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Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire
Salary: Up to £28,000 (DOE)
+ Profit Share scheme
+ Performance related bonus
+ Private Healthcare
The company:
Our client is a leader in providing engineered solutions to the energy and renewable energy sectors, Including those in Hydrogen, Carbon Capture and waste energy. Their team designs and fabricates a variety of mechanical components, including Structural supports, Heat Exchanges, Housing enclosers, Exhaust systems, Ventilation and Ducting.
The UK arm of the business currently employs around 30 members of staff, with 50% of the team being Design and Projects Engineers. Internationally, the company employs over 800 members of staff, largely across their Manufacturing sites in Europe.
As a business they are experiencing growth and a consistent large volume of incoming projects globally within growing industries, what has seen their turnover grow from £30 million in 2018, to £80 million in 2023. As such they are looking to expand their design team to allow them to run additional projects simultaneously.
The Role:
As a Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be working within the presales team, creating concept designs and quotations for clients’ projects. Although this role is not an active sales role, it would suit a Graduate Mechanical Engineer who is interested in a more commercially/client focussed Design position.
As a Graduate, you will initially be shadowing and supporting colleagues while you get to understand the processes. After a set period in which you can acclimatise, your responsibilities will include:
- Preparing concept design drawings, and performing basic calculations
- Material selection to suit the materials requirements and environments
- Attending customer meetings
- Interpreting and working from customer requirements, specifications and drawings
- Perform detailed engineering calculations using both software or hand calculations – These include: Structural, fluid dynamic, finite element analysis, and general mechanics
- Support project management, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams
- Provide technical support to internal and external customers.
- Research and development to maintain market leadership.
- Conduct site surveys, condition assessments, and produce technical reports and recommendations.
- Research and development to maintain market leadership.
What we’re looking for in a Graduate Mechanical Engineer candidate:
- Mechanical or equivalent Engineering Degree
- An interest in a technically hands on role, with some level of commercial/client liaison
- Attention to detail focussed
- Personable
The Benefits:
- Competitive salary package – of up to £28,000 Depending on experience.
- Profit share scheme and performance related Bonus’s
- Private Personal healthcare
- Salary sacrifice car scheme available
- Office-based role, however flexible working can be offered - Standard working hours of 8:30am – 5pm Monday to Friday
- 24 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- A supportive and collaborative work environment
- Opportunities for professional development, career growth into either a more solely Design focussed role OR a more commercially focussed position
ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation
