Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an experienced senior stress engineer to be engaged on a permanent basis in Derby.
Our client's Stress capability and are looking for enthusiastic Senior Stress Engineers to join us. You will report into the Stress Technical Lead and will work in an embedded team based at clients' sites in Derby.
Your Missions
* Provide integrity substantiation using Finite Element method and/or Code assessment
* Assist in calculation reviews
* Modelling experience
* Adhere to Assystem quality system
* Work to man-hour budgets for assigned tasks
* If required, assist in proposal writing and other related bidding activities
* Successful candidates will be expected to assist in achieving business targets by ensuring his/her analysis work meets the defined quality, time, and cost requirements.
Why join the community of Switchers?:
* The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.
* A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions
* Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects
* Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text
* Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs
Qualifications
* To be successful in this role you will need:
* Nuclear industry experience (defence) preferable, but transferable skills from other disciplines accepted
* Demonstrable expertise in fatigue, fracture, thermal, and structural stress assessments using finite element analysis
* Finite Element analysis in ABAQUS (explicit/implicit)
* ABAQUS/CAE or equivalent pre/post (desirable)
* Code assessment to ASME B&PVC and R6; RCC-M a plus
* Knowledge of structural integrity & defect tolerance assessments
* Python scripting in ABAQUS environment desirable
* CRACKEN or alternative fracture assessment experience
* Fatigue crack growth & initiation experience desirable
* Familiar with Gated review process
Why We're Different:
Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.
Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!
We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.
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