Graduate Engineer

Hybrid Role with travel across England, Scotland, and Europe

Closing Date: Friday 26th May 2023

Do you want to use your skills and knowledge within a company that evolves around the circular economy?

We at Renewi, are a strong team with a powerful ethos. People join us because they want to make a difference.

You’ll quickly discover our values are part of our DNA and run through all we do at Renewi. We’re made up of people from all walks of life – it’s what makes our team so fantastic. We are committed to hiring great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. If you share our values and our purpose, continue reading to find out more about our Graduate Engineer position based at out of our Milton Keynes office.

Reporting to the Head of Process Engineering and Design you will be based in Milton Keynes and be part of the central Engineering and Performance Team providing specialist engineering, scientific and technical support to our operational teams across the Specialities Division. You will have the opportunity to apply your engineering skills in several different areas such as process plant and equipment, health and safety, and environmental compliance.

Safety is at the heart of everything we do, and you will have plenty of opportunity to develop your process safety skills. You will carry out inspections, undertake monitoring and take responsibility for design safety reviews and hazops. A key part of the role will be to ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation.

Whilst constantly asking ‘why’, might be seen by some as a problem, we actually like it. A major part of this role will be working closely with site teams to investigate and troubleshoot plant and process problems in order to discover root causes. You will be taking our already good (if we do say so our selves) processes and utilising your technical knowledge and expertise to create even better ways of working.

We expect you to work towards chartered membership of a relevant professional body and will support you in this through a development programme.

Innovation plays a vital part in the way we operate, and this role is no different. You will be investigating and troubleshooting plant and process problems to ensure we are developing safe, innovative, and robust solutions to those problems.

Your key responsibilities

• Guide, coach, and train site-based staff to optimise and enhance process equipment to provide efficiency improvements within the plant
• Provide technical input to the preparation and modification of environmental permits and planning applications
• Advise the SHEQ team on technical matters relating to health and safety issues
• Manage specialist consultants to extract best value from their services
• Share best practice and networking with colleagues throughout Specialities and the wider Renewi Group

Check out what we believe will help you be successful in this role

• 2:1 MEng degree in chemical engineering or similar i.e., process engineering, physics, applied physics, environmental sciences etc
• Experience in utilising CAD software within a technical environment
• Awareness of statutory requirements in terms of Health Safety and Environmental legislation as applied to waste management
• Working knowledge of the principals of hazop
• Knowledge of a range of waste processing technologies for the recovery of resources, products, and energy
• Full UK Driving License

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary plus car allowance
• Enhanced employer contribution pension plan
• 33 days’ annual leave entitlement including statutory holidays
• Access to our Sharesave scheme – Your chance to own shares in the business you work so hard for
• Numerous opportunities for career development, we have a history of promoting from within
• Access to Renewi wellbeing and reward platform from Day 1
• Varying job in an international, dynamic organization in which you can continue to develop yourself and with freedom for own input that is taken into account.

Will you become our new Graduate Engineer?

Want to know more? Please contact our Talent Acquisition team today!

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Who are we?

We exclusively focus on extracting value from waste.

Our vision is to be the leading waste-to-product company in the world’s most advanced circular economies – contributing to a sustainable society for all key stakeholders: customers, suppliers, local communities, employees, regulators, Governments, investors and lenders.

What do we mean by waste-to-product? At Renewi, we exclusively focus on extracting value from waste rather than on its disposal through mass burn incineration or landfill.

Of the 14 million tonnes of waste we handle a year, 89% is either recycled or used for energy recovery.