Senior Mechanical Engineer

2 weeks ago

Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Datasource Recruitment Full time

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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