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Lead Mechanical Engineer (Client Side)

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£41,278 - £43,454
£3,440 - £3,621 / mo

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Whitehaven, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Position Overview & Specifications

At NUVIA UK, we are actively recruiting for an experienced Lead Mechanical Engineer, to be embedded into our client's nuclear projects. The role is based at Albion Square in Whitehaven, minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Other working locations will also be considered, such as Warrington. Please note this requirement has been deemed inside IR35.

Project Description:

The current cuboid flask maintenance facility has a series of areas for rapid improvement to ensure that it can safely operator for the next 10 years. A series of minor projects associated with the rapid improvements have been initiated to deliver solutions to the facility. These areas are:

  • Provision of a new breathing air system.
  • Provision of a flask turntable for use within the paint booth.
  • Safety improvements to the flask internal painting task.
  • Provision of a paint gun cleaning and paint mixing booth.
  • Provision of an operator change room for the paint room.

These minor projects will be delivered as a D&B contract with IAC. Sellafield Ltd will act as intelligent customer and a PEM is required as a part of this team. In addition to the above scope the PEM will be required to oversee a number of inflight design packages been undertaken by PFDO on behalf of the B39 plant engineering team.

Role Description:

The project requires a Lead Engineer who will be a part of the Design and Engineering oversite team of the D&B contractor (IAC) delivered packages and the inflight plant Engineering Design work scope currently with PFDO.


Essential Experience & Qualifications:

  • SQEP Design Engineer.
  • Piping Experience.
  • CDM Awareness.
  • Commercial experience.
  • Nuclear experience.
  • Sellafield site delivery experience.
  • Inventor, AutoCAD Navisworks, MathCAD.

Desirable Experience & Qualifications:

  • Project Systems Engineering understanding.

Security Clearance role requirements:

  • BPSS and ability to obtain P1 or P4 Pass.

Pourquoi nous rejoindre ?


Nuvia - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.

Nuvia is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.

Nuvia UK is committed towards equality in employment.

Entité

NUVIA est une branche de VINCI, plus grand groupe intégré de concessions et BTP du monde. NUVIA est plus particulièrement l'entité nucléaire du Groupe VINCI et est impliqué dans le cycle de vie tout entier des installations nucléaires, du New Build au démantèlement, en passant par la maintenance et l'exploitation. NUVIA est en croissance constante, avec plus de 2700 salariés dans le monde. En moyenne, 100 hommes et femmes nous rejoignent chaque année. Maintenant, plus que jamais, nous recherchons de nouveaux talents pour soutenir la croissance du groupe.

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Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

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Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Lead Mechanical Engineer (Client Side) roles across VINCI's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

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3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £41,278 - £43,454 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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