Senior Mechanical Engineer (Plant & Building Services)

AWE Plc
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AWE's Facility Engineering Team is looking to appoint an experiencedSenior Mechanical Engineer(Plant & Building Services)to deliver professional engineering services across our plant and equipment.

Title:Senior Mechanical Engineer(Plant & Building Services)

Location:Aldermaston, Berkshire

Package:£47,690 - £66,000 + Allowance

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer you'll be responsible for:

  • Apply extensive expertise in mechanical building services and associated plant to oversee delivery of engineered solutions within the operational lifecycle phase.
  • Review or originate modification packages, manage or review configured plant changes.
  • Demonstrate leadership in escalating business risk or opportunities arising from the condition of engineered systems and structures in the interests of safety, regulatory compliance, quality, and reliability.
  • Plan, manage, and collaborate to deliver sound, safe solutions to enable delivery of the programme and our obligations to society.
  • Provide advice, guidance, progress reports, and supporting documentation
  • Provide, develop, and maintain extensive domain knowledge and/or extensive subject matter expertise
  • Adhere to Company Management System requirements, relevant Technical Standards & Legislation, and business controls.
  • Oversee application of Maintenance & Reliability Principles; review output from Failure Modes & Effects Analysis.
  • Analyse relevant metrics and contribute to Key Performance Indicators and other reporting as required.
  • Assist in Reliability Centred Maintenance planning and perform Root Cause Analysis.
  • Advise colleagues or senior stakeholders in this respect
  • Undertake compensated and non-compensated secondary roles providing various advisory or support capabilities, in particular of senior or delegated authority nature

For Senior Mechanical Engineer roles we are particularly interested to hear from candidates with experience in some, or all the following:

  • Extensive experience within Mechanical building services (HVAC, water systems etc.) and industrial processes (compressed gases & pneumatics, hydraulics, steam, packaged units, lifting equipment, cryogenics)
  • A good awareness of relevant legislation, supporting ACOP, best practice, and common industry standards
  • Experience within the higher hazard / regulated industries (e.g. nuclear, petro-chem, pharma etc.)
  • Experience leading projects/tasks and/or supervising, mentoring other/junior engineers or stakeholders
  • Membership of an engineering institution and/or Incorporated/Chartered Engineer or equivalent
  • Previous experience as an installer or maintainer likely beneficial

We would love to hear from individuals with a minimum qualification L4 NQF (HNC) with suitable additional experience (a degree in an engineering discipline & chartership desirable), who are looking to further their career in a company that can offer superb training and development opportunities.

Some reasons we think Senior Mechanical Engineers love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

  • 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work.
  • In addition, 208 hours of holiday each year (equal to at least 25 days leave) plus Bank Holidays.
  • Market leading contributory pension scheme(we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
  • Family friendly policies:Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
  • Opportunities forProfessional Career Developmentincluding funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
  • Employee Assistance Programmeand Occupational Health Services.
  • Life Assurance(4 x annual salary).
  • Discounts- access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
  • Special Leave Policyincluding paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The'Working at AWE' pageon our website is where you can find full details in the'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.

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