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Job Title: Mechanical Project Engineer Undergraduate Industrial Placement  (1 Year fixed term)

Reports to: Project Manager Engineering

Location: London – Heathrow

The UK engineering team works as an integrated part of the Worldwide Vanderlande Engineering team consisting of over 800 engineers from all automated handling disciplines.

An undergraduate Engineer joining the UK Engineering team has the opportunity to gain valuable work experience through joining our projects, either here at Heathrow or across our wider UK portfolio. If you have a passion for engineering and willingness to learn, we will help you develop your design and layouting skills against challenging standards, all whilst adding value to our customers operations. The role is suited to someone who is comfortable with clearly defined work parameters, adherence to standards and procedures; a person who is patient and hard working.

Role Responsibilities

As a Mechanical Project Engineer on an industrial placement year as an undergraduate you will support our automation projects by creating the mechanical designs and layouts for our intralogistics equipment and systems.

The area of work is of a specialist/technical nature and the person fulfilling the role would be assigned to support our UK and Ireland based customers. There will be an opportunity for exposure to our customers and an on-site presence is required, so this is a role that cannot be undertaken remotely.

Your responsibilities and activities will include:

• Comprehend the user requirements, analyse the feasibility, and considers technical standards.

• Ensure that the mechanical system design is engineered following the relevant safety standards and regulations, such as performing detailed design risk assessments and CDM.
• Ensure detailed engineered system design can be manufactured within the available budget.
• Coordination of third-party equipment procurement and integration specifications.
• Deliver Project related layout packages, using tools such as AutoCAD and our own Vanderlande Engineering Suite of Tools (ESoT).
• Quality control of files and Data Management.
• Producing engineering instructions.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of the processes and policies, as well as learning continuously and developing self-professional potential and ability.

Role Qualification and Skills

Candidate should have knowledge of some of the following:

• Technologies and equipment used for Material Handling Systems.
• AutoCAD 3D, BIM Revit software applications and development of 3D layouts
• Knowledge of design standards and safety requirements, awareness of the Machinery directive.
• A desire to work in a multi-discipline environment (Electrical/Mechanical/Software/Safety)

Candidates must currently be undertaking their second year of a mechanical engineering degree at a UK university and be available to undertake their placement year between July 2024 and August 2025.

What we offer

• 28 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays)
• Bupa Medical Cover
• YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
• Perkbox includes things such as free eye tests at Specsavers including discounts on Glasses, free cinema vouchers and a weekly free coffee from Nero. Along with hundreds of savings on day-to-day shopping and trips.
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with Aviva

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualifies applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.

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