Marine Engineer Trainee (working from home)

At Beelivery, we are already the UK’s leading grocery delivery service, but we aspire to be the number one globally.

We’re excited to be hiring a Marine Engineer Trainee to join our growing team. This role is only available to people eligible to work as part of the Government’s Kickstart Scheme.

What’s the kickstart scheme?

Kickstart offers an opportunity of a 6-month work placement (25 hours a week), accessible to young people aged 16-24 who are in receipt of Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work on the design, development, and productionization of cutting-edge commercial autonomous systems, with a focus on marine apparatus and equipment.
You’ll be Conducting research and tests to inform various aspects of the design including structure, propulsion, electrical, and hydrodynamic mechanics.
You will work collaboratively with team members throughout the entire design lifecycle, drafting design requirements, producing and implementing designs and test procedures, and conducting Quality Control Analysis.
You’ll maintain and extend existing features, as well as work with the rest of the development team to resolve design concerns, as well as development and testing processes.
You’ll be laser-focused on quality and user experience, researching new features and soliciting customer input.
We’d like you to focus your initial efforts on assessing design requirements in order to develop a new design in addition to putting in-place adequate quality control processes to assess the product performance, safety and structural integrity.
You will work towards defining the proper maritime test conditions as well as sequences and phases of test operations.
You will contribute opinions on a range of topics, from development practices to product strategy and roadmap.
You will operate within the Company Values.

Job requirements
You will need:

A background in either Fluids Mechanics, materials and structures, propulsion, system integration.
Intermediate to expert-level background using CAD software in producing system layouts and detailed drawings and schematics.
Intermediate to expert-level in a computational software, such as MATLAB and Simulink, for designing applied marine Control & Automation and Marine Electrical system.
Willingness and ability to undertake theoretical and practical research with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to conduct analytical, environmental, operational, and performance studies in order to develop designs for marine equipment such as the propulsion systems, engines, pumps.
Ability to think creatively and be innovative with meticulous attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.
Ability to cope with new demands and new problems and to work with deadlines with self-motivation.
Excellent communication and team working skills with the ability to work with and influence others within a culture of Continuous Improvement.
Strong IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams and be willing to go beyond the call of duty.
Excellent telephone manner that is courteous and empathetic as well as experience working in customer service, ideally in an online retail environment.
This role is home-based (UK only) and you will need to supply your own laptop with a high-speed internet connection.

What are the working hours?
You’ll work 25 hours per week. The times will be agreed between us upon joining.

What you can expect when you join our team?
We pay the national minimum wage
Access to our world-class training platform, each employee receives a £200 learning and development budget for continuous improvement
Flexible hours
Fast paced exciting work
The opportunity to work with great people
We use Hive360 for access to online payslips, a range of personal wellbeing tools, an Employee Assistance Program, a 24/7 telephone and online doctor service, a Consultation Support Line, retail discounts & offers, and a pension plan through TAM
As we continue to grow, there are lots of opportunities for career progression
We run fun, virtual social events like pub quizzes

At Beelivery, we believe in getting the right talent onboard. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our process is objective and we have all candidates go through the same experience by completing the Bryq assessment, which is a 20-minute online bias-free assessment, enabling us to screen candidates only on the job and company requirements. Once completed our team will reach out to inform you about the potential next steps of the process.