Lead Mechanical Engineer

Amentum is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver £7bn of major projects. We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.

Amentum now has an exciting opportunity to recruit a Lead Mechanical Engineer to lead a team of Engineers in the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality.

• To lead a team of discipline engineers in the implementation and delivery of specified functional work that achieves safety, functional, legislative and business requirements.
• To set the assurance strategy ensuring correct stakeholder buy in at the correct time including all required design reviews, assistance reviews and any other assurance activities.
• To carry out effective and proportionate risk management and assurance activities including to call functional engineering or design capability reviews, especially in relation to design changes which carry significant financial, technical, design or programme risk.
• To collaborate with the other disciplines and the construction team in finding solutions to interface issues and making appropriate compromises for the benefit of project delivery.
• To lead a range of suppliers to ensure outsourced design can be fully integrated with all the systems.
• To ensure that SQEP competent resources are used to prepare, check and approve design work packages.

• Qualified Chartered Engineer
• At least 8 years of experience in relevant Project design work
• Experience of detailed design phase and manufacturing design phase
• Experience in leading a team and mentoring junior engineers