Do you want to design high impact products to help keep our nation safe?

As a Mechanical Engineer at HMGCC, you’ll do exactly that. Using your skills, knowledge and experience to solve a range of engineering challenges, you’ll work alongside our diverse set of engineers whilst utilising our onsite state of the art manufacturing capability.

You’ll have unique access to our customers, working on urgent requirements as well as larger, multi-year projects. You’ll be responsible for taking requirements, developing concepts and ideas into product designs, creating the necessary documentation to enable manufacture and helping us create innovative products that make a real difference.

In return, we’ll provide you with the support and training you need to allow you to develop your skills even further and take the next step in your career. 

More About You

To apply for this role, you will already have:

•    Knowledge of common engineering materials such as metal alloys and polymers. 
•    Knowledge of common fabrication techniques such as mill and turn. 
•    Computer Aided Modelling skills through experience of using 3D CAD software.
•    Product design skills with consideration of the operating environment, EMC and safety.

To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have:

•    An engineering Apprenticeship or an engineering Degree (Preferably in Mechanical). 
•    The production of technical drawings using a CAD package.
•    Knowledge and experience of conducting thermal and structural analysis.
•    Knowledge of other fabrication techniques such as additive manufacture, sheet metal and injection moulding.

Your Personal Skills

You will be the type of person who:
 
•    Thrives in a challenging and creative environment. 
•    Can work through a problem and adapt to meet the requirements. 
•    Is comfortable working in a small team or under own initiative. 
•    Makes suggestions of how things could be improved. 
•    Plans ahead and manages your own workload. 

Putting your skills to use

Using your diverse range of skills within the mechanical team, you will:

•    Design and develop solutions to address our customers’ needs. 
•    Produce an appropriate level of design documentation.
•    Produce as-built documentation to allow products and deployments to be supported. 
•    Ensure that designs and associated documentation are peer reviewed. 
•    Contribute to continued development of technology and engineering. 

What we Offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you

•    25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
•    8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave. 
•    2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
•    Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
•    Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
•    Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
•    Sports & Social Society. Whether its classis cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
•    On site nursery (subject to availability).
•    3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
•    Free parking
•    Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day
•    Relocation Package*
•    Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an Ethnic Minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

About HMGCC

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security. 

We work with the national security community, UK Government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation. 

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to. 

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion & Diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

HMGCC is proud to hold the status of Disability Confident Employer. In line with this, we offer the Disability Confident - Offer of Interview. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please click here.

The Process

You’ll complete a short application form. If successful at sift you will be invited to interview.

Your technical and HR interviews will be held virtually.

Apply now

Discover more by clicking ‘apply’.

Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.

Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.

*if you are relocating to the area then we can discuss the possibility of a relocation package