Mechanical Engineer

As part of the team, you will gain the experience required to develop your skills and responsibilities for delivering and planning engineering tasks of increasing size /as your career progresses. The area of Engineering and Licensing (in particular, Licensing Assessment/Applications and Hand Calculations) is treated as a part of the formal design process and is also vital for achieving regulatory acceptance for our customers.

• You will interface with other engineering disciplines, project managers, production engineers, inspectors, nuclear safety and engineering analysis specialists.
• You will adhere to both NUVIA and client governance processes and deliver to these accordingly.
• The portfolio of projects has many waste packages in the manufacturing phase or which have been recently manufactured, therefore you get to see your hard work come to life!
• In addition, NUVIA can offer exposure and the opportunity to contribute to projects within other areas of the nuclear industry including decommissioning, new build, energy innovation and the MOD.

Position of the Specialist within the organisation:

• Reporting to Senior/Principal Engineers Specialists / Container Approvals Manager.
• Opportunities to develop towards managing a team of designers and / or design engineers.
• Interaction with engineers/QA of other areas in the business
• External Stakeholder engagement through the delivery process
• Supervises NUVIA support staff in delivery of work packages.

Occupational Skills and Knowledge:

Essential

• Mechanical Engineering (or similar) Degree, HNC/HND.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Use of CAD systems (e.g. Autodesk Inventor) for production of 3D models and 2D drawings.
• 1 year design experience.
• 2 years’ experience post education.
• Ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
• A strong team player.

Desirable

• Experience of design within a highly regulated industry.
• Manufacturing / detail design experience.
• Small design team management/supervision.
• A full UK driving licence.
• Knowledge of Nuclear Transport Regulations or other highly regulated industry.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver project work as a Mechanical Engineer, working towards a specialist in the field of engineering nuclear waste packages & the licensing of these packages.
• Interface with other engineering disciplines, project managers, production engineers, inspectors, nuclear safety and engineering analysis specialists.
• Adhere to both NUVIA and client governance processes and deliver to these accordingly.