Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in research and technology?

TWI is a world centre of excellence for materials and material joining technology. Our engineers and scientists come from a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, chemical and production engineering, physics, mathematics and materials science. They work with leading industrial companies and technical experts on a daily basis performing innovative, quality controlled, impartial projects for industry with clients across almost every sector.

We are always looking for innovative graduates with a BEng or BSc, or MEng or MSc or higher in a relevant engineering or science discipline to join our Technology Groups as Project Leaders

As Project Leaders you will be working in teams actively involved in:
  • Providing research and technology services to customers worldwide
  • Managing projects with values from £1k to £1m
  • Creating innovative technologies
  • Solving engineering problems
  • Presenting ideas and information to clients and colleagues
  • Developing business for your own and other technology groups
TWI is a stimulating environment that offers interaction with world experts, both as colleagues and customers, across a wide range of engineering disciplines. You will be involved in varied and challenging research activities for major engineering companies worldwide. We function in a highly professional, multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment with a strong team-working ethos. Project Leaders have access to state-of-the-art research facilities and are given a degree of technical freedom when working on projects.

Our Project Leaders need to demonstrate:
  • Initiative and creativity in their approach to problem solving
  • Confidence when presenting and communicating with groups
  • High quality report writing skills
  • The ability to manage their time effectively to meet deadlines
  • A willingness to travel both within the UK and overseas
  • Enthusiasm for working in an intellectually stimulating environment
  • The ability to work in collaboration with colleagues in multi-disciplinary teams
TWI strongly supports the professional and career development of its employees through internal and external training courses

TWI's main site is situated in the attractive and tranquil setting of Granta Park near Cambridge and we also have regional offices in the North East (Middlesbrough), Yorkshire (Sheffield/Rotherham) and Wales (Port Talbot). We offer a range of benefits - see Employment Benefits

If you are interested in joining our team, please apply by email enclosing your full CV, with a covering letter stating your current salary and eligibility to work in the UK, to recruitment@twi.co.uk quoting ref PL/SPEC. Your application will be reviewed to see if there is a match with our current requirements and we will aim to reply to you within a month.