Mechanical Designer

Mechanical Designer

Location: Edinburgh, GB, EH42 1QS

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Mechanical Designer

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 Mechanical Designer at our Torness Power Station site.

The Role
As a Mechanical Designer, you’ll provide support to EDF to enhance the lifetime of the power station and represent Cavendish Nuclear.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide office support within the station drawing office, including creating and amending station drawings as per engineer requirements. This role is part of the Cavendish Nuclear site team at Torness Power Station, working for the Site Manager, albeit embedded within the client (EDF) organization where the individual will report day-to-day to the client.

• Prepare & produce drawings throughout the design lifecycle and in line with recognized ISO standards to the required time, cost, and quality requirements.
• Promote effective cooperation across Design and other functional teams.
• Prepare, produce, and maintain project documentation as required by the design lifecycle, produce and update ‘as built’/datum pack documentation.
• Liaise with colleagues and stakeholders during the design lifecycle to ensure coordination and functionality of design, including contribution to design reviews.
• Develop innovative design solutions and solutions to manufacturing and installation issues by assisting in the resolution of Production and Technical Queries.

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, and is based on-site at Torness Power Station, East Lothian.

Essential Experience of the Mechanical Designer

• Experience with AutoCAD (more than 2 years).
• Knowledge of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools.
• Knowledge of General Engineering Drawing Practice.
• Incorporated Engineer status.
• Integrated Competency Framework (ICF) to be demonstrated or being worked towards.
• Communication skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Designer

• ONC/HNC/HND (or equivalent) OR BTEC National Certificate/Diploma (or equivalent) OR appropriate apprenticeship of specialization.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) security clearance for this role.

Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What We Offer

• 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 allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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 organization or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• A dynamic working environment.
• Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer.

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence, and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster, and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 31/01/2025

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