The City Recruiter are recruiting for experienced Senior Mechanical Engineers to embark on a 5 to 10-year hybrid contract journey with our client. We are seeking visionary professionals who will lead in the delivery of engineering and technical excellence through their expertise, experience, and innovative approach.

This role is offered on a hybrid basis, with 2 days spent working in the Warrington or Cumbria office and 3 days working from home. This position plays a pivotal role in bolstering various sectors within the United Kingdom, including nuclear decommissioning, power generation, new construction, and defence. Its significance lies in providing essential support to these key industries, ensuring their growth, sustainability, and security. In this role, you will actively contribute to the advancement and prosperity of the UK’s nuclear and defence sectors while also contributing to the nation’s energy needs and infrastructure development.

Key Responsibilities:

We’re looking for an experienced engineer working with a high level of developed knowledge in a specialist subject area. The role is directly accountable for designs, developments and determines solutions to problems and issues within a specialist subject area.

Able to work on a range of engineering problems involving high levels of complexity and uncertainty.

Provide help and direction to less experienced team members to support both their effective working and their development.

The role must be fully aware of and adhere to Heath and Safety standards and be fully familiar with all authorised documentation, Good Practice Guides and ISO standards.

1. Promote effective co-operation across Engineering and other functional teams
2. Assist in effective management of the customers, including liaison and relationship development with existing and new customers, to aid the development of business, resolution of technical and delivery issues, and such that the customer is fully briefed and informed of progress.
3. Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
4. Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities
5. Contribute to Project Safety Assessment process
6. Ensure task and project risks are communicated and managed appropriately
7. Produce, review and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned
8. Assessing the implications of changes, concessions and queries
9. Maintaining the engineering configuration, ensuring the overall design intent and integrity is maintained throughout design lifecycle
10. Evaluate technical issues in order to develop proposals for investigations and/or solutions, including process improvements
11. Provide support to the Project Manager for the planning, control and delivery of tasks and projects
12. Make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority
13. Act as Technical Authority or Engineering Lead when authorised to do so
14. Ensure application of highest standards for health and safety in immediate area of responsibility and ensure all team members across engineering co-operate with respect to company standards about matters on heath, safety and environment, ethics and behaviours.
15. Keep up to date in relevant technical areas and develop skills and capabilities to be able to provide effective delivery. Maintain knowledge of Industry best practice, promote a culture of engineering best practice, support in driving cultural development and change
16. Contribute to learning from experience (LfE). Requirement, during and post project
17. Support business development opportunities
18. Exercise care for own health and safety and that of others as defined by Health and Safety legislation, adhere to endorsed Company policy, procedures, and delegations (e.g Health & Safety, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance & Development Reviews and Finance etc.) Ensure application of highest standards for health and safety in immediate area of responsibility and ensure individual co – operation with respect to company standards about matters on health, safety and environment, ethics and behaviours.
19. Support the business winning process through input into or review of tender requirements, including estimates.

Experience/Qualifications/Skills:

Essential:

• Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.
• Experience in working collaboratively in multi discipline teams to deliver activities on a range of project types
• Demonstrable experience in covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities
• Good communication skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines

Desirable:

• Member of relevant institute or significant demonstrate able engineering experience and capable of registration with the Engineering Council
• Experience in managing engineering scope for Projects from concept design to full Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
• Chartered Engineer status (or actively working towards Chartered status)
• Breadth and depth of experience in a range of commercial or defence projects.