Mechanical Engineering Placement

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Mechanical Engineering Placement

Working at ASM is a unique experience! We have a strong emphasis on internal progression and we only recruit exceptional individuals. In fact, many Senior Managers started their careers with us in more junior roles.

We appreciate that you will not come into the role a seasoned professional; so we will provide all the training that you need to become a competent & integral part of the team. If you’re expecting a placement of filing, faxing and fetching coffee, then you’re in for a shock! We will make it our mission to make sure your 13-month placement is as enjoyable as possible and educational.

We are now approaching our 4th intake of placement students, with our 2019 intake set to be our biggest yet. We will be recruiting 18 placement students, across several key departments, such as: Automation Engineering, Intellectual Property, Software Engineering, Test Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Media, Tooling Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Furthermore, we are proud to say that we have two new placements for 2019 in Business Analytics and a Manufacturing Systems due to the success of our current placements.

To add to our growing success, our placement opportunities for the second-year running have ranked 19 in the RateMyPlacement top 50 placement opportunities in the UK! Not only do we offer a best in class placement opportunities; we offer a higher that industry average base salary of £18K. In addition to a generous salary and superb training and development opportunities, we will give you a £1K starter bonus when you join us. If this sounds like the placement opportunity for you, we want to hear from you.

Your duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting members of the team with project work or designing/ developing specific parts/ items, concentrating predominantly at sub-assembly level. This may include minor alterations required to functionality or modifications to brackets.
• Assist with areas of Engineering Change and modifications to existing systems where appropriate.
• Build initial design/ prototype, with or without outside assistance, and subsequently test in accordance with department standards.
• Liaise with Team/ Project Leader to clarify objectives, area of responsibility and standards associated with each specific piece of work to be undertaken.

Your profile:

• You will be currently studying for a degree in an Engineering field, and you will have a strong interest in Mechanical Engineering.
• You will have a sense of intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn.
• You will be self-driven, actively looks for ways to contribute.
• Able to communicate effectively face to face and in writing with people at all levels in an organisation.
• Have a strong sense of order, efficiency, and completeness, and able to create systems to achieve this.
• Approachable and responsive to new ideas.

How to apply

If you are interested, we want to hear from you. Please apply by sending your current CV and covering letter to careers@asmpt.com. Please ensure that you refer to the unique vacancy number (ATR-009) when submitting your application.