Senior Mechanical Designer

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Designer
Determination: Inside IR35
Rate: £38-£45 per hour Umbrella
Contract Length - 1 year +

Key Responsibilities

The role takes Designs and develops solutions, resolves design issues and problems for a range of specialist design situations. Provides specialist technical advice and guidance to other designers, provides design governance for technical standards for a team. Works with high degree of technical autonomy and typically incorporated Engineer status.
The role must be fully aware of and adhere to Health & Safety standards and be fully familiar with all authorised documentation, Good Practice Guides and ISO standards.

1. Allocate discipline tasks to allocated team of Designers, check team drawing outputs, and
   ensure inter discipline coordination in accordance with company and regulatory standards
   
2. Promote effective co-operation across Design and other functional teams
   
3. Assist in effective management of the customer, including liaison and relationship
   development with existing and new customers, to aid the development of business,
   resolution of technical and delivery issues, and such that the customer is fully briefed and
   informed of progress
   
4. Advise and assist in selecting the correct methods and tools for tasks and provide
   technical assistance to allocated team of Designers
   
5. Contribute to the preparation/production of drawings in support of basic, detail and
   production design in line with recognised ISO standards and to the required time, cost
   and quality requirements.
   
6. Provide point of contact with professional engineering colleagues and various
   stakeholders for discipline related issues during design lifecycle, contribute to design
   reviews and ensure coordination and functionality of design
   
7. Assist in the resolution of Production & Technical Queries & development of discipline
   solutions for the team in relation to manufacturing & installation issues
   
8. Contribute to learning from experience (LfE). requirement, during and post project
   
9. Develop innovative design solutions, and fulfil Design Lead responsibilities as assigned for multi discipline low risk projects
   
10. Maintain individual knowledge of current best practice in application of designer expertise across the design lifecycle, including customs and standards. Promote a culture of best practice in design expertise and provide leadership and assist in driving cultural
    development and change
    
11. Maintain awareness of developments within the industry, particularly for techniques &
    tools, physical integration, bill of material controls & management of design maturity
    
12. Exercise care for own health and safety and that of others as defined by Health and Safety legislation, adhere to endorsed Company policy, procedures and delegations (e.g. Health & Safety, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance & Development Reviews and Finance etc.) Ensure application of highest standards for health and safety in immediate area of
    responsibility and ensure individual co-operation with respect to company standards
    about matters on health, safety and environment, ethics and behaviours
    
13. Support the business winning process through input into or review of tender
    requirements, including estimates
    
14. Support business development opportunities in raising the Cavendish Nuclear profile via presentations, academic links, conferences & technical papers, and identify opportunities and new work streams