The Opportunity

At Chart Industries, we are passionate about attracting early career talent to our organisation and we value the fresh ideas, perspectives, diversity and enthusiasm that graduates bring.

Our Mechanical Engineering Graduate Programme, based at our Howden location in Renfrew, 15 minutes from Glasgow City Centre, provides a fantastic opportunity to accelerate your learning with a variety of real life work experiences across different business areas. It will offer you the opportunity to build your career in a global organisation with a worldwide reputation for engineering excellence and developing innovative solutions that help create a more sustainable world.

As a Chart Industries employee, you will learn new skills through assignments on exciting world-leading engineering and manufacturing projects from day one that help deliver cutting edge technology that really counts.

With a strong brand and rich heritage, the opportunities are endless, and we have the best in the business waiting to mentor and support your development.  We operate in a diverse set of industries including infrastructure, power generation, oil & gas, wastewater, metals, mining and transportation.

Over the last 12 months we have received a number of global and local externally recognised awards for our progress in innovation and sustainability.

The Products 

We have a world-wide reputation for engineering excellence and are acknowledged throughout the world as a market and technical leader. The key products from our portfolio that you would work on includes fans, rotary heaters and compressors.

As an established leader in the engineering and manufacturing of high-performance air and gas handling solutions, we are now at the forefront of the energy transition offering products in Hydrogen, Emissions Reduction and CCUS applications.

The Training

Our Graduate Programme is approved by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and during the first two years of the programme you will develop your knowledge and skills in different areas of the business through 8 x 3  month placements in core areas such as: design, research, contract engineering, project management, manufacturing, and field services; ensuring that you gain the knowledge, experience and skills required to reach Chartered status by IMechE. After your first two years in the programme you will move to a permanent role whilst continuing to receive mentoring from some of our most experienced and accredited leaders. 

Whilst you will be based in our Renfrew location, you will be part of our global team working on projects around the globe.  Our UK program also offers the opportunity to be part of our graduate led European network for engineering graduates.

The Candidates

To be considered for our graduate scheme you should hold either an IMechE accredited MEng degree in a Mechanical Engineering Discipline OR an IMechE accredited BEng (Hons) degree in a Mechanical Engineering Discipline plus appropriate Master’s degree.

If you are unsure if your degree fits our requirements, you can check it here https://www.engc.org.uk/education-skills/course-search/accredited-course-search/

In addition to your qualification, we encourage applications from individuals who can operate autonomously, taking responsibility at early stages as well as being effective within diverse team situations.

You will be expected to share best practice and learnings with others to influence new ways of working and improve processes.

The Company

Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment and solutions serving multiple applications in the Energy, Industrial and Industrial Gas end markets. In March 2023 Chart Industries acquired the Howden Group, and the combined group is now represented in over 40 countries worldwide with over 11,700 employees. Our vision is to enable the vital processes of our customers and thereby promote a more sustainable world via our Nexus of Clean™ strategy. The combination of Chart and Howden furthers our global leadership position in process technologies with products and services in applications such as hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG to name a few.   Together with customer-focused service solutions including extensive service network and market leading digital diagnostics, we support our customer through the complete lifecycle of their assets.   At Chart we have a strong corporate identity and a clear purpose – you will be a member of our team shaping the future of the company and participating in helping our customers and the world tackling some of the planet’s most pressing issues.

For further information on our Company, locations and products please follow the link Cooler By Design® | Chart Industries

In return, we offer a fantastic range of benefits:

• A flexible and supportive work environment.
• A competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement package.
• Howden Pension Plan.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal – Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing.
• Group Life Assurance plan at 3x salary.
• Group Income Protection plan.
• Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives – STEM ambassador & volunteering.
• Dedicated Help@Hand Service – Free Counselling, Physiotherapy, financial support etc.
• Training & Development Opportunities.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay.