Job Description
Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for Senior Mechanical Engineers with a background in the a highly regulated sector to be engaged on a permanent basis in the Reading area with hybrid working. \nAs a Senior Mechanical Engineer you will take the lead delivering a wide variety of projects, ranging from niche consultancy to large, high-profile programmes. By taking a prominent role within our diverse portfolio of defence projects, you can take pride in the impact your contribution will make to safeguarding our nation.
\nYour purpose:\n\nLead the creation of optimal design solutions to address client requirements.\nProduce substantiation calculations to demonstrate designs will perform as required.\nAuthor and update technical documents.\nManage your projects' delivery against Time, Cost and Quality requirements.\nSupport our QA process through review or checking colleagues' work.\nPresent your work to the client at formal reviews.\nWork within project teams, these may include placements at clients' sites.\nWhat you can bring:\n\nDegree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.\nChartership with a relevant engineering institution or be progressing towards obtaining this.\nSound understanding of mechanical engineering principles and their application to varied projects and domains.\nCreativity and experience across the design lifecycle including undertaking requirements capture, concept generation, development and down-selection.\nFamiliarity with working to design codes and industry standards appropriate for a safety critical industry.\nExperience in the production of design documentation, including calculations,reports, specifications and requirements capture documents.\nComputer aided design experience.\nExperience of participating and presenting material at formal design reviews.\nExperience of leading teams to deliver mechanical engineering design projects.\nExperience working in the nuclear or other safety critical industry.For more information on this role or to register your interest for future job updates, please visit \n\nWhy We're Different: Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.\n\nSmarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge.\n\nWe develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them! We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear.
We do all of Nuclear.\n\nPowering a Diverse Nuclear Future: As an equal opportunities business, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities