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Senior Stress Engineer

Employer
Babcock
Location
Cheshire, Warrington
Salary
£45000 - £55000 per annum
Closing date
4 Nov 2021

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Sector
Engineering
Job Type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time

Job Details

Senior Stress Engineer
Cavendish Nuclear
Location flexible
Permanent

Here at Cavendish Nuclear we are looking to recruit a Senior Stress Engineer to support on a number of our exciting projects within the nuclear industry. You will join a team that has vast experience in Stress Analysis and provide professionally competent specialist services to our many clients.


The Stress Engineer will undertake engineering conceptual and detailed calculations in the delivery of customer funded tasks and projects. Work will be directed and supervised by the Technical Lead and/or Functional Lead for the relevant task or project. You may also act as a Technical Lead or Functional Lead (dependent on task/project complexity) and hence may supervise others.

We're based at a number of sites in the UK and overseas. The business continues to win new work and grow at a significant pace; as a result we are recruiting for talented, enthusiastic and driven engineers.

Role Responsibilities

* Ensuring that procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
* Producing, reviewing, verifying and approving calculations, analyses and technical reports.
* Producing, reviewing, verifying and approving technical specifications and method statements.
* Supporting estimates for bids.
* Supervising engineers/technical specialists within the same discipline.
* Ensuring that a fit for purpose approach is adopted in the production of all outputs.
* Ensuring that adequate Reviewing, Verifying & Approval is undertaken on all their deliverables and for those under their direct control and supervision.

Role Qualifications & Requirements

You will need to have experience in a Stress Analysis related role, ideally in a nuclear environment and have the gravitas to work within a multi-disciplinary team. We would also like you to have all or some experience with the below;

Academic:
* Engineering or Science degree qualified.

Experience:
* Demonstrable experience in stress analysis covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities.
* Demonstrable experience in the application of codes and standard covering a range of equipment types.

Skills

* Competent in developing Finite Element models and undertaking linear and non-linear analysis.
* Competent in the assessment of structural/mechanical equipment against UK and/or European design codes. Ideally familiar with BS2573, BS EN 13001, BS7608, BS 5950.
* Competent in a wide range of classical stress analysis techniques for assessing mechanical and structural equipment.
* The ability to identify load paths and recommend design changes to ensure fit for purpose design before detailed analysis.
* Competency in seismic analysis preferred.
* Good communications skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.

About Cavendish Nuclear

Cavendish Nuclear is the UK's leading nuclear services company, with a highly-skilled workforce and a growing international presence. Our people innovate to make nuclear safer, faster, at lower cost across all aspects of the nuclear energy lifecycle.

We're committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. The benefits you can expect to enjoy include a generous holiday entitlement, competitive money purchase pension scheme with life assurance and a share ownership scheme. You'll benefit from excellent career and learning and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.

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We are committed to building an inclusive culture and strives to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and will respond in a way that best fits your specific needs.
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Be Part of Something Big.

From supporting national defence to saving lives and protecting communities, Babcock provides critical, complex engineering services in the UK and internationally.

Babcock delivers vital services and manages complex assets on behalf of their customers across three key markets; defence, emergency services and civil nuclear. You could be part of this, leveraging their technology, expertise, infrastructure and assets to ensure delivery for their customers, for whom failure is not an option.

Career Opportunities at Babcock

Working for Babcock will give you the opportunity to develop your career, with fantastic prospects for promotion, along with the ability to learn transferrable skills and earn nationally recognised qualifications.

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