Graduate Mechanical Engineer

Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Location: Selby
Salary: £30250
Closing Date: Feb 2024
 
Are you a graduate Mechanical Engineer looking for a new challenge? Interested in supporting our purpose – to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future?

If the answer is yes, then we might have your next opportunity.

Our Mechanical Engineer role encompasses leading both people and contractors, underpinned with subject matter technical knowledge.

Based at Drax Power Station near Selby. There may be some travel to other UK and possibly international sites as required.

It’s a Monday-Friday role, though at times there will be a requirement to work an odd weekend at the height of our project delivery. We can offer you flexibility in terms of owing you time back on these occasions. After all, we understand the need for a work/life balance.

About the role
The role takes responsibility for day-to-day people leadership and has the ownership of a plant area which includes outage engineering support, refurbishment, and maintenance.

You’ll be responsible for long term plant integrity, preserving the boiler & associated plant and fuel handling system, minimising costs, and above all delivering an engineering and maintenance strategy. You’ll play a key role, leading projects that support the long term commercial and operating approach in this plant area.
You’ll also support compliance against legislative, statutory, corporate and site policy and procedures in relation to Health, Safety and the Environment, Engineering and Quality requirements.

There are personal development opportunities for everyone in the team. Personal development is supported through the team manager and the rest of the team including exposure to numerous projects, variation of work and involvement with longer-term projects.
About you

You’ll need to have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering discipline. You will need to have a knowledge of engineering software as well as experience with AutoCAD, 2D and 3D software.

Any experience of working on Engineering projects in operational areas such as materials handling, dust management system, boiler and feedwater systems will be useful but not must. Specifically, you should demonstrate the aptitude to lead and support projects through lifecycle including justification, scoping, design, and implementation. 

You’ll be confident leading people and/or managing contractors and can objectively manage the performance of a team to achieve required results.

Most of all, you’ll be able to respond and adapt to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to try and develop new ways of working.

About Drax
Drax is playing a vital role in changing the way we generate, supply, and use energy. To learn more about how we’re enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future, click here.

We offer colleagues a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. This includes company-funded benefits which provide protection for your family, support your health and wellbeing and retirement savings plans to help you prepare for a secure future.  Our range of benefits means we can support you in keeping active, staying connected and looking after your mental and financial wellbeing, too.

Application process
We pride ourselves on creating a great experience for anyone who applies to join Drax, so you can expect clear and timely communication throughout.
You’ll start with sending us your application, which we’ll read and review with interest, and if we’ve got any questions we’ll be in touch. Then it’s some online reasoning tests – we appreciate they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, but they help us determine if you’ll be able to deliver in our graduate roles. Your main activity will be an assessment centre where not only will we get to see you in action over a number of exercises, you’ll also get chance to meet some our current graduates, managers and leaders, and get a real sense of our culture and environment.