Mechanical Engineer

AWE is looking for innovative, creative, and highly motivated Mechanical Engineers to support our In-Service Support (ISS) programme.

Location: Reading

Salary: £29,640-£53,000

Closing Date: 19th September 2024

The Role?

• Take a lead role in assessing and constructing a substantiation case for some of the assurances provided by AWE to the MOD and UK government.
• Act as an auditor when evaluating production proposals, ensuring the element of the UK Nuclear Deterrent you are responsible for will fulfil its role.
• Evaluate the findings of surveillance activities and provide insight into their implications.
• Contribute to the inter-organisation and international relationships that underpin the management and sustainment of an element of the UK Nuclear Deterrent.
• Initially this will be a desk-based role. Longer-term, as the team continues to develop, there will be opportunities to participate in exploratory activities, in both technical theory and hands-on.
• As your aptitude is demonstrated over time, expect to take a place in the succession plan of this team, with recognised steps in accountability and decision making authority, and progression into a Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person (SQEP) position.

Candidate essential skills and experience:

• Fulfilling this role is expected to require traits such as diligence, objective reasoning, identification of potential impacts, effective written and verbal communication, initiative, and perseverance. Applicants must be willing to query and question whenever necessary.
• Although processes and procedures already exist, as a new team member with fresh eyes you will be welcome and encouraged to apply your creativity and construct alternative approaches to enhance effectiveness or efficiency.

• Personal time management, enabling successful integration with programme schedules with minimal need for direction from management.
• Stakeholder understanding, enabling effective task prioritisation.
• Appreciation of personal performance feedback and the provision of development opportunities.

Candidate desirable skills and experience:

• The management of products, providing support at all phases of the product life cycle (e.g. develop, make, support, retire), but with particular emphasis on production support, in-service support, surveillance and monitoring of ageing.
• Communication through various means including presenting, creating slides packs, authoring technical reports, capturing minutes. Circumstances ranging from in-team to multi-organisation international forums.
• Transportation packaging and containers.
• Process review and improvement.
• Involvement in configuration management and quality assurance, ensuring company outputs meet expectations.
• Achieving suitable record management for information requiring long-term traceability.
• Handling and appropriate management of classified information.

What will you get from us?

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance.
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

This role will require the wearing of PPE.

The successful candidates must be willing to travel within the UK and overseas as required, which may entail short stays away from home.

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

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