Senior Mechanical CAD Designer

Job Title:            Senior Mechanical Designer
Location:            Leicester, UK (Hybrid working – 2 days per week on site)
Compensation:  Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:              SF61633

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 Senior Mechanical Designer at our Leicester site.

The role

As a Senior Mechanical Designer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The role involves designing and developing solutions, resolving design issues, and providing technical advice and governance. 

Day-to-day, you’ll act as a point of contact for design-related issues and contributing to design reviews as well as resolving production and technical queries.

• Allocating tasks and ensuring coordination among design teams.
• Promoting cooperation across teams and managing customer relationships.
• Advising on methods and tools, and assisting the design team.
• Preparing drawings in line with ISO standards.
• Developing innovative design solutions and leading low-risk projects.
• Maintaining knowledge of best practices and industry developments.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Mechanical Designer 

• Experience in a detailed design environment 
• Good knowledge of CAD tools 
• Knowledge of General Engineering Drawing Practice 
• Breadth and depth of experience in a range of commercial or defence projects 

Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical Designer

• HNC minimum in a relevant discipline OR equivalent academic qualification 

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
 
What we offer 

• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.   

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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