Mechanical Designer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Mechanical Designer

Location: Edinburgh, GB, EH42 1QS

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

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 have a role that’s out of the ordinary. 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. Role is part of the Cavendish Nuclear site team at Torness Power Station working for the Site Manager albeit embedded within the client (EDF) organisation where the individual will report day to day to the client.

• Prepare & produce drawings throughout the design lifecycle and in line with recognised ISO standards to the required time, cost, and quality requirements.
• Promote effective co-operation 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.
• 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.
• Communications 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 specialisation.

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

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 employees to buy additional leave or to 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation 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. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

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 [e-mail] 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: 14/04/2025

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