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Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF59055

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at our Glasgow site.

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF59055

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at our Glasgow site.

The role

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This opportunity will involve working as a Senior Mechanical Engineer as part of a JV team on the Nuclear Technical Support Provider (NTSP) framework. This seven-year framework, with the option of a further three years, will deliver specialist nuclear technical services valued between £250-million to £400-million to support DIO, Navy Command and other MOD organisations.

The framework will support the Clyde Infrastructure Programme (CIP) and wider Royal Navy and defence requirements. Its primary focus will be on delivering the refurbishment and upgrade of critical infrastructure at HMNB Clyde.

Day-to-day you’ll be leading design activities, producing technical documentation, overseeing CAD modelling, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards. You’ll also mentor junior engineers, contribute to project planning, and engage with clients and stakeholders to drive innovation and excellence in nuclear engineering.

Key Accountabilities

• Foster strong collaboration across Engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless project delivery.
• Support effective customer engagement by building and maintaining relationships, resolving technical challenges, and keeping stakeholders informed of progress and developments.
• Ensure all engineering and technical activities adhere to relevant procedures, codes, and industry standards.
• Actively contribute to project safety assessments, promoting a culture of safety and compliance.
• Lead the production, review, and approval of engineering deliverables including calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design documentation, and technical reports.
• Maintain engineering configuration control, ensuring the design intent and integrity are preserved throughout the project lifecycle.
  
  

• Proven ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to deliver engineering solutions across a variety of project types.
• Demonstrated experience in managing a diverse range of engineering tasks, from straightforward to highly complex challenges.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively interface with colleagues across disciplines, clients, and stakeholders.
  
  

• Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification
  
  

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish Nuclear employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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