Graduate Solution Engineering London 2024

Vanderlande are currently recruiting STEM-oriented graduates recently graduated or expecting to graduate in 2024 to work within Solutions Engineering team based at their offices near to London Heathrow Airport. Graduates will gain exposure to the entire lifecycle of project delivery with the opportunity to join a wide range of projects across the Airports and Parcels sectors.

About us

They are looking for individuals who are flexible, driven and not afraid to continue their learning experience; whilst keen to bring value to the customers and their business. In return, this programme will fast track you in your engineering career, with a drive towards chartered status with one of the professional institutions. Opportunities exist in Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, SCADA, Systems Integration and IT systems design and delivery, where you’ll get involved in all aspects of project engineering delivery; from supporting in the sales phase to detailed design and onto installation, commissioning, integration and transition to the customer’s operations and maintenance teams. This will entail working closely as a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, project managers, planners and construction specialists to deliver excellence for customers.

Throughout the graduate programme you will be supported by a dedicated mentor to build your professional development plan and pathway to professional accreditation, as well as an engineering buddy to support with the hands-on technical elements and help develop your network. There will also be your cohort of graduates to call on to share experiences and develop together.

Your responsibilities and activities will include:

• Hands-on engineering design and development using software tools;
• Customer site surveys, investigations and work planning;
• Set up of test environments;
• Undertaking testing and customer acceptance activities;
• Timely production of engineering deliverables (software, layouts, etc.);
• Support on site teams;
• Attend and contribute to technical and customer meetings;
• Write well-articulated engineering reports, presentations etc;
• Contribute to strong multi-disciplinary collaborative project teams;
• Comply with Heath, Safety, Environment and Quality policies.

About you

• STEM degree (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) or equivalent
• A logical thinker, curious & diligent
• Enjoys working as part of a team at the project level, UK-wide and globally
• Is self-aware, recognises the value of life-long learning

The roles available 

You will get the chance to, gain skills and experience in one of the fields below:

Electrical Project Engineer

• Designs, specifies and calculates the complete electrical controls installation (including the supply and power distribution) consisting of cabinets, field wiring, cable trunking and mechanical supports for the electrical components;
• Designs and engineers power calculations (required max. power), cable calculations for the cable layout drawings and selectivity calculations;
• Designs controls drawings and produces all information necessary for manufacturers, installation managers, special design engineers, wiring contractors and purchase department;
• Engineers according to known procedures, rules and regulations.

Mechanical Project Engineer

• Creates the mechanical designs and layouts following the relevant safety standards and regulations using tools such as AutoCAD and Vanderlande’s own Engineering Suite of Tools; performs detailed design risk assessments and CDM;
• Coordinates third-party equipment procurement and integration specifications;
• Quality control of files and Data Management;
• Producing engineering instructions.

System Integration Engineer

• Assist with the delivery of Integrated Systems that conform to an agreed scope and acceptance criteria;
• Support the development and execution of tests linked to the validation and acceptance of a project;
• Support and follow change and configuration management processes;
• Support and contribute to integration planning and highlighting any dependencies between key technical variables.

Controls Project Engineer

• Create detail control design, based on a system design requirements and controls architecture and realise controls applications and integrate into (sub)systems based on design and standards (build and configure, generate / program);
• Execute commissioning & testing such as I/O, MRT and cabinet functionality, capacity and requirements testing;
• Jointly execute LLC integration, such as Area to Area, third party equipment and SCADA Engineering;
• Create documentation and a test and validation plan (FAT, SAT) based on MTP, for own work field and in tune with other disciplines.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Project Engineer

• Producing SCADA Controls Design and Software, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety standards;
• Planning and organizing SCADA and Controls Production;
• Project SCADA Technical Support where necessary;
• Ideally, knowledge or a keen interest in object orientated programming, such as C++, Visual Basic, Python, Java, C#. Knowledge in Web UI Design and preparing Graphical User Interfaces.

What Vanderlande offers

• 224 hours 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, trips etc.
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with Aviva

Please note that UK and Ireland travel will be necessary along with a valid UK driving license.  Some occasional overseas travel will be required.