Mechanical Engineer

About the job

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer - Structural Integrity

Location: Cranfield and Sizewell B Suffolk

Salary: 45K - 55K

Job type: Full Time/permanent (37.5 Hours)

Framatome is a major international player in the nuclear energy market recognized for its innovative solutions and value-added technologies for designing, building, maintaining, and advancing the global nuclear fleet. The company designs, manufactures, and installs components, fuel and instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants and offers a full range of reactor services.

With 14,000 employees worldwide, every day Framatome's expertise helps its customers improve the safety and performance of their nuclear plants and achieve their economic and societal goals. Framatome is owned by the EDF Group (75.5%), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI - 19.5%) and Assystem (5%).

In the UK we are currently 200 strong and our plans are to grow to 400-500 by 2025 through the development our UK nuclear service offerings

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will be located within the Engineering Team of our customer and shareholder EDF who operates the Sizewell B power plant. You will contribute to the engineering challenges in support of the operation of the Sizewell B reactor, the UK's only operating pressurised water reactor. The position will evolve in time and you will be part of the core PWR engineering team at Framatome and EDF.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be part of a highly motivated and multi-skilled department, responsible for ensuring plant is operated, tested and maintained within its safety case envelope and in line with relevant regulation.

You'll be supporting the customer for new plant systems and replacement plant projects supporting Responsible Engineers for plant modifications. You'll also be part of ensuring client technical standards, technical specifications and management control processes are correctly applied and adhered to.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Required Attributes (Essential):

• A good and broad understanding of mechanical structures, pressure loads, thermal constraints, material resistance, steel, concrete to a variety of loads in presence of corrosion and radiation and the effects of ageing and vibration dynamics gained from either degree/higher education qualification in Mechanical Engineering (or related field) or from equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge and experience in design, maintenance and safety analysis of mechanical structures in safety-critical environments
• Knowledge of structural integrity assurance and regulatory compliance in safety critical industries. Knowledge of ASME code is a plus
• Strong background with numerical modelling and computation software, including CAD creation, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for pressure vessels, lifting structures, crack integrity and piping stress analysis
• Able to assess and manage health and safety risk related to all aspects of the solutions proposed
• The ability to identify cost effective solutions
• A team player with excellent written and oral presentation skills
• Strongly self-motivated and able to organise themselves
• The ability to work at pace and deliver work product on time is essential

Desired Attributes (Optional):

Knowledge of the following software packages:

• CAD: AutoCad, Solidworks ,
• FEA: FEM, ANSYS, Abaqus ,
• Piping stress: Pipestress, Caesar II
• Explicit dynamics: LS-Dyna

Desired Personal Characteristics:

• Confident manner with good presentation skills
• Determination - not easily discouraged or put off
• Passion, enthusiasm and charisma
• Innovative - prepared to see beyond how it has been done before
• Positive outlook - always sees opportunity through any adversity
• Resilient - ready to bounce back from any challenges
• Assertive - gets things done when they need to be

Candidates with the relevant experience or job title of: Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Mechanical Design Engineer, SolidWorks Engineer, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, Design Engineer, Civil Design Engineer may also be considered for this role.