egger is one of the leading manufacturers of wood based panels in europe producing a wide range of innovative solutions in the uk weve recently seen an exciting period of growth having benefited from one of the largest business investments ever in the north east our hexham site has undergone significant redevelopment and is now one of the most technologically advanced in europe our comprehensive product spectrum serves the furniture and interior design wood construction and flooring industries as graduate trainee engineer energy efficiency reporting to the energy plant manager your key responsibility will be to optimise boiler and heat network efficiency tasked with developing a model for the complete heat balance system youll identify potential within the system to improve the plants thermal performance in addition to further analysing sitewide electrical power consumption to identify savings where possible other elements of the role will include helping to administer carbon schemes a review and analysis to develop an energy best practice approach and strategy ensuring site environmental controls are implemented and maintained whilst completing ad hoc projects there will also be the opportunity to communicate and cooperate on a regular basis with other group personnel across europe and russia the role requires a degree in mechanical engineering or renewable energy technologies and the aptitude to grasp production processes and engineering concepts your knowledge will cover modelling sensors and control systems the environmental aspects of combustion and energy use boiler equipment fuels and combustion processes youll also need intermediate standard it skills including competence with the microsoft office suite along with knowledge of health safety and environmental rules good written and verbal skills will match your keen attention to detail and accuracy which are really important some knowledge of the german language would be an advantage but not essential this is a great career development role with a market leader undergoing a sustained period of growth and technical development if this describes you and your aspirations then to apply please click on the button below