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Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Job Description - Senior Mechanical Engineer

The Opportunity

Amentum is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). 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.

PPP is an exciting model to work in with Four world class organisations who have come together as one team, to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. The programme arrangement is set to deliver ~£7bn worth of major projects creating a lasting legacy through the long-term partnerships.

We are continually recruiting high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is continually delivering major projects over the next couple of decades, so there are lots of opportunities to develop your careers with a leading multinational company that put people first.

Being part of the PPP Team offers a unique opportunity to cultivate change and creativity in engineering, safety, and delivery solutions in one of the most complex industrial sites in the UK, if not the world.

The Project
The Sellafield Product & Residue Store (SPRS) Retreatment Plant (SRP) Project will provide a facility that receives Special Nuclear Material (SNM) from existing stores across the Sellafield site and processes it into a form suitable for safe and secure storage until 2120.

The Role
We are currently recruiting a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the team in Warrington.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer you will produce design deliverables that provide a fit-for-purpose integrated solution which meets specified requirements, including validation and verification, and that preserve the design intent and align with the plant configuration, as appropriate. You will also ensure the design solution is able to be manufactured, constructed, commissioned, handed over, put into operation, maintained and decommissioned.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, other responsibilities could include:

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Providing support to resolution of manufacturing, inspection, and test Technical Queries/production permits/concessions.

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Managing and directing designers in delivery of mechanical plant and equipment drawings and documents.

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Show knowledge of plant layout, set up, installation and alignment of plant and equipment and machinery for works test, integrated test, and site installation.

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Writing & checking works test requirement documentation and Integrated works test documents for Plant, Equipment, and machinery. Interaction with CE&I engineers will be required to ensure complete multi-disciplinary interactions are addressed.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will already have:

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Experience in design and integration of machines in accordance with the SoMSR.

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Experience and working knowledge of CDM, SoMSR, PUWER & LOLER

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Experience in the use of Auto desk inventor.

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Experience in the use of Auto desk vault Basis or Vault Pro (file management).

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Familiar with GPS ISO (BS 8888)

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Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent (e.g. HNC/HND with significant experience) in engineering discipline

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Attained/ or working towards chartered or incorporated status with a recognised professional body (e.g. IMechE)

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Experience of highly regulated environments would be advantageous
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed
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