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Jacobs Mechanical Engineer - Fusion (Warrington & Culham) in Warrington, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
We inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at here offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
About the Opportunity
Our Critical Missions Solution (CMS) business supports customers in the energy generation, new build, decommissioning and defence sectors. We are involved in some of the most innovative and impressive projects across the globe, such as ITER - the world’s largest fusion experiment. Like the UK Government, we are committed to tackling the climate emergency for the short term and long term. We believe that the holy grail of practical power is fusion power, it comes without pollution or global warming but with the capacity to produce huge amounts of energy whatever the weather. We want to play a part in helping get fusion power on the grid.
We have offices in Knutsford and Birchwood in Cheshire, Culham, Gloucester, Dorchester, Harwell, Glasgow, Newcastle, Cumbria, Reading and London. We also have a strong international presence to support our growing operations in France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, South Africa, and Japan.
Our reputation for safely delivering quality projects on time and on budget is well recognized in all the industries we serve. We have proven expertise in managing large, complex projects, both internationally and in the UK, developing strong relationships with our clients and implementing cutting-edge processes and technologies.]]
What that means to you is the opportunity to experience a real variety of projects, working with people from different backgrounds. You'll work closely with our clients and be committed to achieving outstanding results in a stimulating and quality-driven environment.
We are recruiting a Mechanical Engineers at varying levels to join our Fusion team, which has recently won several important projects and has a host of exciting new opportunities in research, engineering, operations and decommissioning.
As one of the newest departments our CMS business area, we are regularly involved in delivering on exciting bids and projects with several different fusion clients and as such the ideal candidate needs to be someone with an engineering background, who has a demonstrable track record of contributing to or leading projects effectively.
This role will be based in our Birchwood, Harwell or Culham office and there may be a need for periodic visits to client sites, as projects require
The Fusion Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of fusion projects for multiple customers in the UK and internationally, moreover they will:
Dependent on experience contribute within or oversee project teams in the delivery of mechanical based work in the definition, implementation and execution of engineering work packages to support innovative solutions for clients
Delivery of high quality technical documentation, for example engineering calculations, specifications, datasheets and reports
Clear underpinning of decision process with respect to preferred solutions
Work collaboratively with team members
Consideration of conventional and nuclear safety in all work
Presentation of engineering solutions to clients and at design reviews
Liaise with the in-house manufacturing team and suppliers and be able to act as the intelligent customer, clearly defining requirements and assuring delivery to the technical specification
Conduct, assess, and review trials work to determine an optimum solution for the client
Ensure that the mechanical functional, performance and safety requirements of the engineering solutions are met including being actively involved in verification and validation activities
Here’s what you’ll need :
Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering (or other relevant engineering discipline) or demonstrable equivalent underpinning knowledge and understanding with relevant industry experience
Attained or working towards Chartered Engineer status with an appropriate professional institution
Health and Safety Focus, awareness or experience of Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 is desirable
Proactive and driven approach to work, taking ownership of the tasks required to be completed under their remit
Good communication skills and ability to work with other team members
Competent technical report writing skills: clearly and concisely reporting findings
Comfortable working under time and cost constraints
Our Culture:
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life here. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)
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