Senior Mechanical Engineer

Warrington

Staff / Contract

• Develop mechanical engineering deliverable programmes, work packages and strategies for Study delivery
• Production and support to task specifications for any external mechanical engineering requirements and the integration of those requirements into Study delivery.
• Development of Study scenario / optioneering lists
• Production and the checking of mechanical engineering deliverables and work packages (includes producing and checking of, but not limited to, reports / calculations etc) within Studies.
• Identifying and engaging with appropriate CoE’s/SME’s or any other specialist groups within SL in a timely manner to support study deliverable needs
• Ensure that governance and assurance is applied where necessary to mechanical deliverables.
• Ensure performance, reporting and planned actions are effectively managed and communicated.
• Provide, where required, Line manager duties for supervision and performance of the engineering teams
• Identifying any mechanical resource requirements to support their Study delivery requirements
• Ensure LFE and Best Practice are shared with other Study teams and are embedded in Study work
• Timely engagement with mechanical stakeholders
• Provide mechanical oversight for Study work packages within the Study worklist as required

• Suitable experience and track record in performing all of the above tasks in the role description
• An open mindset and experience of producing and developing optioneering / building scenarios within Studies
• Provision of engineering justification to underpin scenarios and allow informed preferred way forward selections to be made
• Effective Stakeholder Management and communication skills
• Proactive and being able to identify early and offer solutions to any issues that may arise within the mechanical Study delivery requirements
• Experience of leading a team, including guiding junior engineers, through deliverable production.
• Knowledge and use of CAD and Inventor would be useful to Studies
• Track record of delivering to time, cost and quality

Experience of the following would be valuable to the study team:

• Waste management techniques (handling, storage, treatment, transport)
• Management of special nuclear materials
• Value management
• Requirements management
• Waste Retrieval and active area POCO
• Active area decommissioning
• Spent Fuel Management (Transport and Storage)

Full Job Specification Available On Request

Security Clearance:

Due to the nature of work to be undertaken applicants will be required to meet certain residency criteria in order to attain a minimum level of UK security clearance if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level. 

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To apply forward your CV on this advertisement, if you have any queries about the role or would like a full job spec please contact matt on mfarrer@assystem.com

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