Graduate Engineer Mechanical Engineer

C-Tech Automation is seeking to expand their mechanical design and development capability, with a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with interests and competencies in design and build as well as an interest in mechatronic systems oh and food!!

We'd like you to join our rapidly expanding team to support our current and future equipment designs from simple hand‑operated manual line‑side systems through to complex production equipment.

Graduate Engineer Mechanical Engineer

Competitive

Full Time (37.5 Hours per Week)

2:2 or above BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.

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• Project Engineering Mechanical Systems
  
• Supporting our Lead Mechanical Engineer, you will work alongside them on our current equipment solutions ranging from simple mechanical solutions, manually operated equipment through to working on our more complex systems.
  
• We'd like you to start small and gain your confidence, so we have a series of small design and build projects for you to start to work on.
  
• We would like you to develop your ideas within our Fusion360 environment, using our standard part‑numbering and assembly numbers as well as our central CAD database of supplier parts.
  
• We would like you to export, slice and print your designs with a fail‑fast approach to development.
  
• You will be responsible for creating designs, printing, building and testing your work and supporting the mechanical team in their projects.
  
• To make sure you stay grounded well have you building our repeat system as its essential you get familiar with build techniques, issues that arise when building equipment as well as how to install and setup sensors, sensing systems, smart cameras as well as the more mundane issues of access for tools and servicing as well as cabling and connectivity.
  
• We use a mixture of pneumatic and electrical powered systems so, we would like you to develop your capability in this area too and will be sending you on pneumatic and electrical training courses.
  
• Project Engineering Safety, UKCA/CE, Risk Assessments and PUWER
  
• The cornerstone of any good system is one that is both effective and safe. So, we will be sending you on training, so you design with safety and risk‑mitigation in mind.
  
• You will also be responsible for the creation of the system Technical File which will include your calculations, bills‑of‑materials as well as risk assessments etc.
  
• Technical Experience and Development
  
• Support in recommendations of new technology that is appropriate and develops the team to expand our capability.
  
• Support in achieving UKCA/CE certification for their equipment.
  
• Sales
  
• Support C-Tech team in generating commercial revenue by supporting customer visits, attending tradeshows, presenting the C-Tech business, and creating case‑studies of significant project work.
  
• Promote C-Tech through social media platforms as well as generate case studies of your significant work for potential customers to browse.
  
• Administration
  
• Work with C-Tech team in generating commercial proposals including supporting the generation of project quotes, and project plans using SCRUM or agile methodology.
  
• Maintain project files and folders using MS Teams to include up‑to‑date hardware.
  
• Work with the C-Tech team to ensure that the office and workshop is professional while maintaining a productive and exciting atmosphere.
  

C-Tech is unique, we're solving automation challenges in the chilled food manufacturing sector by designing and developing novel, simple systems that aim to reduce the sector’s reliance on manual labour. Working in one of the fastest moving, complex and dynamic environments, the chilled food sector is an exciting and remarkably difficult challenge. But we're different again, unlike other small businesses we're linked to the Seafresh Group, so our biggest client is also part of our ownership structure. This means we're essentially an on‑site R&D facility with free and open access to chilled food manufacturer Blue Earth Foods, who are a top‑tier supplier to market‑leader Marks and Spencer.

We're an equal opportunity employer, and we're keen to change the face of Engineering especially in the Food sector. If you're interested in food, interested in software Engineering and want freedom to work and be in control of your destiny then C-Tech is the place to be!!

All the experience and exposure you can handle. With an array of 3D printers and well‑set up workshop you will be right at the cutting‑edge of development working in real‑time with the rest of the team and deploying when you're ready - we don’t hang around!

We've spent the last four years centering on simple, easy to use, low‑cost machines that make use of off‑the‑shelf automation components as well as a good mix of 3D printed and machined parts. We make use of Beckhoff PLC software as well as Cognex vision systems and Festo pneumatics, we design, develop, build all our own equipment as always, the projects we work on have no off‑the‑shelf solutions.

Is key, you'll get exposure on everything, led by a Chartered Engineer (IET), C-Tech has experience in the professional registration process and can support your professional development from Incorporated through to Chartered Engineer for the IET and IMechE.