Graduate Intern - Project Engineer

• Maintain engineering project plans, including schedules, milestones, dependencies and critical path
• Run and minute engineering stand-ups and design reviews, capture actions and chase closure
• Track open issues, risks and decisions across the programme and keep the risk register current
• Prepare weekly progress reporting and simple engineering KPIs for the leadership team
• Support coordination of concurrent workstreams across electrical, mechanical, software and build
• Work with discipline engineers to capture and maintain system and subsystem requirements
• Support design reviews by preparing packs, collating comments and tracking resolution
• Assist with engineering studies, component comparisons and selection rationale
• Support build, test and commissioning activities on the shop floor, including troubleshooting
• Help prepare test plans, validation evidence and compliance documentation
• Maintain the Bill of Materials and support engineering change requests through to release
• Keep version control disciplined across drawings, documents and software releases
• Write and improve work instructions and assembly documentation with the production team
• Act as a clear point of contact between engineering, production, commercial and external partners
• Prepare concise updates for internal stakeholders, customers and project partners

• A degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Systems or General Engineering
• Evidence of leading or coordinating a technical project, at university, in a student team or in industry
• Genuine hands-on interest in engineering, practical experience of building, testing or fixing things
• Strong organisational instincts, the ability to hold a plan in your head and keep detail under control
• Confident written and verbal communication, comfortable challenging engineers and suppliers
• Competent with spreadsheets, project planning tools and technical documentation
• Ability to work proactively with minimal supervision with few documented processes
• Self-motivated, resilient and an effective team player
• Eligible to work in the UK

Nice to have

• Familiarity with battery systems, BMS, power electronics or high voltage safety
• Exposure to CAD, PLM, ERP or MRP systems
• Awareness of project management methods such as GANTT planning, risk management, V-model development and change control
• Understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes
• Any interest towards an APM or PRINCE2 qualification

Personal attributes

• Engineering mindset, with a bias towards getting to the answer rather than talking about it
• Comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities in a fast-moving start-up
• Naturally organised, detail-oriented and reluctant to let anything slip
• Collaborative and credible across the business, from the shop floor to the boardroom
• Passionate about sustainable technology and clean energy

Strictly No Agencies