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PA Consulting – Design, Engineering and Science Event - 7th November

Company: PA Consulting 

Location: Melbourn, Cambridge

Event: Tech & Engineering Event for the Design, Engineering and Science Programmes  

Event Date: 7th November 2024 – This is an invite only event and further details will be shared with you if you are selected to attend 

Event Timings: 2pm-5pm

 

PA Consulting is a consultancy firm like no other, they want to make a difference in the world and are passionate about powering a positive human future. Their driving purpose is using technology to allow society to progress further and faster.

There are around 4,000 people in PA. They are based around the globe with offices across the US, UK Netherlands and the Nordics. The firm is structured in a way that they have 23 capabilities across a wide range of technical areas, so their expertise is very varied. The firm has a lot of people who have worked for many years in industry and now have come to work at PA. They bring inside experience which enables them to provide better, more informed, solutions to their clients.

Our Design, Engineering and Science capability are based in our Global Technology and Innovation Centre (GITC) in Melbourn, Cambridge. If you want a balance of technology, commercial and real-world applications, coupled with an opportunity to work across a broad range of industry sectors, then this might be what you have been looking for.

What to expect at the event? 

  • Key Speaker from PA Consulting
    • Kick off the session with one of our senior colleagues sharing their experiences of working at PA and why working in the GITC is the place to be!
  • Panel Event with PA Consulting’s networks and graduates
    • An opportunity to hear from our current graduates and ask any burning questions you might have
    • Our panel will share details of exciting projects and what life is like within the GITC
  • Application Process Discussion
    • Some hints and tips on how to stand out
  • Networking
    • The opportunity to meet lots of different people across the GITC
  • Tours
    • Join us on one of our tours of the GITC and see for yourself why it’s an exciting place to work!

The roles you will learn about and will be available to apply for following the event:

  • Graduate Electronics Engineering Consultant – Our electronic engineers have expertise in creating electronic systems and are constantly learning about their craft and broadening their knowledge, working alongside colleagues who all have a passion for using what they know, every day. We work across the development process, from design, simulation and prototyping through, test and transfer to volume manufacture.
  • Graduate Software Engineer – Within the Software and Control team, we design and build software for real products and devices – some of the most innovative and life-changing imaginable. We love a challenge and the ability to use our technical know-how and innovative thinking to find the best answers.
  • Graduate Mechanical Engineer – The opportunity to experience all phases of development, from conceptualisation and theoretical design to hands-on building/prototyping and testing in their workshops. From assembling prototype test rigs to prove a new process is possible to developing food safe material that can survive being submerged.
  • Graduate Applied Physicist – Our Applied Physicist help clients understand, contextualise and mature science from paper to real world products and capabilities. From creating of radio receivers to cell and gene therapy.
  • Graduate Applied Scientist- Chemical Engineer/ Chemistry – Our chemical engineers/chemists work within our Applied Science team to help bridge the gap between science and engineering, focusing on engineering fundamentals to help scale up product and process innovations, and therefore making science real.

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Who can apply? 

Please ensure that you have not previously applied for an opportunity with PA Consulting as this could impact your application.

PA Consulting welcomes interest from graduates for their Autumn 2025 intake and those currently studying on an undergraduate course (graduating 2026) for their Summer 2025 internship and industrial placement intakes.

This event is ideally seeking candidates from the below degree backgrounds and those that fit the following criteria:

  • Electronic Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or any other relevant degree backgrounds.
  • Must have achieved or be on track to receive a minimum 2:2 grade in your degree discipline.
  • Full unrestricted right to work in the UK.

Application Process 

  • Candidates will be required to undergo a pre-interview test with Sanctuary Graduates as part of the application process. This is a fantastic opportunity for PA Consulting to get to know more about you as a person, as well as understand your motivation to apply for this exciting event.
  • After the screening process if successful you will receive an email invitation to the event with a full timeline and itinerary for the day.

Why apply? 

  • An opportunity to find out about a career focused on Technology or Engineering for the Design, Engineering and Science programmes within PA Consulting.
  • Find out about the application process and skills sessions on how to apply.
  • Q&A panel to answer all your questions.
  • Career insights and discussions.
  • Networking with PA Consulting Partners, hiring managers and recent graduate trainees.
  • PA are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of their people.
  • Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives

This is an invite only event and further details will be shared with you if you are selected to attend.

Fill out your details below to apply, it is quick and easy to submit an application. Sanctuary Graduates will support you through the process!