Mechanical Engineering Manager

Our client are a large consultancy who are working on exciting new projects within their Nuclear/Marine sector.

They are on the lookout for skilled Mechanical Design Engineers who have a strong design background and can provide technical leadership to the Mechanical Design team.

Ideally you would need experience with software such as Mathcad, AutoCAD, Autodesk or similar.

This is a remote role with occasional travel to Plymouth (1 or 2 days per month)

• Managing the delivery of various mechanical engineering work packages.
• Ensuring all aspects are managed such as scope, quality, schedule and to cost.
• Managing technical elements, from identifying requirements through to handover.
• Providing technical responses and giving clear and concise advice on design packages, essentially becoming the subject matter expert.
• Liaising with the Project Manager to ensure the design covers scope, and to agreed standards.
• Identifying key factors and leading the technical planning process.
• Ensuring all documentation is updated appropriately.
• Ensure that staff and contractors are familiar with the hazards and risks associated with the work undertaken by the delegated engineering team.
• Producing fabrication drawings and check they are compliant to i.e BS8888 standards.
• Provide expert advice to the other mechanical engineers and various disciplines to enable them to develop the design.

• A degree in an appropriate engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer, registered with Engineering Council or working towards Chartership.
• Nuclear Introductory Course or equivalent nuclear and/or marine system knowledge preferred.
• Alternatively, experience in other safety critical plant/process design would be considered.
• Design of mechanical and nuclear process / plant systems e.g. fresh water, demineralised water, radioactive effluent processing etc.
• Experience of the Functional Safety implications of process / plant design, and design of safety systems.
• Experience of substantiation of process equipment for justification of Safety Functions (Nuclear preferred).
• Experience in producing and checking a wide range of engineering reports and supporting more junior engineers in these activities.
• Able to effectively communicate and represent the mechanical discipline in, multi-level, stakeholder reviews.
• Able to produce and check plant Process Descriptions.
• Sound project specification, planning, project management and budgeting experience.
• Sound understanding of Company and departmental procedures relating to Design, Health and Safety and Quality requirements, and ability to manage projects in accordance with these procedures.
• Experience of the design support to construction, operation, refit/repair of conventional and nuclear submarines and/or facilities or Experience of the design and support of Hydrocarbon/Chemical process/plant systems.
• Knowledge of seismic analysis.
• Software: Mathcad, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor (or equivalent), MS Office.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Please note that the client has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and therefore this contract will be run through an Umbrella Company. Income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

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