• Introduction

Our client supports the Defence and Nuclear sectors by providing Mechanical Design expertise!

They are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to provide technical support across facilities and equipment design projects.

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 is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week on site in Bristol or Hampshire.

Key responsibilities

• Support across 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.
• Support 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 projects’ delivery against time, cost and quality requirements.
• Support quality assurance process through review or checking of colleagues’ work.
• Present work to clients at formal reviews.
• Work within project teams, these may include placements at clients’ sites.

Skills & experience

• Experience in a Mechanical Engineering position with some design experience within a safety critical industry (ideally Nuclear or Defence).
• Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartership with a relevant engineering institution or an interest in progressing towards obtaining this.
• Sound understanding of mechanical engineering principles and their application to varied projects and domains.
• Creativity and experience across the design lifecycle including undertaking requirements capture, concept generation, development and down-selection.
• 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. Computer aided design experience.
• Experience of participating and presenting material at formal design reviews.

Additional 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.

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Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £40,000.00-£55,000.00 per year