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Job title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61835
At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at our Harwell site.
Job title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61835
At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at our Harwell site.
The role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer for a critical role, essential to support the increasing demand for nuclear reactor inspections.
Day-to-day, you’ll oversee and coordinate the work of team members, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently and safely, hold and manage Safety Documents to ensure strict adherence to safety protocols, and utilise and maintain specialised equipment required for reactor inspections. This role is pivotal in maintaining the high standards of safety and efficiency in our operations, and we welcome applicants with a strong background in mechanical supervision and a commitment to excellence.
* Take positive remedial action on identified unsafe working conditions or practices or refer to his/her superior any of these for which he/she cannot achieve any satisfactory solution with the resources available to him/her.
* Interpretation and implementation of the task, including the associated quality requirements.
* The completion of the scope of work to time and budget constraints.
* The timely production/completion of any appropriate documentation and records associated with the task (Assembly & Test Plans for example).
* Maintaining good communications between Sites, EDF energy (where applicable) with updates on progress, issues and possible resolutions.
This role is full time, 37-hours across a 4-day week (Monday – Thursday) and based at the Harwell site in Oxfordshire.
Essential Experience Of The Senior Mechanical Engineer
* Previous experience working within a Mechanical Engineering role.
* Demonstrable experience in managing teams to deliver
* Demonstrable experience in covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities
* Excellent communications skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines
Qualifications For The Senior Mechanical Engineer
* Relevant engineering qualifications e.g HNC/HND
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What We Offer
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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