Graduate Mechanical Engineer

Location London
Discipline: Engineering
Vacancy Type Graduate
Contact name: Erin Manley

Job ref: 010443

Kantor Energy are currently recruiting for a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to work on one or more various Kantor projects, based in the site office(s) for the project(s).

Kantor are a specialist engineering contractor, who have been designing and building innovative and sustainable energy systems for clients across the UK and Ireland for over 12 years. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dornan Group.

You will join a hard-working, ambitious, innovative team and you will benefit from a supportive culture, where your ideas and contributions will be recognised.

Roles and responsibilities:

  • Act as site engineer as part of the project delivery team, conducting site engineering work to assist the Construction Manager and Project Manager.
  • Reporting directly to Project Manager.
  • Engagement with and management of supply chain and sub-contractors during construction and commissioning phases to ensure optimal product selection and delivery.
  • Review, analysis and reporting on project performance.
  • Attendance at and recording of regular project meetings, client meetings, and supply chain meetings.
  • Support with feasibility, concept design, detailed design and project delivery work across a range of scales and types of heat network projects, both in Ireland and the UK.

Experience/Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical, electrical or control systems engineering
  • Strong practical aptitude with desire to be directly involved in site activities and problem solving.
  • Flexible and enthusiastic approach, with a willingness to take on novel challenges
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite, in particular MS Excel and MS Word
  • Desire to experience full project engineering lifecycle, from early concept design through to construction, commissioning and operation
  • Willingness to engage and collaborate with a wide range of multi-disciplinary counterparties

Why Kantor? 

  • Kantor’s mission is to deliver novel and innovative solutions within the distributed energy sector, with a focus on sustainable and low-carbon projects. You will be contributing to this important enterprise, at a time of high projected growth throughout the energy sector.
  • Kantor is a small and tight-knit team. We pride ourselves on fostering a family feel and a down to earth team. You will thus be working with a diverse multi-disciplinary team of engineers, with direct exposure to senior management and decision makers.
  • As part of a small team, you will take on responsibility and have an opportunity to deliver real value from the outset.
  • You will work under a number of chartered engineers who can help you get started on your path to eventual chartership
  • As part of the wider Dornan Group, Kantor also benefits from the advantages of a large, well-established organisation, offering ongoing education assistance and CPD
  • Kantor/Dornan promotes collaboration through various team building, social and charity events.
  • Kantor/Dornan are committed to employee wellbeing with our Employee Assistance Programme and an in-house Health & Wellbeing advisor.