Senior Mechanical Engineer - Net Zero (Full or Part time)

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Net Zero Energy Business. This position would be based in the central belt of Scotland or Stockton-on-Tees, with a flexible mixture of home-working and office/site collaboration time expected. We also welcome applicants wishing to work part-time.

Join us in building a carbon-free future.

Are you passionate about Net Zero, and looking for ways to apply your mechanical engineering capability to a Net Zero Market? Engineers at Atkins are at the heart of delivering transformative projects that are lowering carbon emissions whilst achieving future energy security.

Our Net Zero business unit is a multi-disciplinary team that offers a stimulating variety of work, from feasibility studies through to detailed design, site surveys, design verification or site-based secondments. We are currently delivering a portfolio of projects such as hydrogen production, hydrogen storage and industrial decarbonisation.

Our flexible and remote working policies are designed to help you get the most out of life. And when you join us, you'll be a part of a genuinely collaborative environment where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

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Your Purpose:

Do you enjoy a wide variety of tasks and projects? We are looking for someone versatile; you could be working on a small individual assignment or as part of a larger, multi-disciplinary team. You will enjoy working closely with clients on a range of demanding issues whilst helping to mentor and train more junior colleagues.

Overall, you get satisfaction from building relationships, with clients and with colleagues. You enjoy getting to know people, and working out how you can have a positive impact on them - whether that's delivering something that a client needs, or helping someone to progress within the organisation.

Examples of the types of work you will be involved in:

• Supervising, developing, and mentoring others.


• Leading technical aspects of mechanical engineering projects. This may be over a range of design phases, from optioneering through to detailed design.


Within our Net Zero Engineering Business, the mechanical team has a focus on diversifying the energy mix in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. This includes generation from gas, biomass and nuclear, natural gas cavern storage, hydrogen production & cavern storage, and industrial decarbonisation., The UK is the first major economy to legislate for a Net Zero target by 2050. To achieve this, our nuclear and clean energy teams are ensuring a mix of secure and sustainable energies that can meet our industry and lifestyle demands today, and in 30 years' time. We help to power our world through exciting new technologies and intelligent cybersecurity systems on projects that vary greatly in size, scope, and scale. So, you'll be creating the right safe and resilient systems across nuclear power, renewables, decarbonisation development, new builds and energy efficiency.

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Meeting your needs:

When you start with us, you'll enjoy "Total Reward," a package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs. From flexible holidays to life assurance, health & wellbeing benefits, and career planning for the senior stage of your career. Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk about any adjustments you might need.

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In addition to having strong communication and leadership skills, key attributes include the following:

• Master's degree (MEng/MSc) qualified Mechanical Engineer.


• Chartered Engineer and a member of IMechE is desirable.


• Strong technical background.


• Experience in a highly regulated industry (e.g., power, chemical, oil & gas) is desirable.


Some examples of the experience that would be of benefit are:

• Pipe stress analysis.


• Equipment specification and engineering specification writing.


• Experience of attendance at site for surveys and operations.


• High temperature component life assessment.


• Fitness for service assessments.


• Pressure part design calculations.


• Plant layout design.


• Pipeline routing and design.


• Checking and providing assurance of deliverables.
  
  AtkinsRéalis is a leading global consultancy with over 100 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world., At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.