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Senior Engineer Mechanical
A vacancy has arisen within the fuel cycle area (FCA) for a senior mechanical (ventilation) engineer within the Engineering team. The purpose of the post is to manage and deliver the engineering process and provide technical oversight ensuring engineering quality is maintained.
Job Description
Hear from hiring manager:
This vacancy is a great opportunity to join an experienced multidiscipline team delivering engineering to a range of high-profile Dounreay projects at varying stages of maturity from definition through to commissioning. The successful candidate, who will have a broad range of mechanical engineering experience and ideally demonstrable knowledge of ventilation systems and commissioning, will be trusted to bring confident technical leadership to their projects, interacting effectively with their project team, stakeholders, specialist advisors and contractors to deliver fit for purpose engineering strategies and solutions.
Main Responsibilities:
- Control and develop technical engineering strategies, plans and procedures
- Develop and execute an engineering delivery strategy, optimising plans to respond to changes when necessary
- Apply health, safety, environmental and waste management processes with engineering activities taking advice where necessary from appropriate specialists
- Validate the completion of activities to ensure compliance with procedures, legislation and quality standards
- Liaise effectively with regulators and stakeholders on specific projects
- Support investigations with regard to specific engineering discipline
- Design and evaluate the technical governance of projects
- Undertake project governance roles as required
- Establish and maintain Design Authority arrangements
- Identify resource requirements to deliver engineering tasks
- Develop an effective technical organisation to manage fit for purpose engineering design and safety project delivery in support of the Site Performance Plan
- Manage the preparation, approval and issue of technical specifications
- Support the project in the delivery of projects/programmes of work and sanction approvals
- Identify, validate and approve engineering solutions for projects
- Perform the responsibilities of Authorisations relevant to post
- Manage Dounreay staff as a Line Manager
Aptitudes and Experience:
- Degree in engineering or equivalent qualification plus relevant experience
- Extensive experience in mechanical engineering, preferably with a ventilation bias
- Experience in commissioning new systems and bring equipment online in a safe and controlled manner
- Experience within the nuclear sector is desirable, but not essential
- Experience in delivering projects through definition, design, manufacture, installation and commissioning phases is desirable
- Experience in the management of external engineering contractors
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent people skills
- Post specific capability analysis assessment
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Interviews to be held: |
Week commencing Monday 16 February 2026 |
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If you require assistance with any aspect of the recruitment process please contact careers@dounreay.nrservices.uk so that we can make any necessary reasonable adjustment. |
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