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Grad Central is a specialist graduate recruitment consultancy that focuses solely on the West Midlands region. By devoting our attention to this special part of the country, we have been able to build relationships with businesses throughout the region and can offer graduate engineering jobs across a large range of engineering disciplines.

Grad Central’s graduate engineering recruitment team are experienced in matching the skills, talents and career aspirations of engineering graduates from all areas of the country to the needs of employers in the West Midlands area. Our graduate engineering jobs are offered throughout the region and include job vacancies for:


Engineering graduates in the West Midlands

The West Midlands area is home to some of the largest engineering companies in the country, and also home to some great inventions; cotton wool, the LCD screen, spark plugs, stamps and jet engines were all invented in our region, making it the ideal place in which to launch your engineering career.

The region has a very strong engineering and manufacturing heritage, not only being host to Ironbridge, the birthplace of industry, but the Black Country which gets its name from the dominance of manufacturing industry in the area. There are many large engineering based companies across the region including; GKN, Lucas, JCB, Delcam, Jaguar Landrover and LDV. The West Midlands also has thousands of smaller engineering companies, many producing components for the regions major car manufacturers.

Engineering is an exciting field, applying problem solving skills and theoretical solutions to a variety of practical situations to better people’s lives and improve society as a whole. Engineering graduates will be expected to have a firm grasp of their chosen discipline and will be expected to be able to apply their knowledge to common situations. As your abilities and your knowledge flourishes you’ll be given more responsibility and bigger projects to work on. Many employers will fully support your professional growth, and may assist you in achieving further relevant qualifications.


Read about some of the talented graduates that we have placed on our case studies page.

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Stoke on Trent, Sector: Engineering
Reference: BBGCVH
Description: We are looking for a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to come and join our team based in Stoke on Trent. We are a well established engineering company who are responsible for a number of innovations and ...

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Stoke on Trent, Sector: Engineering
Reference: BBGCMS739
Description: We are looking to recruit a graduate to join our client's busy manufacturing team - preferably with a material science, process engineering or general engineering degree. The role will initially i...

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Worcestershire, Sector: Various
Reference: BBGCZL658A
Description: A company specialising in the manufacture of machinery protection systems are currently looking to recruit a new member for their sales team. Based in Worcestershire, the company require a successful ...

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Birmingham, Sector: Engineering
Reference: BBGCMG493c
Description: This is an exciting opportunity for a graduate to join an embedded software development and electronics design consultancy in Birmingham as a Hardware Design Engineer. The company successfully deliver...

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Telford, Sector: Various
Reference: BBGCKG509
Description: An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative Software Engineer to join an award winning manufacturing company, in order to support them in developing their product software. The company specia...

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Telford, Sector: Various
Reference: BBGCKG672
Description: A company specialising in providing engineering equipment and machinery to industries operating across the World are currently looking to recruit a new member for their team in Telford, Shropshire. Th...

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Job type: Permanent Full Time, Location: Birmingham, Sector: Engineering
Reference: BBGCVH627
Description: Job reference: BBGCVH627 Location: Birmingham Salary: circa £35,000 + company pension+ car allowance+ flexible working arrangements Job type: Full-time permanent Sector: Engineering This is a ...

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