Engineering Intern Sheffield, England
Job description
Vacancy – Engineering Intern
Job title: Engineering Intern Position Type: Fixed term, Full-time
Reference: 0087 Location: Sheffield
Salary: £. competitive plus benefits Centre: Friction Management (Europe)
Reporting to: Engineering Team Lead Closing date: 30th June 2023
Ou tline:
L.B . Foster is a Nasdaq listed PLC, operating out of headquarters in Pittsburgh PA, with operations across North
Am erica, Brazil, China & the UK. The company provides rail, construction, and energy markets with innovative
solutions to build and maintain their critical infrastructure.
L.B. Foster’s UK business has operations in Sheffield, London, Nottingham, Telford & Lincoln. The business provides
tec hnology-based services and solutions for Telecoms, Fire Management, Automation & Materials Handling, Electrical
Wir ing & Control Rooms and Digital Display. We serve a range of blue chip customers across markets such as Rail,
Def ence, Retail, Leisure, Manufacturing, Power Generation and Airports
We support flexibility in the workplace and have adopted a virtual working approach for most of our office-based
roles. We ask employees to be present in the office to suit their role and the task/team they are engaged with.
The Engineering Intern will support the Sheffield Engineering team, working on a variety of roles from design work
through to product testing.
In dicative Responsibilities Include:
> Supporting quality team, with article inspection and drawing amendments.
> Support drawing backlog.
> Writing documentation to support product development. E.g. scoping documents, testing procedures and
trial reports.
> New product design and evaluation, taking in feedback from the field service team and customers.
> Designing for manufacture and product improvements.
> Supporting new product testing – designing, building and, carrying out testing in the laboratory and in field
testing.
> Support on-track trials and factory testing.
Skills & Experience Required:
> Be undertaking an Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar scientific/engineering
discipline.
> Have the ability to self-motivate and organise and manage own activities and projects.
> Be capable of working safely in an operational environment to undertake field and laboratory measurements
and equipment installation work.
> Have good communication skills to relay ideas and results to colleagues and customers, including report
writing in clear and concise English, and presentation skills.
Othe r useful skills:
> Capable of using engineering design software including 3D Modelling packages (e.g. SolidWorks), with skills
and aptitude in using/learning to use engineering simulation software (such as Finite Element Analysis)
potentially advantageous.
> Have an open mind to problem solving and a willingness to develop skills and understanding in wheel / rail
interaction (vehicle dynamics), tribology, production engineering and manufacturing.
> Able to travel within the UK and potentially within Europe for visiting customers and supporting field trials.
Including possibly working unsociable hours.
LB Foster Europe
He ad Office: Stamford Street, Sheffield, S9 2TX Other locations: London, Nottingham, Lincoln, Herne (DE)
What you can expect from LB Foster
As a wo rld class engineering solutions business, that’s ambitious, innovative and pioneering, LB Foster believes our
people a re our biggest asset and we will invest in your development to achieve your career goals. In addition we offer:
> Competitive Salaries
> 33 Days Annual Leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
> Access to a raft of internal training courses and the ability to study towards professional qualifications
> Employee Assistance Programme
> Service Awards
> Access to the Westfield Health Scheme
> Internal Wellbeing Support Group
Our principles form the basis of our culture, and our People Policy e nsures we provide everyone with a rewarding, fair
and sustainable environment. We are proud to be an equal opportu nities employer. We want to recruit, hire, train and
promote into all job levels, the most qualified applicants regardless of race, sex, colour, religion, gender, national origin,
sexual orientation, disability, or any other legally protected status.
To Apply: By email, enclosing a current CV & cover letter, quoting the job title & reference to [email protected]
For more information please contact the Human Resources Team on 0114 256 2225 (no agencies)
Please note that roles may close earlier than specified should we receive enough applications prior to the written closing date.
