Job description
The Rewards & Benefits on offer:
Competitive graduate-level salary
Comprehensive training programme with hands-on learning
Involvement in live manufacturing and engineering projects
Defined career progression and development pathways
Friendly and supportive working environment
MTrec’s New Opportunity:
MTrec is proud to be supporting a progressive and innovative organisation that places a strong emphasis on operational performance, sustainability, and continuous improvement. The business is committed to nurturing graduate talent, providing structured development, practical experience, and long-term career opportunities within a collaborative engineering environment.
This Graduate Process Engineer position offers an excellent platform for an engineering graduate to develop their career within a dynamic operational setting. You will work closely with production and engineering teams to help improve processes, analyse performance data, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the site.
The role provides valuable exposure to real-world engineering challenges, allowing you to build strong technical skills while contributing to efficiency, quality, and cost improvement projects.
The Job You Will Be Doing:
Assist in maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing operations
Collect and interpret process data to identify performance trends and improvement areas
Support process improvement and waste reduction initiatives
Help create, update, and maintain process documentation and operating procedures
Participate in root cause investigations and corrective action planning
Support the application of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
Work collaboratively with production, quality, and maintenance teams
Provide support on engineering and process-related projects from planning through to delivery
About You:
Educated to degree level (BEng, MEng, or MSc) in Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline
Strong analytical mindset with a practical approach to problem solving
Comfortable working independently as well as part of a team
Clear communicator with good organisational skills
An interest in continuous improvement, lean principles, or Six Sigma methods (advantageous but not essential)
Motivated, adaptable, and eager to learn