Senior/Lead Mechanical Engineers

We have an exciting new opportunity for two SENIOR/LEAD MECHANICAL ENGINEERS based in Cheshire.

About the Project:

Engaged by Morson Projects, you will be supporting our client, who is a major player in the global nuclear power generation industry. Operating on a UK nuclear licensed site, they specialise in safe, cost effective and reliable uranium enrichment services.

About the Role:

To support and assist the Morson Project Manager in delivering a project for the client, in improving the configuration baseline for its current production and infrastructure asset base. You will undertake a variety of system engineering functions and deliverables, to provide accurate and quality data and information sets. This benefits the Client by giving confidence for the underpinning of the decision making needed, to extend the lifecycle requirements of the existing site facilities and infrastructure, and to meet the Organisations future business plans.

Key Accountabilities:

To Support a detailed baseline configuration review of existing plant systems to include:

The review and comparison of System Description documentation, P&IDs, Control and Logic Specifications, Technical Basis of Maintenance, Bills of Materials, and other supporting engineering documents and drawings, as required,
The undertaking of plant walkdowns and redlining of documents to correct and verify system documentation described above,
The preparation of documents stated above for updating to agreed standards,
Lead/participate in Maintenance Reviews, FMECA studies or similar analyses,
Review existing plant maintenance regimes for through lifecycle requirements,
Provide guidance and mentoring to other members of the delivery team,
Support the project PM in monitoring and reporting on programme KPIs and Milestones,
Attend regular client meeting to feedback progress, risks, issues and opportunities.

Essential Qualifications:

Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline i.e., Mechanical Engineering,
Member or Associate Member of a relevant engineering institute, and actively pursuing chartered status (Preferred)

Essential Experience:

Good understanding of Engineering Design processes in a highly regulated industry,
Minimum 5 years’ experience of working on a Nuclear Licenced site or, working on a significant COMAH site,
Understanding and application of up to date industrial practices, related to discipline-specific engineering, including safety through design,
Working knowledge of other engineering disciplines, technologies, plant systems and processes,
Working knowledge of International and UK standards relating to engineering and design, related to discipline-specific engineering, within the nuclear industry,
Excellent IT skills including Microsoft and Autodesk applications, Document Management systems, and ERP systems (SAP is in current use with the client),
Capable of producing high quality technical documentation, including functional and technical specifications, and project documentation,
Ability to maintain and develop own technical knowledge to ensure the best, cost effective and safe solutions are proposed and implemented,
Ability to assess problems, determine feasibility and develop practical solutions,
Good communication, reporting and presentation skills.