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As a Mechanical Engineering Summer Placement student, you will be getting involved in the design & integration of equipment at the system and sub-system levels and liaising between Mechanical Engineering Team Leaders, other Engineering teams and potentially subsystem suppliers.
Significant drive and energy, engineering skill, and the ability to deliver a task to time, target cost and quality requirements are essential attributes to succeed.
The candidate must be a team player who is prepared to work with a multi-site engineering team within RBSL and the customer community. The individual will be required to work across geographical and cultural divides to draw together a comprehensive engineering capability.
Position duties and responsibilities
- Assisting in the analysis of customer requirements and their subsequent decomposition into functional system and sub system design requirements
- Working with Designers to create CAD design schemes, detail design and production Technical Data Packs in response to design solutions to customer requirements for military armoured vehicles
- Conducting all activities in a professional manner and delivering mechanical design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality to meet project or business milestones
- Conducting a wide range of activities including feasibility studies, research, design, development and post design services, involving the full Engineering Lifecycle, to meet defined project or business requirements
- Ensuring that work is undertaken in accordance with Company, Safety, Environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation
- Drafting, vetting and editing technical reports or other documents relevant to, or required by, a particular task in order to ensure that technical findings can be successfully communicated with recipients
- Preparation and submission of technical proposals and tenders as directed by bid manager in order to provide costed proposals for future work
- Maintain accurate records of all design related work in accordance with relevant extant procedures to ensure a complete design record of work undertaken
- Liaison with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors and customers as required to satisfy the needs of project or the business
- Responding to any new requirements which management request for new work or
business need
About you
- Working towards an Engineering Degree and on track for a 2:2.
- Competentent with Microsoft applications and CAD tools.
- Creative thinking / problem solving mind-set
- Numerate with strong analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Desire to grow own knowledge and play a key role at RBSL
What we offer
We want RBSL to be an employer of choice and for our employees to build a career they can be proud of with us. Through our contracts to deliver world-class products and support, we are able to offer great opportunities for personal development and career advancement through specialist technical roles, essential support functions and leadership positions.
In addition, RBSL offer:
- Competitive salaries reviewed each year against market
- Hybrid and flexible working over a 4.5 day week
- Annual incentive scheme
- Life assurance
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays
- Long Service rewards with additional holiday
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Health cash plan
- Employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Salary sacrifice benefits including cycle to work and electric vehicles schemes
- Access to high street and gym discounts and cashback
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
- Private health care, car allowances and company car for some employees
