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Mechanical Engineering - Year in Industry

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  • Internship
    Part-time
    Placement Program
  • Engineering
  • ÂŁ21.8K
  • London

Requirements

  • You'll need to be in your penultimate year of MEng or MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent subject and on track to receive a minimum of 2:1. Your academic qualification must be accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). We'll equip you with the skills and experience that you need for a successful engineering career. Everything we do as an organisation is to ensure that our evolving city remains future-proof for millions of Londoners. We're looking for people who: 
  • Relish a challenge  
  • Are passionate about our vision 
  • Have a strong focus on safety culture 
  • As a valued member of the team, we will give you real responsibility and the opportunity to add value from day one. If you're excited by inspiring and influencing the future of London, are up for a challenge, and thrive under pressure, then this is the right career path for you.  

Responsibilities

  • Your development programme will be made up of four placement rotations that you will choose from across the business. Here's an idea of what your programme could look like: 
  • Placement 1 - Rolling Stock Enhancements - three months 
  • Work on a major train upgrade project 
  • Undertake 3D Computer-Aided Design 
  • Develop, test and implement solutions on our vehicles 
  • Placement 2 - Track Engineering - three months 
  • Trial new technologies to help us catch faults early 
  • Carry out risk simulations, track inspections and review new track layout
  • Be involved with track maintenance work which often occurs at night 
  • Placement 3 - Lifts and Escalators Engineering - three months 
  • Learn about safety standards 
  • Implement technology updates and review system designs to create a more accessible network for our customers 
  • Placement 4 - Depot Operational Engineering - three months 
  • Learn how to apply root-cause analysis 
  • Carry out hands-on maintenance inspections 
  • Implement upgrades generated by the rolling stock design team 
  • Be based at one our train maintenance depots 

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Mission & Purpose

Every day, we help millions of people to make journeys across London: By Tube, bus, tram, car, bike – and more. People don’t associate us with journeys by river, on foot or via the air, but we help with that, too. Getting people to where they need to go has been our business for over 100 years, and it shows. We’re leaders in our field, and no other city’s transport system is quite as recognisable: Red buses, black taxis, Tube trains and roundels have become icons in their own right. Our main job is to keep the city moving, working and growing but to do that, we have to listen. Constant improvements across the network are fuelled by feedback and comments from customers, as well as work within communities, representative groups, businesses and other London transport stakeholders. But our progress also depends on technology and data. With the future at our fingertips, we’ve already used it to revolutionise travel payments (think Oyster and contactless payment cards), and improved travel information. Tech and data is essential, not just to our future, but to others’: third parties use our data to power apps and services vital to customer journeys. So what’s next? As well as continuing to deliver Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s strategy and commitments on transport, our programme of capital investments is still one of the largest. We launched the Elizabeth line, we’re modernising services and stations and making travel safer for all.

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