Chemical Placement Year Student

Frazer Nash Consultancy; Bristol; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in Bristol is offering a Chemical Engineer Placement Year role. This opportunity allows graduates to work within various engineering disciplines such as Fluids and Thermal Engineering, Process Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering. The selected individuals will engage in diverse projects, from designing process equipment for nuclear waste to assessing safety in aerospace applications. Extensive training and mentoring will be provided to ensure professional development.

Benefits

Training and mentoring

Diverse project experience

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or currently pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Involved in delivering a diverse range of projects from R&D to decommissioning.
• Participate in designing process equipment and ensuring safety of experimental devices.
• Assess the integrity of nuclear power station equipment.

Job description

Overview

This is a Chemical Engineer Placement Year role within our Engineering stream at Frazer-Nash. As a graduate you could be joining one of the following discipline areas:

• Fluids and Thermal Engineering
• Process Engineering and Safety
• Nuclear Engineering and Technology

These areas support our Defence, Energy and Transport & Industry client sectors and are geographically based across our range of UK offices.

Within these areas you will be involved in delivery of a diverse range of projects to our clients working from component level to system level, throughout all aspects of project lifecycle (from R&D to decommissioning) and in conjunction with other technical disciplines.

Example Projects

• Design of process equipment for packaging and storage of nuclear waste
• Ensuring the safety of novel and experimental devices to produce hydrogen
• Assessing the environmental dispersion of chemicals or radionuclides in an accident scenario
• Assessing the integrity of nuclear power station equipment for extended life
• Prediction of cooling flow effectiveness in an aerospace jet engine

Those selected will receive training, mentoring and coaching to support