Graduate Rail Electrification & Design Automation Hybrid

Inovar Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting salary £30,000

Career progression path

25 days annual leave

Employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Annual profit share

Hybrid working

Job summary

Inovar Ltd, a Manchester-based engineering consultancy, is seeking a Graduate Engineer to work on rail electrification and design automation, developing hands-on experience with live railway projects and mentoring toward professional registration.

You will gain exposure to OLE design, wire geometry, CAD tooling and AI-assisted engineering, with a defined career progression and hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, mechatronics or closely related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrable programming ability, preferably in Python, with experience developing scripts, applications or automation tools.
• Interest in applying programming and artificial intelligence to practical engineering problems.
• Familiarity with 2D/3D CAD software.

Responsibilities

• Develop as an overhead line equipment (OLE) design engineer on live railway projects.
• Learn OLE design principles: wire geometry, tensioning, clearance, calculations, drawings and reporting.
• Apply programming and automation to design work, parametric modelling and AI-assisted engineering.
• Balance engineering design with automation based on project needs and priorities.

Skills

Python programming

Programming for automation

Technical communication

Independent research

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering

Tools

2D/3D CAD

Job description

Inovar Ltd, a Manchester-based engineering consultancy, is seeking a Graduate Engineer to work on rail electrification and design automation, developing hands-on experience with live railway projects and mentoring toward professional registration.

You will gain exposure to OLE design, wire geometry, CAD tooling and AI-assisted engineering, with a defined career progression and hybrid working arrangements.