Graduate Mechanical Engineer Aberdeen 2022
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About You
If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.
We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.
Our Purpose and Beliefs
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.
It’s the energy of every member of our team, driven by our beliefs, that is making this happen.
Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities in which we operate and the planet:
- We PLAY BIG
- We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
- We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
- We are built on INFINITE THINKING
Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re driving awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. We're creating a culture of inclusivity, where all employees feel a sense of belonging.
Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. In the UK we're working towards D&I accreditation with The Clear Company, and we're signed up to the AXIS Pledge promising to make equal pay, equal leadership, and equal opportunities a reality.
We understand that part-time doesn't mean part-committed, and most of our roles can be performed on a part-time basis. We work flexibly, and hybrid working is the norm for us, with staff typically spending around 50% of their week working from one of our offices.
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Kent. In August 2021, Kentech acquired the Oil and Gas Business of SNC-Lavalin, including our Offshore Wind team. This led to the relaunch of the new company, now known as Kent, as a leading international integrated energy services company. For one year post-sale, HR and recruitment services will be provided to Kent via a trading agreement with SNC-Lavalin (Atkins) in the UK.
All applications will ultimately be managed by the SNC-Lavalin (Atkins) Recruitment team.
About the Job
Kent Offshore Structures teams are excited to have additional openings for the September 2022 Graduate intake. Our Offshore Structures teams across the UK operate globally in both the Oil & Gas and Offshore Wind markets. As a graduate in one of these locations, you will be contributing to a variety of technically challenging and exciting projects, from designing new offshore wind farms, to helping clients improve their operational efficiency as part of the asset integrity management offerings, developing carbon capture and storage solutions, and even offshore visits to our client’s global installations.
Your Purpose
You’ll be joining a team that actively encourages and fosters innovative solutions and new approaches to our client’s problems. Your work could involve the following:
- Designing large scale multi-disciplinary greenfield and brownfield oil & gas projects.
- Designing the next phase of the world’s offshore wind farms.
- Creating safety critical finite element models in our advanced structural analysis teams using a variety of software and programming languages.
- Developing life extension plans for ageing structures.
- Determining the fatigue and fracture reliability of structures with our highly specialised experts.
- Interfacing directly with clients, representing our teams to discuss engineering solutions to complex problems.
- Driving efficiency in offshore inspection activities through development of risk-based inspection work scopes.
What You Can Bring
- A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
- Embracing equality, diversity and inclusion in everything you do.
- A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
- Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
- Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
- Comfortable to embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
- You should be within 2 years of graduating your university degree in Mechanical, Civil or Structural Engineering.
What You Need To Do
Please submit as part of your application a CV that includes your academic scores and relevant degree modules, and removes all personal information including name, date of birth and contact details.
Please submit a response (word or PDF), containing only the answers to the following questions (please do not include personal information or names in this response):
- We are looking for passionate and motivated individuals to join us. Please talk us through your reasons for in detail and explain why you feel you would be suitable for the role? (You may want to refer to the job description) (Max400 words).
- Tell us about a time outside of your studies where you demonstrated drive and tenacity to achieve something that was important to you or supported your personal development. This could be an internship or placement, job you have held, or other personal commitments, interests or hobbies. As part of your response, please describe (Max 400 words):
- What you achieved and what steps you took to achieve it.
- Challenges you faced throughout, and what you did to overcome them.
- What the outcome was.
- We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to design, deliver and operate the most complex projects. Can you tell us about a time you took an innovative approach to solving a problem or improving a process? As part of your response, please describe (Max 400 words):
- What the approach was and why it was innovative.
- Why you felt this approach would be successful.
- What the outcome was.
Why work for Kent
Courageously tackling the greatest challenge of our time, to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined. It takes remarkable energy within to stand up and tackle the greatest challenge of our time - to bring the world the energy it needs today in the most responsible way possible. Energy that’s reliable, and affordable enough to give everyone a fair and equal run at life’s opportunity. We’ve brought together over 10,000 of the most wonderfully different people on earth to go where others don’t. To speak truths that others won’t. To work ever smarter and safer. To try harder, think faster every day in every way to make the impact we all crave now in how we fill our energy system. We’re 100 years into our biggest fight yet and stand prouder than ever. Breaking new ground in renewable energy through hydrogen and offshore wind, whilst rolling up our sleeves and tackling the tough work of decarbonising oil and gas production from within. Supporting a world of others like us, from boardroom to oil field, to make the biggest changes that matter most today while we build a better system for tomorrow. Kent together we’re now big enough, smart enough, brave enough and maybe just weird enough to take on the responsibility of sourcing energy today in a better way than ever before. Tackling the ugly truths of today whilst creating a far more beautiful tomorrow - by harnessing our remarkable energy within.