Senior Mechanical Engineer – Reading – Permanent (37.5 hours per week) – £55,000 - £70,000 per annum – SC Clearance or Willing to Undergo SC Clearance
Our client supports the Defence and Nuclear sectors by providing Mechanical Design expertise!
They are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to technical lead across projects, as well as ensuring delivery and leading/mentoring other engineers.
The ideal candidate will have worked in Nuclear/Defence or a safety critical industry before, and be excited about the developments in the Nuclear industry at the moment and want to make a difference!
Working Patterns: This role is based in Reading on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 3 days on site per week.
The Key Responsibilities of a Senior Mechanical Engineer:
* Lead Mechanical projects, covering small pieces of work to multi-million pound designs of facilities and equipment.
* Work across the full design lifecycle, including undertaking requirements capture, concept generation, development and down-selection.
* Lead the creation of optimal design solutions to address client requirements.
* Produce substantiation calculations and justifications to demonstrate design performance against requirements.
* Author and update technical documents.
* Manage your projects' delivery against time, cost and quality requirements.
* Support our quality assurance process through review or checking of colleagues’ work.
* Present your work to clients at formal reviews.
* Work within project teams, these may include placements at clients’ sites.
* Lead teams and mentor junior engineers.
Below is a list of Key Skills required for the Senior Mechanical Engineer role, however you will not be expected to have everything:
* Sound understanding of mechanical engineering principles and their application to varied projects and domains.
* Experience in a Mechanical Engineering position, leading projects/teams within a safety critical industry (ideally Nuclear or Defence).
* Chartership with a relevant engineering institution or be progressing towards obtaining this.
* Full design lifecycle experience.
* Familiarity with working to design codes and industry standards appropriate for a safety critical industry.
* Experience in the production of design documentation, including calculations, reports, specifications and requirements capture documents.
* Experience of leading teams to deliver mechanical engineering design projects.
Benefits:
* Pension up to 10% client contribution.
* Life assurance, income protection insurance and critical illness cover.
* Option to buy and sell holiday.
* Dental, health, medical, travel and gadget insurance.
* 24/7 Digital GP.
Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.
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You will be required to hold a minimum of SC Clearance. If you do not hold an active SC clearance, please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.
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