Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Introduction

Job Description for Mechanical Design Engineer:

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you’ll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you’ll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish — allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You’ll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will deliver engineering design packages to the required time, cost and quality. The Mechanical design engineer will support the senior / lead engineer in meeting the Preston engineering team deliverables as set out in the Preston Facility work schedule.

Role Responsibility

Main responsibilities for Mechanical Design Engineer:

• Provide design services to internal/external customers.
• Production of design deliverables (e.g. drawings, reports, schedules and calculations) to agreed standards of safety, cost, quality and time.
• Contribute to the economic design of systems and equipment.
• Provide advice and guidance on issues appropriate to his/her discipline.
• Actively participate in the development and application of appropriate technical and managerial processes and systems in his/her work area.
• Identify major technical uncertainties and refer them with potential solutions for decision by higher authority.
• Comply with all legislative, regulatory and company policy standards and processes applicable to the role.
• Experienced In the use of CAD packages such as AutoCAD to produce 2D and 3D drawings.
• Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office packages. Including Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Support management of drawing control and Site requirements enabling release of existing employee to other projects.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Mechanical Design Engineer:

• Graduate (min 2:2) in relevant engineering discipline with demonstrable design experience OR lower professional qualification e.g. BTEC( typically gained through apprenticeship) with demonstrable engineering experience.
• Familiar with the application of engineering theory in relevant discipline.
• Working knowledge of national and international codes, specifications and standards.
• Familiar with engineering design stages and processes (design reviews, HAZOPs).
• Familiar with drawing practice in relevant discipline.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Mechanical Design Engineer:

• Working towards Incorporated engineer status preferred.
• Nuclear design experience.

About the Company

Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.

Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.

Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.

We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

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