Primary Engineer

🚀 We’re Hiring: Head of Creative Marketing!

Are you a creative, confident, self-motivated leader ready for a purpose-led challenge? Primary Engineer is looking for a Head of Creative Marketing to join our Senior Management Team.

You'll be leading our fantastic Marketing team which plays a key role within the business, creating the bridge between our activities in schools with the industries we represent through the products we create.

This isn't just a management role—it’s an opportunity to shape the creative strategy of a leading not-for-profit. From launching new products to overseeing in-house content creation, you will ensure our brand is as innovative as the engineering we promote.

If you want to work for a value led business who change lives through STEM & Engineering engagement, and you think you’re a good fit, then we want to hear from you!

Read more about the role here: https://www.primaryengineer.com/join-the-team/

Submit your CV with a covering letter by 31st January 2026 to [email protected]

Festive Break Notice 🎄

The Primary Engineer team is taking a well-deserved break to recharge our batteries! Our offices will be closed starting Monday 22nd December, and we will reopen on Monday 5th January.

Thank you to all the teachers, engineers, and partners who have worked with us this year to inspire the next generation.

We look forward to seeing you in 2026!

Our final training day of the year - thank you Birmingham!

We were with Bentley Systems on Wednesday in Birmingham as we delivered training for the Primary Engineer Rail Programme - our final training day before the new year!

Bentley are helping us bring engineering into the classroom have their engineers have volunteered to support the teachers in the classroom, bringing that real work experience while acting as role models to the pupils.

Massive thank you to Susie and the team at Bentley for their support, we can't wait to see what rail models the pupils come up with!

A community coming together to inspire the next generation!

On Monday we were in Derby to deliver training for our Primary Engineer Rail Programme with Rail Forum.

Their community has come together to help bring rail engineering into classrooms. Angel Trains, Wabtec UK, DB ESG and Loram UK Ltd have all provided funding in order for us to deliver the programme to 12 schools across Derby - meaning that over 700 pupils will have a hands on experience building their own rail models!

Massive congratulations to the teachers for completing the training, and thank you to the engineers who will support them during the programme ⭐

Inspiring teachers with Renewables!💨

We were on the west coast of Scotland last week with SSE Renewables to deliver our Primary Engineer Construction Programme training to teachers from across South Lanarkshire.

SSE Renewables have funded with us for 3 years in South Lanarkshire to bring engineering into classrooms across the region and tell the pupils and teachers all about the Clyde Windfarm Project.

After this 60 pupils in each school will work in pairs to build their own models before putting their engineering skills to the test!
You can learn more about the Primary Engineer Construction Programme here: https://www.primaryengineer.com/primary-engineer.../

Building the future, on engineer at a time! 💡

We were with Rolls-Royce and a group of teachers in Glasgow last week for an on-site training day for the Primary Engineer Vehicle Programme.

These amazing teachers will be bringing their new skills into the classroom to teach 30 Lower and 30 Upper Primary pupils how to build their own vehicle models.

Massive thanks to the engineers from Rolls-Royce who have volunteered to support these teachers and act as role models to the pupils!

You can learn more about the programme here >> https://www.primaryengineer.com/primary-engineer-vehicles-programme/

We kickstarted December with another engineer interview, this time with the wonderful Dr Vincent Giampietro, a Neuroscientist (a brain engineer) from King's College London! 🧠

We found out how Vincent and his team tries to understand how the brain works, how and why it can go wrong and how using machines like an MRI scanner can help with research and seeing what's happening.

Huge thank you to all the pupils who joined us!

We can’t wait to see your pupils’ annotated drawings of how their ideas would work and to read their letters explaining why their design should be built. Every child receives a personalised certificate with feedback from a professional engineer, so make sure to send us your entries once they’re complete!

👉 Not yet signed up? There’s still time to join this year’s Leaders Award competition. Register your school today https://leadersaward.com/ and give your pupils the amazing opportunity to take part!

💡Inspiring educators in Yorkshire with Siemens Mobility! 💡

Last week the team delivered training to teachers in York for our Primary Engineer Rail Programme thanks to the funding from Siemens Mobility.

In this hands on training they learnt to build two types of Rail Models which they will now take back into the classroom to teach pupils form Key Stag 1 and Key Stage 2. Massive thanks to the engineers who supported the training and will continue to support our teachers!

We can't wait to see what incredible designs the pupils come up with!

Career Alert! 🚨 Want to change lives through STEM?

We are hiring for:
⭐ Customer Service Co-Ordinator
⭐ Engineer Relationship Manager
⭐ Personal Assistant to the directors
⭐ Regional Head of Partnerships

If you're passionate about the future careers of young people, check out these roles and apply today!

Full role details: https://www.primaryengineer.com/join-the-team/

Apply to: [email protected] (with your CV and covering letter!)

A huge thank you to James May, an ex-LEGO designer, for joining us for our live Engineer Interview this morning!

We learnt about James’ journey from childhood Lego enthusiast to professional toy designer, his experiences working at Lego and some insight into his current role at Polydron, a UK-based educational toy company.

We had a huge number of teachers and pupils from around the UK tune in and ask the questions that they really wanted to know such as the technical and creative processes involved in designing Lego sets and educational toys.

We can’t wait to see your pupils’ annotated drawings and letters explaining their ideas and designs. Every child receives a personalised certificate with feedback from a professional engineer, so don’t forget to send in your entries once they’re ready!

👉 Not yet signed up? There’s still time to join this year’s competition. Register your school today and give your pupils the amazing opportunity to take part! https://leadersaward.com/

🎉Congratulations to our 2025 Primary Engineer MacRobert Medallists. 🎉

Today we were joined by over 200 people at The Drapers Hall in London to celebrate 9 incredible prototypes. These were designed by pupils, built by early years engineers and students, and will truly go on to change the world.

Here are our Official Medallists.

🟤Bronze - Heat Sensor, AVEVA
🟤Bronze - Focus Band, Thales Glasgow
🟤Bronze - Jump Charge, Thales Glasgow
⚪Silver - 4 Bin Swooper, University of Southampton
⚪Silver - Attaching Suitcase , Civil Aviation Authority
⚪Silver - I CAN Swing, Thales Belfast
⚪Silver - Hummingbird 3000, Thales Crawley
🟡Gold - Rainbow Glasses, Thales Cheadle
🟡Gold - The Bench Bed, University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The Commendation Award, which goes to the prototype that won our Public Vote, was won by Malachy for his 'I CAN Swing' invention.

You will get to hear all the stories in the coming days, but for now congratulations to all our Medallists!