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Graduate / Junior Mechanical Engineer

Orwell
£28k – £38k/yr
Posted about 2 months ago
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Job Title: Graduate / Junior Mechanical Engineer (Hands-on R&D / Product Development / Design)

Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 DoE (Multiple Openings Due to Continued Growth)

From Design to Concept to Creation - Hands-On Mechanical Engineering That Truly Makes a Difference

Are you a practically minded mechanical engineer who loves seeing your ideas transformed into working products right in front of you?

Are you a recent Graduate Engineers with a strong practical mindset? (Any hands-on engineering hobbies, fabrication / welding skills, fixing up cars, building robots, any workshop skills etc.)

If so, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for!

We're expanding our Product Development team at Accora and looking for multiple Mechanical Engineers (Hands-on R&D) to join us. This is real, ground-up engineering work, you'll design, build, and refine full-scale prototypes and play a pivotal role in developing innovative new products that make a real-world impact.

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Collaborate as part of a small, focused team dedicated to new product development
  • Take product ideas from initial concept through to functioning prototypes, all built in-house
  • Design mechanical components, mechanisms, and assemblies using SolidWorks
  • Physically build and test your designs, you'll be hands-on throughout the process
  • Work with a range of materials and use equipment like welders, CNC machines, mills, lathes, and fabrication tools
  • Support pre-launch testing, compliance checks, and ongoing product improvements

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Who We're Looking For

We're after Graduate / Junior & Practical Mechanical Engineers, people who love to get stuck in, build things, and solve real-world problems with their hands as much as their heads. If you're the kind of person who enjoys making ideas real, welding, fabricating, machining, prototyping, we want to hear from you.

Essential Skills & Attributes

  • Recent Graduate / Mechanically focused Degree
  • Strong hands-on mechanical ability and confident with using hand-tools
  • Solid understanding of mechanical principles, assemblies, and mechanisms
  • A problem-solver with a positive, can-do attitude and a team-oriented mindset
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced R&D environment, building, testing, and iterating on real physical products

Bonus Skills (Or Willing to Learn - We'll Support You):

  • Experience with mechanical linkages, complex assemblies, or moving mechanisms
  • Familiarity with sheet metal work, TIG/MIG welding, CNC setting/programming or general fabrication
  • SolidWorks experience, great. If not - we offer full in-house training and support to get you up to speed

Other Requirements

  • Must be eligible to work in the UK (we're unable to provide visa sponsorship)
  • Due to our site location, a valid UK driving licence and own transport are preferred

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Benefits

Why Join Accora?

We're a company that values innovation, initiative, and impact. You'll be designing real products that directly enhance the quality of life for people who need extra support due to age, disability, or injury. We're growing fast - and so can you.

What You'll Get:

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days' holiday + public holidays
  • Private medical healthcare cover
  • Ongoing training & development (including SolidWorks and workshop skills)
  • A chance to grow within a company that promotes from within
  • A supportive, inclusive team environment that values your ideas and input

About Accora

Accora is a forward-thinking company designing assistive medical equipment that improve safety, independence, and comfort. Our products support vulnerable people in hospitals, care homes, and their own homes -changing lives with thoughtful engineering and creative problem-solving.

We live by our values of insight, determination, and integrity - and we're looking for people who share that mindset.

Ready to Build the Future with Us?

If you're excited by hands-on engineering, prototyping, and creating solutions that matter, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and turn your ideas into reality... literally

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Skills

Mechanical Engineering
SolidWorks
Welding
Fabrication
Prototyping
Problem-Solving
Teamwork
Hands-On Skills
CNC Machining
Testing
Design
Assembly
Mechanical Principles
Positive Attitude
Fast-Paced Environment

Location

Orwell, England, United Kingdom

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