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High-Tech Smart Infrastructure Start-Up | Graduate Engineer | Cardiff | Competitive Salary + Share Options + Benefits

About the Company:

Our partner is a rapidly scaling start-up developing cutting-edge, air-deployable water storage systems for use in emergency response, sustainable agriculture, and humanitarian operations. With strong international demand and production scaling fast, they're building a high-performing operations team to support delivery at pace.

About the Role:

As a Graduate Engineer, you'll gain hands-on experience across production operations while supporting the delivery of high-quality systems. Working closely with experienced line leads, engineers, and supply chain teams, you'll contribute to ensuring smooth daily operations, troubleshooting issues, and driving process improvements. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated graduate to build a career in advanced manufacturing at a fast-growing, mission-driven start-up.

Key Responsibilities:

Gain hands-on experience in day-to-day manufacturing operations, helping ensure products meet quality, output, and safety standards.
Collaborate with technicians on mechanical assembly, testing, and packaging, building practical skills from the ground up.
Shadow and support problem-solving on the shop floor, learning how to spot and resolve issues in real-time.
Contribute ideas to improve processes, quality checks, and documentation -- your input can help shape how production scales.
Assist engineers with early-stage design feedback, including prototyping, testing, and suggesting design-for-manufacture improvements.
Take part in training and onboarding activities, developing leadership and project coordination skills as you grow.

Requirements:

Recent graduate in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related discipline.
Mechanical/mechatronics/manufacturing related project work and internships is a plus.
Interest in mechanical build processes and quality standards.
Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, hands-on mindset.
Organised, detail-oriented, and eager to learn.
Cardiff-based or willing to relocate (this is an on-site role).

Benefits:

Competitive salary + share options.
Accelerated career progression with mentoring and training provided.
Exposure to all aspects of scaling production in a high-tech environment.
Be part of a mission-driven business delivering real-world impact.

About the Company

We work with an industry-leading network of over 200,000 young professionals and aim to match them with top employers in both the UK and overseas. People are at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to do the best by our partners and candidates. Get in touch with our team today or have a look at our website for client testimonies, candidate tools, and the latest updates on our work! Know more