Graduate/Junior Project Engineer

Derbyshire

£23,500 – £27,000 + 25 days’ holiday + Overtime (£20 per hour) +50% uplift on basic salary when overseas for 10 days or more

The Company

My client is a process engineering specialist who design and manufacture turnkey process solutions for clients in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and materials handling amongst other industries.  The company have a trading history that dates back over 200 years and a senior management and directorship team who are all home grown from within the business. 

The company employs 140 staff of which 80 are employed in professional engineering roles (18 of whom are chartered) across software, process, electrical and mechanical disciplines.  The company are experienced huge growth in capital projects won and anticipate they will turn over £50 million in 2018.

The company are looking to recruit a Graduate or Junior Project Engineer with a HNC, HND or Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) with some experience or a desire to be in a project focussed role.  This is an immediate requirement so please apply online for immediate consideration.        

The Role

Once the P&ID is developed the Graduate/Junior Project Engineers role is then to turn the process design into reality by:

• Producing equipment specifications for mechanical equipment – valves, pumps, pipework, heat exchangers
• Sending these specifications to suppliers for quotations
• Carry out technical and cost comparisons on the quotes received to select supplier
• Procure the equipment for the project – order the equipment and track and log the expected delivery dates for the equipment
• Acting as the site technical liaison for mechanical when project goes to site
• Review if the equipment is going into the correct layout
• Chases suppliers for delivery of equipment
• Ensures equipment delivered is to the specifications that were given
• Offers technical support for issues during equipment installation – examples could be if the equipment doesn’t fit into the space provided
• Goes through commissioning process on site – to ensure the mechanical equipment operates as it should once installed

Projects are global and site work could be anywhere in the UK, Americas or Asia with up to 3 months away at a time at site.

Future progression will see you progress through to Senior Project Engineer status with the possibility of taking on full Project Management responsibility later in your career.

The Person

To be successful in your application for this Graduate/Junior Project Engineer vacancy you will need:

• A HNC, HND or Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
• A desire to be in a Project focussed role or some experience in a project focussed position.
• To be happy to travel for the site installation supervision phase of a project

The Benefits

• You will be joining a business with over 200 years’ experience within the industry allowing you to learn from experts in the field.
• Fantastic training and development, allowing you to shadow senior engineers from day one.
• Great starting salary with the ability to earn overtime which could earn you up to £10k per year extra depending on the projects you work on.
• Future career progression into Senior Project Engineering and Project Management roles.
• Possibility of Chartership in the future.

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