Supportability Graduate Engineers

We like problems at Frazer-Nash.

The world and our clients have lots of problems and we get a kick out of finding engineering and technology solutions to these problems. Through our meaningful innovations, our Consultancy experts help organisations make lives securer, safer, sustainable and affordable.
Our people are at the very heart of what we do, they are the reason our clients work with us to solve some of their greatest challenges. At Frazer-Nash, we want all of our people to feel they belong, confident in the knowledge that we value and respect the commitment they have made by entrusting their careers and expertise to us.

Team information:

You will be joining our highly successfully Systems Engineering area, which has been a key supplier to the Government defence departments and major Industrial Partners for over three decades.
Supportability engineering focusses on the whole life of a product or service. We aim to influence design to make it more reliable, maintainable and sustainable through a range of analytical and practical engineering techniques. We identify what is required to support the system in operation so that it can sustain high levels of reliability and we develop monitoring strategies to ensure that system remain operational for their intended life.
Our Supportability Engineering team of highly experienced and skilled engineers specialise in developing real world support solutions for all kinds of systems from submarines to offshore wind turbines and many more. We collaborate with our Clients' to understand the causes and impact of system failure so that we can help them make better design decisions and develop optimum maintenance packages.

What you'll be doing at Frazer-Nash?

You will have the opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic and supportive environment. You will support multidisciplinary projects across our business sectors (Defence, Energy and Transport and Industry). As you grow in confidence, you will be encouraged to take on greater levels of project management and business development responsibilities within these sectors. You will also have opportunities to influence the direction and growth of our Supportability services.

You will be working on a variety of projects and technologies, each with their own unique requirements which bring their own constraints and challenges. Working across industries and domains helps us provide our clients with a balanced solution, drawing best practice from other areas and applying the rigor of standardisation between domains.

As a Supportability Engineer, you will:

• develop skills to identify and analyse why systems fail;
• adopt a risk-based approach to focus resources towards the most critical system elements;
• analyse what is required to sustain a system throughout its working life to disposal; and
• establish the most cost effective and efficient strategies for maintenance and support.

You will work with, and learn from, colleagues from a range of technical backgrounds including engineers, project managers, economists and world leading experts in the fields of defence, renewable technologies, nuclear energy, autonomy, space, asset management, data & cyber.

What you'll need?

We are looking for ambitious, intelligent and inquisitive engineers, who can solve challenging problems. We are interested in engineers who can see the bigger picture, take a whole life view on design and generate pragmatic and practical solutions to real world problems. We embrace diversity, innovation and collaboration at Frazer-Nash and provide the opportunity for talented people like you to work on projects that make a difference to our world.

We are interested in hearing from excellent candidates who hold or are working towards an Engineering or Systems Engineering degree level qualification 2:1 or above, that also have an interest in design and how things work. Successful candidates are likely to be people whom:

• like to take things to bits and put them back together (sometimes);
• take a helicopter view of problems and situations;
• can make decisions based on the evidence provided (even if its not complete);
• enjoy seeing tangible results from their engineering decisions.

The nature of our work means that we sometimes require staff to access Government material, it is therefore necessary for all our employees to gain appropriate security clearance. We will apply for clearance if you have successfully been selected for a position, and we will decide if we can successfully gain full clearance on your behalf based on the content of your application. Any offer of employment is subject to this requirement being met.

What can Frazer-Nash offer you?

You will join us with an excellent academic record. However, this is just the first step, we want to support your career development so that you achieve relevant professional qualifications including Chartership; All our graduates join our Professional Development Scheme, which is accredited by five professional institutions (IMechE, RAeS, IET, RINA & IoP). You will be assigned a mentor who will work with you to develop your own individual development plan so that you can gain the necessary skills and experience to become Chartered. To enable you to achieve your full potential we will give you the opportunity to spend extended periods of time working across the disciplines within our technical groups as well as spending time on our clients' sites, which is so important for becoming the great consultant that you could be.

Our people are at the very heart of what we do, they are the reason our clients work with us to solve some of their greatest challenges. At Frazer-Nash, we want all of our people to feel they belong, confident in the knowledge that we value and respect the commitment they have made by entrusting their careers and expertise to us.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £31,000 + 2k joining bonus
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Holiday sale and purchase scheme
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan