Role: Mechanical Engineer
Contract Length: Until 30/09/26
Location: Hybrid/Bristol
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Mechanical Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will routinely apply your deep technical knowledge, understanding and experience of engineering fundamentals, such as structures, dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, tribology, and materials, to supporting the delivery of complex military capability through acquisition activities. You will provide advice and guidance to others, including industry on Mechanical Engineering matters.
- Requirements - Own the generation of technical requirements, defining technical deliverables/artifacts and updating other documentation for systems, including the considerations to in-service support and associated costs.
- Technical Data - Authorise technical data input and changes to support the management and maturity of engineering documentation, focusing on successful technical outcomes.
- Legislation/Policy - Working in a highly regulated area, educate others with relevant legislation, regulation, policy, processes, and standards to deliver technical documentation for a system. This includes the essential relation to quality, safety, security, and sustainability, of the system, and the interoperability with other sub-systems.
- Risk - Identifies and analyses technical hazards /project impacts then contributes to the identification and evaluation of risk reduction measures, ensuring that these are adequately documented and managed.
- Design - Manage the design of a system, component or process that meets the customer requirement within realistic constraints of time, cost, and performance.
- Stakeholder Management - Collaborate and manage trade-offs with other sub-system teams and specialists, over technical requirements, and design compromises, to maximise successful system implementation and delivery.
- V&V - Manage the system test, verification, validation, and evaluation process.
- Support - Manage the support and modification to an operational system.
- Assurance - Manage and participate in assurance, audit, and reviews activity.
- Disposal - Manage the disposals and decommissioning of basic equipment.
- Technical Discipline - Authorise recommendations in relation to your technical area of knowledge.
- Personal Development - Own your career progression and professionalisation. This includes engaging with your People Coach, maintaining membership and registration level, with a relevant Professional body, updating MyHR Career Development/Development Plan, conducting relevant learning and development in timely fashion, and keeping current with modern engineering technologies.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER
- Hold a Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics based qualification at RQF Level 4; and
- Have wide ranging depth and breadth experience of providing technical advice and delivery of successful Mechanical or Mechatronic outcomes; and
- Demonstrate experience of providing technical advice and leading the delivery of successful Mechanical or Mechatronic outcomes; and
- With a relevant Professional body/institution related to your discipline, be professionally registered as either:
- Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or
- Registered Scientist (RSci) or
- Incorporated Marine Engineer (IMarEng)
- Determine and assist others in understanding how to apply correct technical legislation, regulation, standards, policies, and processes to use and follow during acquisition and support to equipment.
- Determine and assist others in understanding how to apply the most effective and efficient ways to process data.
- Select suitable communication methods and advise others appropriately if they are not.
- Resolve potential conflicts between stakeholders.
- Take appropriate action in reacting and responding to routine issues (such as reporting safety incidents, suggesting efficiency benefits).
- Manage others in conducting in-depth analysis on products or process and identify the correct action to rectify issues identified.
- Make timely decisions related to accuracy and efficiency of your own and others’ work.
- Effectively establish priorities and work sequencing.
- Manage risks at the appropriate time to meet all regulatory requirements, including where and when to safely quarantine equipment/products.
- Plan and manage your own time and those reporting to you, to deliver at pace.
- Carry out the correct action for coaching and supervision required for junior and/or equivalent graded staff that you may work with.
- Identify your own shortfalls in knowledge and discuss appropriate options for self-development, setting short and medium priorities.
- Coach others to find the most appropriate internal policy and processes
Note: Alternatives to RQF listed above (which cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland only), is the Scottish SCQF or international equivalent qualification backed up by a statement of comparability from UK ENIC.
If you are a Mechanical Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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