Job Description

The Role - Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer

With a wide range of ambitious programs and projects planned for the next few years we require the highest caliber of engineers across a range of disciplines; therefore we are currently looking for enthusiastic and career driven Mechanical Engineering Graduates to become part of our progressive design team.

As a Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer you will have access and exposure to all aspects of our mechanical, renewable and process engineering; with the guidance and expertise of our team of highly experienced engineers you will be able to take the knowledge and understanding you have gained at University and put it into practice to build a challenging, yet greatly rewarding career at Wykes Engineering.

The Person

We are looking for an enthusiastic graduate with BSc or BEng in Engineering (merit or above) from any IMechE accredited course.

The Graduate Scheme - Overview

Mechanical Engineering Graduates at Wykes work primarily within the Design Engineering Team, focusing first on developing good modelling and drawing skills on AutoCAD and Inventor. In the initial time spent with the company, the graduate will spend a lot of time on smaller scale projects, as drawing skills, engineering fundamentals, and familiarity with company process is developed. Then, as experience is gained the graduate will work more and more independently on larger scale projects. The graduate will be exposed to a range of engineering disciplines including Mechanical, Structural, Civils, Thermodynamics and Process Engineering. The engineering team, to be joined, is a fast paced, highly skilled environment, which gives the graduate plenty of opportunity to develop a wide range of skills quickly.

What Wykes Engineering Can Offer you

We offer an internal graduate mentoring and training program aimed at developing your career; for the right candidate support for achieving their Masters would be considered.

Salary - 30,000 - 32,000

Life Assurance

Well-being support and Health Cash Plan

The Company - Wykes Engineering Ltd

Based in Rushden, Northants, we are a leading edge engineering SME specialising in the manufacture of materials processing equipment and energy from waste power generation. As a highly innovative and progressive design and manufacturing company, we have our own in-house manufacturing facility as well as our own energy from waste and renewable energy power plant.

Founded over 40 years ago, our engineering innovation has always been a fundamental part of our business. This has helped us to establish ourselves as a major player in our key areas of expertise, namely:

Design and manufacture of equipment for the food bi-products and renewable technologies

Processing bio-mass into energy

Renewable energy production

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 30,000.00-32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Employee mentoring programme Free parking Life insurance On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer