skills.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a great place to work that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. By bringing together different ideas, experiences, and perspectives, we can achieve our ambitions, together.
We’re proud to be a Level 3?Disability Confident Leader, committed to attracting, recruiting, and retaining people with disabilities. We’re dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and will make reasonable adjustments to support applicants with disabilities.
If you need an adjustment during the recruitment and selection process, even if you feel you do not qualify for the Disability Confident Scheme, please tell us what you need when completing your application. Please let us know as soon as possible so our recruitment team have adequate time to consider your request. If you have any questions about reasonable adjustments, you can?contact the recruitment team.
You must hold the right to work full time in the UK and qualify for service under the Civil Service Nationality Rules without any additional immigration approvals. DE&S do not sponsor Visas. You must be able to evidence your right to work at the interview and it must not expire before the start of the scheme. If your right to work will expire while you are in employment, you must be able to reconfirm your right to work before it expires, without sponsorship, to maintain your employment.
This role requires you to have lived (resided) in the UK for the last five years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance.
