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Contract Type: Full-Time, Temporary (2 Years)
Additional Payments: Casual Car Allowance
Closing Date: 3 February 2026
Closing time: 11.59pm
Interview Method: Face to Face
This role is subject to -
The Capital Programmes Division is responsible for delivering approximately £200m per annum of Major and Minor capital construction programmes across the city and strives to continuously improving the effectiveness of its design, project management, and programme delivery. This graduate trainee engineer appointment will support our continued delivery of an excellent professional mechanical engineering service for the Division and its clients.
The role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to work on a variety of projects ranging in size and scale which involve significant capital to the council’s portfolio of buildings/assets which include housing stock, offices, leisure centres, art galleries and other listed buildings, as well as working on new build projects.
The diverse portfolio of works will provide the successful applicant with the opportunity to be trained in mechanical or electrical design, planning, and the management and delivery of construction projects and programmes and inspecting and reporting of defects.
The successful candidate will have achieved a minimum (or predicted) 2:1 degree or have achieved a merit at MSc Level in a mechanical or electrical engineering discipline and must be willing to continue their professional development.
You will be a Manchester resident or studying at a Manchester based educational establishment.
You will also have an interest in the built environment and have an awareness of the issues affecting the physical, economic, and social life of urban areas and the role of local government and the public sector in addressing these issues.
This knowledge will also be underpinned by demonstrable analytical, planning and organising, problem solving and decision making, ICT, and communication skills.
If you would like to work in a dynamic and interesting environment, we would like to hear from you.
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Location
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Job ID
7261
