Alfa Laval UK&I is looking for a Trainee Project Engineer ( Business Placement Year )

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers, and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping. As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build careers too

About the job

Alfa Laval is a global brand with a huge presence worldwide. Here in the UK, the position is within the Food and Water Division, in a department responsible for project delivery, predominantly in Waste Water for thickening and dewatering applications. Alfa Laval’s role is to work with main contractors to install our in house manufactured equipment into a customer’s process. The scope of work can vary but mostly involves seeing a project move through: Design – Manufacture - Installation – Commissioning.

This role is a Business Placement year ( sandwich year summer '25- summer '26). The role will be based at our offices in Keele University where we have recently established a modern work setting to support the execution of our projects. The role will be to work alongside and support an already established project team. To learn and understand the fundamentals of project delivery in a structured environment as well as exposure to business to business operational functions.

As the year placement progresses the candidate will have the ability to grow and focus their own workload with a view of being able to execute a project autonomously.

Who are you?

You are an ambitious student who is motivated and keen to learn. You have a ‘can- do’ attitude and desire to learn new skills. You are mechanically minded with a good understanding of engineering principles and hold a keen interest in Project Management. You are confident in a team setting.

Alfa Laval will provide:

• A competitive salary

• A modern working environment

• Work tools including laptop and mobile phone

• Support with final year project

• Opportunity to explore other divisions and products

The candidate will be expected to travel to AL facilities and sites across the UK so ideally will hold a full UK driving license. The candidate will be office based at Keele University IC3.

Why work for us

Alfa Laval UK&I currently provide a wide range of benefits, schemes, and initiatives for our employees including:

• Holiday entitlement of 25 days + Bank holidays

• Simply Health – Health cash plan available to enter worth over £2500 annually

• Onsite parking

• Life Assurance – 4X annual salary when you remain in the pension

• Training and Career Development potential

Assessment practicalities

We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

For more information, please contact.

Tanja Sukaj, Talent Acquisition Partner, tanja.sukaj@alfalaval.com 

We review applications on a rolling basis, so please submit yours no latter than 1st of February. If the right candidate appears, the ad will be closed earlier. Applications sent directly via email will be disregarded without notice due to GDPR.