Mechanical Design Engineer

Our client is one of the most complex and compact nuclear sites in the world, spanning the entire history of the UK's civil nuclear industry. They deliver nuclear decommissioning, waste management and commercial operations. An opportunity has now arisen for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Sellafield, Cumbria
£35,467 - £52,118 DOE Plus Bonus Scheme, Benefits Package

Our client is one of the most complex and compact nuclear sites in the world, spanning the entire history of the UK's civil nuclear industry. They deliver nuclear decommissioning, waste management and commercial operations. An opportunity has now arisen for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team.

In this role you will be responsible for designing new plant and equipment based at the company's Sellafield site. Thinking beyond the rigid confines of repetitive design, you will provide innovative solutions to the exacting demand of mechanical engineering within the nuclear industry.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer your duties will include:

- Providing key design authority support to assure the safety and quality of design solutions
- Leading design teams in the provision of new facilities
- Working closely with external contractors, and supervising and delivering core design activities

This role requires someone who is able to employ innovative new technologies and solutions to unique challenges, working on a range of areas including the design of special purpose and high integrity plant, remote handling equipment, containment facilities and the safe movement of nuclear materials.

To be considered for this position, you must be an experienced engineer with:

- A qualification in mechanical engineering
- Professional Engineering Status (or be working towards obtaining it)
- Lateral thinking skills

Whilst not essential, a mechanical engineering background gained within a nuclear, chemical or heavy industrial environment would be beneficial to your application.

To apply for the role of Mechanical Design Engineer, please simply send your CV and a covering letter via the button shown. If your skills and experience meet with any of our client's requirements and/or needs, we will provide our clients with your full details so that they can consider whether you may be suitable for the vacancy advertised. Your details, as submitted by you, will only be used in conjunction with this vacancy. By submitting your CV and cover letter to us, you give express consent to us using your details for this purpose.

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