Mechanical Engineer / Tooling Placement

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Deadline: 22nd February 2019
Salary: £18,000
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Mechanical Engineering
Location: South West
City: Weymouth, Dorset

Mechanical Engineer / Tooling 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:

  • Assist with the key aspects of the development cycle – for example, generation of solutions and testing.
  • Complete tasks associated with the build and development work of mechanical systems and liaise with Team/ Project Leader/s to clarify. Opportunities may also be made available to contribute towards automation solutions.
  • To learn how prototype and produce equipment developed using CAD systems (Solidworks / NX).
  • To learn how to build initial design/ prototype, with or without outside assistance.
  • Produce and complete appropriate documentation related to the system design process e.g. technical drawings, 3D cad (Solidworks / NX).

Your profile:

  • You will be studying a degree course in Mechanical Engineering, or similar subject.
  • You will demonstrate the ability to part competence within the Mechanical Engineering discipline.
  • You will be self-driven and will actively look for ways to contribute.
  • You will be able to receive and understand relatively straight-forward instructions for direction and guidance.
  • You will be able to develop skills in basic theories, practices or procedures in one or more ‘skill-areas’ through formal training.
  • You will be able to build stable and useful working relationships and will be able to co-ordinate effectively with others.

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-010) when submitting your application.

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