Mechanical RE

TN United Kingdom; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Mechanical RE, where you will lead a talented team of engineers in delivering innovative projects at one of the UK's most complex industrial sites. This role offers the chance to influence engineering, safety, and delivery solutions while working on critical projects like the Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store. With a strong focus on professional development, work-life balance, and community engagement, this position is perfect for those passionate about engineering and eager to take on new challenges in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Free single medical cover

Digital GP service

Enhanced parental leave pay

Employee assistance programs

Professional development reimbursement

Paid volunteering time

Charitable donations matching

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Engineer with 8+ years in project design.
• Experience in leading teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver projects on time, cost, and quality.
• Collaborate with disciplines to resolve interface issues.

Skills

Project Design

Team Leadership

Risk Management

Mechanical Engineering

Mentoring

Education

Chartered Engineer Qualification

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Jacobs Nuclear is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the Programme and Project Partners (PPP). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver £7bn of major projects. We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.

Being part of the PPP Team offers a unique opportunity to drive change and innovation in engineering, safety and delivery solutions in one of the most complex industrial sites in the UK if not the world. We are looking for people who are passionate about developing themselves and in meeting new challenges.

Sellafield’s second Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store (BEPPS2), is being delivered by PPP, and supports Sellafield’s mission to reduce the hazard associated with the storage of waste within legacy facilities. BEPPS2 is a mechanical handling storage facility which will provide additional storage capacity for waste packages arising from the site’s retrievals and remediation programmes. The project is currently in the detailed design phase, with the detailed design assurance review scheduled for June 2025.

We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical RE to lead a team of Engineers in the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality.

Responsibilities will include:

• To lead a team of discipline engineers in the implementation and delivery of specified functional work that achieves safety, functional, legislative and business requirements.
• To set the assurance strategy ensuring correct stakeholder buy in at the correct time including all required design reviews, assistance reviews and any other assurance activities.
• To carry out effective and proportionate risk management and assurance activities including to call functional engineering or design capability reviews, especially in relation to design changes which carry significant financial, technical, design or programme risk.
• To collaborate with the other disciplines and the construction team in finding solutions to interface issues and making appropriate compromises for the benefit of project delivery.
• To lead a range of suppliers to ensure outsourced design can be fully integrated with all the systems.
• To ensure that SQEP competent resources are used to prepare, check and approve design work packages.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Qualified Chartered Engineer
• At least 8 years of experience in relevant Project design work
• Experience of detailed design phase and manufacturing design phase
• Experience in leading a team and mentoring junior engineers