Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Apply locations Reading area time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: January 10, 2025 (25 days left to apply) job requisition id R26464
If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.
AWE is currently looking for Senior Mechanical Design Engineers. The successful candidates will directly contribute to the unique and extraordinary challenges of the Technology Centre, delivering the design and development of equipment for our world-leading test facilities and the experiments conducted with them.
Package: £47,690 - £60,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role
The Test and Trials Technology Centre design, build, test and substantiate the safety and effectiveness of the UK’s nuclear deterrent maintaining the Continuous At Sea Deterrent through pioneering science and computational methods. The successful candidates will directly contribute to the design and development of facility systems and equipment required for experiments.
Ideal Candidates will have the following skills, experience, and behaviours:
* All aspects of delivery – contributing to the conceptual design, detail design, manufacture, assembly, and test of equipment.
* Lead and deliver to the production and delivery of technical documents, reports, and presentations including specifications, design reviews, operational documents, and validation evidence for the engineering solutions.
* Identifying and driving opportunities for cost savings, efficiency, and business improvement.
* Management and support of Engineers in scoping, planning, and estimating future activities.
* Championing development of current and new technologies or capabilities.
Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some design experience of complex machinery – Ideally supported by extensive experience working with combinations of:
* Optical systems.
* Vacuum systems.
* Pressure vessels.
* Shaker tables.
* Centrifuges.
* FEA (Finite Element Analysis).
* PLM (Product Lifecycle Management).
* Rig’s & fixtures.
Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.
You’ll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.
Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:
* In addition, 208 hours of holiday each year (equal to at least 25 days leave) plus Bank Holidays.
* AWE Global Mobility Package
* Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
* Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
* Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
* Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
* Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
* Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
* Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
Important things you need to know:
* You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
* We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
* Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.
Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.
About AWE
If you’re looking for a role with excitement, intrigue and something that really makes a difference then now is the time to join AWE. We are at the start of a once in a generation – possibly two generations – programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We will do this while continuing to deliver the Trident programme as well as managing ambitious state-of-the-art capital and construction projects – some of which have never been done before.
Can’t find a role today?
We don’t want to lose you. You can:
* Introduce yourself to us using the link on the top right hand side of this page.
* Sign up to job alerts ; Create an account using the sign in link at the top of the page and select job alerts at the top of the page once you have signed in.
Service Leavers, Veterans and Reservists
To register your interest in our Apprentice, Graduate and undergraduate, please visit Early Careers.
#J-18808-Ljbffr