Within the Engineering team, the Mechanical Engineer will integrate operational engineering multi-disciplines teams delivering projects at various phases, from FEED to commissioning, or in assistance to Plant Operation in the UK.
- Delivering and managing technical studies.
- Design of mechanical processes, from strategic and conceptual phases to detailed design and construction & commissioning phase support. Typical deliverables will be issued: technical note, substantiation notes, mechanical flow diagrams and flow-sheets, mechanical drawings, P&IDs, and mechanical layout drawings, hazards and malfunctions management, technical specification documentation review from supply chain.
- Technical studies related to mechanical handling for both handling operations and heavy mechanical transfer systems, powder mechanical processes (transport, milling, and compaction) in high active environment and gloveboxes, compaction and mechanical dismantling technologies.
Requirements
- A degree in Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant degree.
- 5+ years experience as a Mechanical Engineer.
- Knowledge of engineering design (development, FEED, detailed design, technical specification, documentation review from supply chain) and engineering team management in the nuclear industry or other regulated sectors.
- Knowledge of mechanical studies delivery (Mechanical handling, powder technologies) considering manufacture, testing, construction commissioning, operation, maintenance recovery and decommissioning aspects.
- Experience of delivering projects for a regulated nuclear site.
Additional
The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK, and be willing to undergo a security vetting process. Offers of employment will be subject to relevant security clearance being granted.
Close working relationships with other Orano sites and client sites may be required, which necessitates regular travel to those sites (dependent upon project & client requirements).
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Private Medical Insurance at Single, Partner and Family levels
- Non Contributory Pension Scheme
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year of service up to a cap of 30
- Group Life Assurance of 4 times annual salary and Group Income Protection scheme for long term sickness
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
About Orano
Orano is a world leader in the nuclear fuel cycle. It's UK business, Orano Limited, is a technical consultancy and engineering organisation working across the decommissioning, defence, nuclear new build, medical, fuel-cycle and transport sectors. With over four decades of experience, Orano Limited can offer technically astute and forward-thinking services and solutions to the nuclear industry.
Orano Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Orano group and has over 130 employees and is headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire with additional offices in Warrington and Westlakes. As an owner and operator of its own major nuclear sites in France, Orano offers cutting edge technology and innovation to tackle some of the nuclear sector’s most complex challenges. In the UK, Orano Limited acts as a gateway to this internationally recognised technical know-how and expertise, and by combining this with decades of on-the-ground experience we can respond to the needs of the UK’s nuclear market.
Orano Limited supports work at every stage of the nuclear lifecycle; from new construction, through to continued operations and final decommissioning. In addition to providing the full range of specialist safety case, consulting and engineering services, we also offer a range of specialist technical services including Human Factors, Shielding and Dose Assessment, Waste Management and Decommissioning, Radioactive Materials Transport, Site Licensing and De-Licensing, Radiological Protection, Nuclear and Radiological Hazard Assessment.