Lead Mechanical Engineer

Amentum Services, Inc.; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer to manage a team for high-value projects at their facility in England. Candidates should have at least 8 years of relevant experience, a Chartered Engineer qualification, and the ability to guide junior engineers. The role involves collaboration on complex engineering challenges and ensuring project delivery according to time, cost, and quality standards. This position promotes innovation and offers a competitive benefits package including medical cover and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Free single medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Professional development reimbursement

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in relevant Project design work.
• Experience with detailed design and manufacturing design phases.
• Mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of discipline engineers in project delivery.
• Set assurance strategies and conduct design reviews.
• Manage risks and assurance activities.
• Collaborate with disciplines and construction teams.
• Ensure the effective use of competent resources.

Skills

Lead a team of engineers

Risk management

Collaboration

Design assurance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Chartered Engineer qualification

Job description

Overview

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At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

We believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About The Opportunity

Amentum is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver £7bn of major projects. We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.

About The Project

The Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store (BEPPS2) is a PPP Major Project to design and construct a new mechanical handling waste storage facility that will safely store waste packages for many years to come. The project status is currently at detailed design.

BEPPS2 now has an exciting opportunity to recruit a Lead Mechanical Engineer to lead a team of Engineers in the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality.

Responsibilities could include:

• To lead a team of discipline engineers in the implementation and delivery of specified functional work that achieves safety, functional, legislative and business requirements.
• To set the assurance strategy ensuring correct stakeholder buy in at the correct time including all required design reviews, assistance reviews and any other assurance activities.
• To carry out effective and proportionate risk management and assurance activities including to call functional engineering or design capability reviews, especially in relation to design changes which carry significant financial, technical, design or programme risk.
• To collaborate with the other disciplines and the construction team in finding solutions to interface issues and making appropriate compromises for the benefit of project delivery.
• To lead a range of suppliers to ensure outsourced design can be fully integrated with all the systems.
• To ensure that SQEP competent resources are used to prepare, check and approve design work packages.

As a Lead Mechanical Engineer you will already have:

• Qualified Chartered Engineer
• At least 8 years of experience in relevant Project design work
• Experience of detailed design phase and manufacturing design phase
• Experience in leading a team and mentoring junior engineers

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

We partner with VERCIDA; for greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Defense and Space Manufacturing

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