Graduate Mechanical Engineer

COSTAIN GROUP; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions company in Greater Manchester seeks a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to join their team. The role involves supporting mechanical and HVAC engineering tasks within diverse projects across energy, water, and nuclear sectors. This position is part of a comprehensive Graduate Development Programme designed to facilitate career growth and mentoring opportunities. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and aspire to achieve professional qualifications. A full UK driving licence is required for site visits.

Benefits

Graduate Development Programme

Mentorship and training opportunities

Exciting project involvement

Qualifications

• A Graduate Mechanical Engineer should be degree qualified aiming to develop into an experienced engineer.
• Experience in energy, water, or nuclear fields is advantageous.
• Aspiration to achieve Professional Qualification with IMechE or similar is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Comply with Company Policies and carry out delegated design tasks.
• Responsible for checking design work according to Company Procedures.
• Liaise with other engineering disciplines.
• Support Estimating, Proposals and Construction as needed.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

HVAC Engineering

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

HNC or HND in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

The Mechanical Engineering Department delivers mechanical & HVAC engineering scope for consultancy / operational delivery / design projects within multi-discipline engineering teams based in Costain's Manchester office, primarily in the Natural Resources Division of Costain Group, in Water, Energy and Nuclear Sectors.

Typical deliverables and activities include:

• Specifications and Datasheets for Mechanical & HVAC Equipment
• Enquiry and Purchase Requisitions for Mechanical & HVAC Equipment Packages.
• Technical Bid Evaluations for Mechanical & HVAC Equipment Packages.
• Vendor design review for Mechanical & HVAC Equipment Packages.
• Factory Acceptance Testing for Mechanical & HVAC Equipment Packages.
• Process Flow Diagrams
• Ventilation Flow Diagrams
• Mechanical Flow Diagrams
• Mechanical Handling Diagrams
• Plant Layout
• Pumping system calculations and design
• Pressure Equipment calculations and design
• Mechanical Equipment calculations and design
• HVAC system calculations and design

To deliver the Engineering & Design Function within a specialist Mechanical Engineering Group, working primarily in the Natural Resources Division of Costain Group, in Water, Energy and Nuclear Sectors.

The job holder reports to the Chief Mechanical Engineer / Mechanical Engineering Discipline Lead.

It is expected that the job holder will generally be assigned to projects and therefore day to day reporting will be to project Lead Mechanical Engineer.

Costain offers a range of exciting development opportunities to accelerate your career and enable you to achieve your potential both during and after the Graduate Development Scheme.

This role is based in our Manchester Office - but you may be required to visit different sites, so a full UK driving licence is essential.

The Costain Graduate Development Programme

The programme will focus on helping you to grow your personal and leadership skills, alongside business and of course, the technical skills you will learn day-to-day on the job and through external training as needed.

The programme is delivered in a variety of formats throughout the 2 years and will allow you to establish a network of contacts that will help and support you through your first 2 years and beyond. We expect some of our graduates to rotate after a period of 8-12 months, to another project/sector of the business to fully understand the depth and breadth of the services offered by the company.

Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way.

In addition to the programme, we offer mentoring and support in every area of work, as well as a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership.

Graduates may have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, in sectors including energy, nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels.

Responsibilities

• To comply with Company Policies, including
  • Ethical business conduct Policy
  • Health and Safety Policy
  • ICT (Information & communication technology) acceptable usage Policy
  • Information security & data protection Policy
  • Quality Policy
• To carry out design tasks delegated by the project Discipline Engineer or Engineering Manager
• To be responsible for checking of design work in accordance with Company Procedures.
• To liaise with other engineering disciplines as required
• To provide support to Estimating, Proposals and Construction/Commissioning as required.
• To be responsible for own development and training, by following the individual training programme and identifying opportunities for development.

Note: In the above descriptions the term “design” is used in its broadest sense and covers design calculations, specifications, equipment selection and bid evaluation, requisitioning of equipment, approval of supplier's documentation and provision of contract documentation.

Qualifications

Essential

• A Graduate Mechanical Engineer should be a degree qualified engineer aiming to develop in order to become an experienced engineer with broad experience as well as specialisms within a particular sector / discipline.
• An appropriate Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent in mechanical engineering or related discipline.

Desirable

• Experience in one or more of the following mechanical engineering fields:
  • Energy
  • Water
  • Nuclear
• MEng Mechanical Engineering, Building Services, Water and Environmental Engineering or related discipline
• Aspiration to achieve Professional Qualification as a Chartered Engineer with IMechE, CIBSE or similar Institution.

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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