Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Principal Mechanical Engineer with a background in the nuclear sector to be engaged on a permanent basis in Reading, Bristol, Warrington, Preston or Leicester with hybrid/remote working. Key duties:

Promote effective co-operation across Engineering and other functional teams 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 Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities Ensure task and project risks are communicated and managed appropriately Produce, review and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned Assessing the implications of changes, concessions and queries Maintaining the engineering configuration, ensuring the overall design intent and integrity is maintained throughout design lifecycle Evaluate technical issues in order to develop proposals for investigations and/or solutions, including process improvements Provide support to the Project Manager for the planning, control and delivery of tasks and projects Make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority Act as Technical Authority ...