Graduate Mechanical Engineer (Harwell) - Military Veterans
at Amentum
Launch Your Career with Our 2025 Graduate Programme!
Are you brimming with ambition and ready to make your mark in the professional world? Look no further! Our UK Graduate Programme is designed to catapult you into a thriving career, offering unparalleled opportunities for growth, learning, and success. Join Amentum in September 2025 and help us create a secure and vibrant future.
As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer we want to take your skills and talent to create the best career experience possible, working collaboratively across a multitude of markets on some of the most exciting projects on the planet. We develop and implementing mechanical solutions for complex engineering projects, from concept design through to design for manufacture, the full project life cycle.
You will have the opportunity to work on a range of mechanical systems within multi discipline teams to help solve these complex projects.
Why Join Us?
Exciting Projects: Work with a diverse team of experts from across the UK and beyond to gain insights into our markets and clients.
Comprehensive Training: Benefit from a structured development programme that covers everything from discipline-specific skills and professional registration to personal development.
Mentorship: Receive guidance from seasoned professionals who are dedicated to helping you achieve your career goals.
Career Progression: When you reach the end of the programme, it's just the beginning! You'll be supported to continue to develop your experience and capabilities to help progress your career and achieve professional registration.
Supportive Community: Our hub-based model is focused around key locations, ensuring that you'll be part of a supportive early careers community with plenty of social activities and experiential learning opportunities.
Here's What You'll Need:
- Have completed a Degree or Masters level qualification in a relevant subject by Summer 2025
- A flexible self-starter, keen to drive your career forward.
- Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things.
- You must have the permanent right to work in the UK.
Selection Process
Step 1: Apply Online
Step 2:If you are selected, one of the team will be in touch to discuss the next steps of the selection process, this may include attending an assessment centre in one of our regional locations
Step 3: Successful candidates will be offered a role to start in September 2025
What else we provide
- A flexible workstyle, embracing a hybrid working pattern and supporting those who need to balance work/life commitments a bit differently than others.
- Free single medical cover and digital GP service.
- Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
- An inclusive and diverse work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Employee Networks
- A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritising our people through a supportive culture and positive mental health champion network.
We want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work
As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, if you require the application form in a different format or would like to discuss the Assessment Centre process in more detail), please contact us and we'll be happy to help.
Your application experience is important to us, and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join our company, please you can contact us here.
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Didcot, England
Amentum brings industry-best expertise, processes, and technology to ensure the availability and reliability of our Government and commercial clients’ vital facilities and equipment. We apply our culture of excellence to operate, maintain, and manage your global assets and complex supply chains to meet modern challenges at home and abroad. You get the confidence that comes from a partner with on a century-long heritage of unrelenting dedication to our clients’ missions across the DoD, civilian agencies, and the IC.
We are looking for skilled Veterans interested in continuing your career in aviation, global logistics, IT and Network support, and also unmanned systems.
We currently have positions open nationwide and globally to include: Kuwait, Iraq, and other overseas locations!
Amentum’s skilled workforce lives with outcomes rather than just works on them. Our employees hold the most sought-after certifications in the industry, including Program Management Professional (PMP), IT/Cyber, ITIL, and Professional Scrum Master (PSM). Our teams who maintain and modify vehicles, aircraft, and weapons systems work within disciplined environments certified to AS9001D, ISO 9001:2015, AS9110B, and AS9100C standards.
Whether it’s managing facilities supporting the IC’s classified missions, operating UAVs that protect our soldiers, or maintaining military equipment at remote bases abroad, Amentum has the experience, passion, and commitment to meet your critical needs.
What happens after I apply?
First, you will want to ensure your RecruitMilitary profile is up to date, and you also have the most up to date resume to provide. Once you apply for the role you will be re-directed to complete your employment application on Amentum's career site. Once you complete that application a recruiter will review your skills and qualifications and reach out to you about the role as appropriate.