Quick Release is proud to be working in partnership with our parent company, ALTEN UK, in seeking 30+ exceptional candidates for their Graduate Consultant Engineer Scheme, which combines extensive training and on-project experience with some of the UK’s best-known engineering companies.
If you're seeking to kickstart your engineering career with a rewarding role that will give you the training and project experience you need, plus the opportunity to progress ahead of the curve, then we'd love to hear from you!
About ALTEN
ALTEN consultants are engaged in a broad range of engineering related projects across automotive, aerospace, rail, tech, maritime, energy and space sectors, working with a variety of clients from established household names, through to small start-ups with novel and innovative technologies. Our mission is to support these clients, as they develop products and solutions that will contribute to a safer and more sustainable future.
Our consultants work hand in hand with client teams and their ALTEN team-mates to provide ongoing and impactful project support, with a focus on addressing engineering challenges, delivering technical solutions and improving outcomes. We are proud of our commitment to developing skills for the future, so every graduate that joins ALTEN receives a dedicated career manager and an ongoing learning and development plan, plus access to a broad range of career progression pathways. We are also able to offer the opportunity for engineers to gain chartership status to those who wish to pursue it.
Right now, we are accepting applications to join the team across a range of UK locations including Bristol, Derby, Coventry and more, with start-dates throughout the year. So, whether you’re looking to build a career in mechanical, electronic, systems or software engineering, and whatever sector you’d like to work in, apply now to join ALTEN’s 2023 Graduate Consultant Intake and get your career off to the best possible start!
What You'll Do
- Complete thorough induction training.
- Continue your learning through working with industry-leading talent on real, client-facing projects.
- Develop your skills and specialism and gain valuable industry experience in your chosen field and sector, with the opportunity to pursue chartership status.
- Build strong trusting relationships with clients, Alten colleagues and your dedicated career manager.
- Engage with company-wide and local team activities and socials.
- Opportunities to access a range of projects, businesses, sectors, and different workplaces, getting to know and understand how our clients and consultants operate.
Requirements
- A 2.1 or first-class bachelors’ degree in science, technology, engineering, or maths.
- A commitment to personal improvement and continuous professional development.
- Emerging people and project management skills and the drive to take on responsibility.
- Determination to be the best and genuinely make things better for people and the planet.
- Strong communication skills accompanied by self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
- The passion, resilience, and energy to work hard and sustain what it takes to succeed.
Benefits
- A package worth £28,000 with a base salary of £24,000 plus other rewards and benefits including 6% employer contribution pension plus private medical cover and travel insurance.
- Work alongside a highly motivated and talented team with a positive and supportive company culture.
- Stability, ongoing learning and development, regular career progression reviews, access to a diverse range of projects.
- The opportunity to find your place in a growing organisation with international reach.
- Extensive induction training.
- Projects with a variety of clients, locations and workplaces, all with real-world impact.
- Fast-track progression based on merit, and a choice of career pathways (business manager, technical expert, engineering SME etc).
- The knowledge, skills and experience to ensure you’ll always be in demand, wherever your career may take you
ALTEN Values
We recognise that diversity makes us stronger. We respect and value multiple approaches and points of view and we challenge inequality and exclusion in all its forms.
As an equal opportunities employer, ALTEN will never discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background, marital status, or disability status.