Required Skills
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Design
Design Codes & Industry Standards
Substantiation Calculations
Nuclear Engineering
Chartered Engineer
Mechanical Systems Design
Job Summary
Our Client, a leading Design & Engineering consultancy, is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their team in Silchester & Reading.
You’ll lead a range of projects, from niche consultancy to large, high-profile programs, including aircraft electrification and critical equipment design for the UK's Continuous at Sea Deterrent. This role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative environment where every voice is valued.
The position offers flexible and remote working policies designed to support your work-life balance.
Experience
- Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Chartership with a relevant engineering institution or be 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.
- Experience of leading teams to deliver mechanical engineering design projects.
- Experience working in the nuclear or other safety critical industry.
Job Responsibilities
- 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 their quality assurance process through review or checking of colleagues’ work.
- Present your work to their clients at formal reviews.
- Work within project teams, these may include placements at clients’ sites.