Senior HVAC Engineer

First Recruitment Group; Noordwes; Hybrid; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior HVAC Engineer to join their dynamic team on a contract or permanent basis. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on multi-disciplined ventilation projects within the nuclear sector. As a Senior Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing ventilation systems, ensuring safety and compliance throughout the project lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team, guiding the production of detailed engineering documentation and calculations. If you have a passion for engineering and a desire to contribute to significant projects in a regulated environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make an impact.

Qualifications

• 1 year experience in Nuclear Ventilation Systems engineering within the last 3 years.
• Experience in regulated systems and engineering judgement.

Responsibilities

• Support design through all project phases and deliver ventilation work scope.
• Guide Designers in production of detailed drawings and technical documentation.

Skills

Nuclear Ventilation Systems Engineering

Engineering Design

Technical Documentation Production

Report Writing

Stakeholder Liaison

Education

ONC

Professional Registration

MEng

Job description

Our client is looking to recruit a Senior HVAC Engineer for a contract or permanent basis in Warrington.

Warrington (Hybrid Working)

Inside IR35

Contract or Staff

BPSS

These Ventilation projects are required to remove redundant assets from an Alpha plant and its associated ventilation systems. These are multi-disciplined projects that will design plant and equipment that will facilitate the safe dismantling/ safe disposal of redundant plant items thus allowing the connection and fitment of the new ventilation infrastructure within the existing building. Additional plant and equipment will be designed that will support the onward decommissioning mission within the facility.

The Ventilation Senior Engineer will be required to support the design through all project phases, including the current validation of the single viable ventilation plant option. The Ventilation Senior Engineer will be required to work closely with the multidiscipline design team and plant-based team. The Ventilation Senior Engineer is required to deliver the ventilation and building services work scope, production and checking of design deliverables, reporting to a Principal Ventilation/Responsible Engineer. Will need to guide Designers and Engineers in the production of detail drawings, sub-assemblies, GAs, Layout drawings, Flow diagrams and parts lists. The Ventilation Senior Engineer may be required to produce calculations to verify the detail design and design substantiation. The production/compiling of technical documentation (technical specifications, RA’s, Installation methodology docs, O&M manuals, etc) will be a requirement.

Essential experience:

One year within the previous three years working in roles where knowledge of Nuclear Ventilation Systems engineering was a key attribute. In addition, the last year will have been working within a regulated and quality assured system (preferably nuclear) in roles where professional engineering judgement was the key attribute.

Essential qualifications:
ONC
Professional Registration with an appropriate Professional Institution

Desirable experience:
Three years within the last five years in Engineering Design

Recent experience of Alpha plant design and the decommissioning of redundant plant would be advantageous, but not essential.

A good understanding of the requirements associated with delivering ventilation designs in the nuclear sector.

Experience in production of technical files.

Experience of ‘Design for Assembly’ within a nuclear facility.

Experience in the production and development of nuclear ventilation plant layout.

Production and checking of ventilation engineering calculations & deliverables.

Liaison with key stakeholders and other design disciplines.

Competent Report writing skills: clearly and concisely reporting findings.

Comfortable working under time and cost constraints.

The candidate will need to manage their own workload and drive completion of the work scope.

The candidate will need to be able to communicate effectively with team members and with the Client.

Desirable qualifications:
MEng