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Do you want to become part of a growing team within a unique and specialised industry? The Testing, Inspection, and Certification sector offers varied career opportunities to engineers who have Mechanical, Hydraulic and Environmental qualifications.
Element has an opportunity for a Graduate Engineer to join our growing team within our Aerospace testing business. This is a unique opportunity to work with one of the fastest growing organisations within Testing. With a workforce of over 7,500 people across 200 locations, we are proud to help make certain that the materials, products, and processes that we test, inspect, and certify for our customers are always safe, quality, compliant and fit for purpose.
Responsibilities
The Graduate Scheme is a structured two-year programme, in which you will gain experience and understanding of the different areas and functions of our business. This will build the foundations for an exciting career in the Testing, Inspection, & Certification industry within Element.
Travel between our UK and / or European businesses will be required throughout the programme, with time spent on placements throughout a number of different business areas. This will range from time spent within our Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Laboratory getting involved with all aspects of the testing projects.
Who are we looking for?
The testing sector offers diverse opportunities within many disciplines and industries including but not limited to: Materials Science, Engineering, Aerospace, Space, Mechanics, and Hydraulics. Candidates should have the following qualifications and attributes:
- Educated to degree standard, in an engineering or science subject
- Analytical & inquisitive in nature
- A natural curiosity of how things work and strong problem-solving skills
- Technically focused
- Keen interest in all aspects of product safety, materials science, and engineering
- Methodical and highly organised: capable of meeting deadlines, seeing problems through and overcoming obstacles
- Able to prioritise and reach decisions quickly and effectively
- Can make informed decisions and confidence to stand by / justify these decisions
- Strong written & verbal communication skills
- Excellent numeracy skills and strong attention to detail
- Presentation skills
Benefits
- Attractive starting salary with progression
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holidays
- L&G Pension scheme with maximum employers’ contribution of 6%
- Enhanced sickness/paternity/maternity pay
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Learning and development opportunities
- High street and online discounts
- Fully funded expenses when visiting other labs
Company overview
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.
When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity statement
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
