Senior Mechanical Engineer

First Recruitment Group; Noordwes; Hybrid; ZAR 1,186,000 - 1,662,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist engineering company is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their team in Warrington. This permanent role offers hybrid working and involves full nuclear life cycle engagement across diverse projects. Candidates from all engineering backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Benefits include a matched pension scheme and additional leave options.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

Volunteering day off

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team.
• Ability to build strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders.
• Ownership and delivery mindset, courageous to challenge status quo.

Responsibilities

• Involved in the full nuclear life cycle across Nuclear Defence.
• Assist in managing the customer for technical issue resolution.
• Ensure procedures, codes and standards are applied correctly.

Skills

Knowledge of CAD tools

Team leadership

Strong stakeholder relationships

High performance mindset

General engineering drawing practice

Job description

Overview

Warrington (WA3), Bristol (BS20), Leicester (LE1), Newbury (RG14), Preston (PR1) – Hybrid working available. Permanent role.

One of our key clients has an urgent requirement for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to be based at their offices in Warrington on a permanent basis, with hybrid working available. This is a great opportunity to join a specialist engineering company with a global reach, working on a range of large and diverse projects across the Nuclear, Defence, Power and Energy sectors.

Employee Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading: buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
• One paid day per year for volunteering (Be Kind Day).

Responsibilities

As Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will be involved in the full nuclear life cycle across Nuclear Defence and Civil Nuclear projects. You will assist in the effective management of the customer to aid in the development and resolution of technical and delivery issues. You will ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities. You will maintain the engineering configuration, ensuring the overall design intent and integrity is maintained throughout the design lifecycle. You will provide support to the Project Manager for planning, coordination and delivery of tasks and projects.

Qualifications / Experience

Essential experience (as stated):

• Nuclear experience is not a necessity; we welcome applications from all engineering backgrounds.
• Ownership and delivery mindset; champions high performance and is courageous to challenge the status quo.
• Knowledge of CAD tools and general engineering drawing practice.
• Ability to build strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experience leading a team.

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. We strive to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure inclusion.

Sector: Commercial, Admin & Office Support