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Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66218

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 Engineer at our Glasgow site.

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66218

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 Engineer at our Glasgow site.

The role

As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This opportunity will involve working as a Mechanical Engineer as part of a JV team on the Nuclear Technical Support Provider (NTSP) framework. This seven-year framework, with the option of a further three years, will deliver specialist nuclear technical services valued between £250-million to £400-million to support DIO, Navy Command and other MOD organisations.

The framework will support the Clyde Infrastructure Programme (CIP) and wider Royal Navy and defence requirements. Its primary focus will be on delivering the refurbishment and upgrade of critical infrastructure at HMNB Clyde.

Day-to-day, you’ll be involved in supporting design activities, preparing technical documentation, and contributing to CAD modelling and analysis. You’ll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure engineering solutions meet safety, quality, and regulatory standards. You’ll also assist in project planning, engage with clients and stakeholders, and have opportunities to develop your skills while contributing to innovative solutions in the nuclear sector.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate effectively with engineering and cross-functional teams to support smooth project execution.
• Contribute to customer engagement by assisting in technical discussions, helping resolve engineering challenges, and ensuring clear communication of progress.
• Apply relevant procedures, codes, and industry standards to all engineering and technical activities.
• Participate in project safety assessments, supporting a strong safety culture and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Assist in the production and review of engineering deliverables, including calculations, analyses, drawings, models, and technical documentation.
• Help maintain engineering configuration control, ensuring the design intent and integrity are upheld throughout the project lifecycle.
  
  

• Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams to support the delivery of engineering solutions across a range of project types.
• Experience in handling a variety of engineering tasks, demonstrating adaptability across different levels of complexity.
• Clear and confident communication skills, with the capability to collaborate across disciplines and engage with clients and stakeholders.
  
  

• Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification
  
  

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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 is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish Nuclear employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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 organisation or registered charity
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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