As a valued member of our organisation, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing designs used across a range of projects, while gaining exposure to a broad spectrum of Engineering disciplines. Importantly, this role provides a unique platform to explore different areas of the business, helping you identify where your interests and strengths lie, and supporting you to grow into a future career path within our organisation.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate seamlessly with our engineering and project teams, working alongside them to achieve outstanding results.
- Act as a key link between engineers and other departments, communicating effectively to help progress tasks and actions on behalf of more senior Engineers.
- Embrace a variety of engineering tasks that support projects and programs, showcasing your adaptability and versatility whilst working under the guidance of senior engineers, such as:
- Writing Method Statements
- Writing Test Specifications
- Implementing ECRs
- Change Management
- Drawing Updates
- Occasional Site Work
- Participate in internal and external meetings, contributing your insights to shape the future of our business.
- Maintain thorough and organised documentation, following our local operating procedures.
What You'll Bring:
Essential:
- A minimum of a Level 3 Engineering qualification / completion of an engineering apprenticeship, demonstrating a strong engineering background (mechanical bias).
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to liaise confidently with staff across engineering and other business functions to drive progress on tasks and actions.
- A team player mentality, thriving in a collaborative and supportive work environment.
- Proficiency in MS Office, allowing you to excel in various tasks.
- A rapid learner with a flexible and adaptable engineering approach, ready to tackle diverse challenges related to engineering problems.
- An accurate, diligent, and methodical approach to work in an engineering environment.
- Ability to plan and organise your own work following higher-level direction.
- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the business including suppliers and customers.
- Possess a hunger to learn from this unique opportunity to effectively support the business and further your own development.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, enhancing your ability to innovate and explore new possibilities.
- Experience in supporting the design, assembly, test, and delivery of complex Defence systems, demonstrating your expertise in high-stakes projects.
- Proven experience using recognised design tools such as SolidWorks (mechanical), showcasing your relevant expertise.
- An ambition to progress into a more specialist or supervisory role within the organisation, taking advantage of the opportunities this role provides to shape your long-term career.
Selection Assessment
As part of the application process, candidates will be required to complete a short Mechanical Engineering Assessment. The assessment is designed to evaluate fundamental mechanical engineering knowledge and will include topics such as:
- Identification of commonly used mechanical components and fasteners
- Basic engineering units and measurements
- Interpretation of simple engineering information
- Practical mechanical engineering principles and processes
The assessment has a 15-minute time limit and once started, cannot be paused, restarted, or completed over multiple sessions. Candidates are therefore encouraged to ensure they can complete the assessment in a single sitting before beginning.
The assessment is not intended to be overly complex but is designed to demonstrate a sound foundation in mechanical engineering and the ability to apply basic engineering knowledge in a practical context.
Completing the Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals Assessment
Link to assessment: Mechanical Fundamentals Assessment
Please note:
The first question of the assessment requires you to enter your name. Please ensure that the name entered matches the name provided on your application, as this will be used to link your assessment results to your CV and covering letter.
Applicants must complete this quiz as part of their application. Assessment results will be reviewed alongside your CV and covering letter and will form part of the overall evaluation process used to determine whether you will be invited to interview.
Note: All candidates must meet the security vetting requirements relevant to the role. For reasons of national security, applicants must be British nationals. Dual nationals may be permitted in exceptional circumstances.
