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FTT on hunt for graduate engineers in UK recruitment drive
American company offers bright prospects for engineering graduates
Derby, 6 October, 2014: After only opening its office in Derby in Nov (2013), FTT (UK) Ltd is already
looking to recruit the UK’s brightest engineering graduates. FTT (UK) Ltd is a subsidiary of USA based
Florida Turbine Technologies Inc.
The international turbo machinery company will be exhibiting at The Graduate Engineer & Science
Show on Wednesday 29th October at Derby’s Roundhouse where around 1,500 engineering and
science students from across the country will consider career opportunities with some of the UK’s,
and even the world’s, most respected engineering businesses.
FTT will attend for the day to promote opportunities at its Derby office where the company focusses
on all aspects of gas turbine component development including design, analysis, fabrication,
assembly and testing. Although, as the team will explain, graduates joining the business can also
expect to have the opportunity to travel to its offices in Florida, USA or Wildau, Germany.
Robert Ress, FTT Chief Engineer, said: “FTT is a relatively small company – we employ just over 200
people worldwide - which means graduates can experience a wide range of engineering disciplines
right from day one. This really helps to broaden their knowledge, perhaps beyond that which they
might have studied as part of their degree. This proves a technically challenging work environment
with excellent opportunities for personal and career growth.
FTT plans to triple its UK workforce over the next three years and is particularly interested in talking
to students studying ‘Design & Structures Engineering’ as well as ‘Manufacturing Engineering’ and
asks for a minimum 2.2 degree classification.
“The Graduate Engineer & Science Show is particularly timely for us and its location is certainly a
bonus, given that we set up our first UK office in Derby within the last year. The FTT team is looking
forward to meeting engineering students at the Show and talking to them about the prospects of
working with us and, hopefully welcoming some of them onboard in 2015,” added Robert.
FTT’s UK base will be responsible for procuring between £3 and £5 million a year of highlyengineered hardware from the UK supply chain and the company is keen to work in partnership with
the University of Derby.
Engineering students interested in applying for careers at FTT can either talk to the team on stand
OR14 at The Graduate Engineer & Science Show on Wednesday 29th October at Derby’s
Roundhouse, visit www.fttinc.com or post their CV to hr@fttinc.com
www.thegraduateengineershow.co.uk
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Notes to editors
FTT (UK) Ltd is a growing, world class turbomachinery company specialising in engineering,
developing and testing of turbines and other components for military and commercial aircraft, space
propulsion and other industries including power stations.
The company employs 200 engineers and technicians at its bases in Jupiter, Florida USA, Wildau,
Germany and Derby, England. Its workforce has over 4,000 combined years of aero engine (military
and commercial), industrial and space turbomachinery experience.