LFW: Mechanical (design) Engineer, London

[s3kev]

Hello all, i am a recent university graduate, qualified with a 2:1 in mechanical engineering. I am 30 years old and so was a mature student.

Since graduating i have been on the job hunt and it seems that every position is for someone with a few years experience.

Ideally i would like to be in design development, but also excel in testing and analysis, and have won awards for my product innovation.

It seems that i am maybe too old(?) for most of the graduate positions out there, as the only replies i have received are from non-graduate program jobs.

Before university i have worked in the classic car industry, selling vintage car tyres, and before that in retail management. So i would have thought that i have a lot to offer a company.

I would be grateful for any advise or please feel free to send offers of jobs my way!!

Thanks

Kevin

[justinbaker]

Kev,

Get designing, and sourcing all the parts to set up manufacturing wire wheels for the clasic car industry. Not the usual MWS stuff, or dunlops shipped in from India. but Make Borrani style wheels that are then affordable for all the Classic owners out there who are running centre locks.

Offer centre laced pretty wheels not just in chrome!

I think there might be a big market for this. combined with spending some time in the industry you may do quite well.

Edited by justinbaker on Thursday 31st July 14:09

[s3kev]

Thanks for the advise but the company i used to work for "Longstone tyres" just became the UK's distributor for Borrani, I'm not sure they'd be too impressed if i went into direct competition!

[justinbaker]

Sorry to be blunt - but your not an employee of Longstone now. Whatever deal has been done - make these affordable for the masses (masses being ordinary folk, with Austin-MG, english made std. 42mm hub stuff, 52mm even to include Jaguar and dare I say it Aston DB-S).

Pretty, well made wheels need not come from the "microsofts of W.W. industry".

Go for it!