A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Stress Engineer within the Analysis Team based at either our Risley (Warrington), or Milton Park (Abingdon) offices. We are looking for a focused, enthusiastic and skilled Senior Engineer to join the Analysis Team and to integrate with project design teams as required. You will be delivering finite element solutions and manual calculations to support design and installation consultancy projects for internal and external clients.

Senior Stress Engineers are responsible for a complete package of work, normally in the form of a Calculation or FE Analysis report.  You may be responsible for the checking and approval of deliverables as well as ensuring that industry standards and quality procedures are met. Safety in design is Nuvia’s highest priority and the Senior Engineer is a fundamental role in achieving this.

Reporting into: Analysis Team Leader 

Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out FE analysis and hand calculations for consultancy projects for the substantiation of designs.
• Supervise colleagues and coordinate small teams, depending on experience, and be responsible for the output of others.
• Creating analysis reports, technical requirements, plans and estimates.
• Ensure tasks are carried out to the required scope and budget constraints.
• Checking calculations and analysis by other Engineers.
• Developing Junior Engineers or subcontractors through task supervision.
   

Position of Senior Engineers within the organisation:

• Reporting to Principal Engineers or Engineering Managers.
• Responsible for defining and managing quality, progress and cost of the work undertaken.
• Regularly interacts with clients and managers of other engineering disciplines.

Qualifications & Experience:

Essential:

• A passion for engineering and problem solving, with an excellent grasp of mechanical concepts and all types of loading, stress and failure.
• Expertise in hand and FEA calculations and either ANSYS, CAESAR II, LS-DYNA, Hyperworks, or Staad Pro/Robot.
• Understanding of Industry codes and standards.
• Demonstrable performance in technical leadership, delivery within time and budget constraints, rigour and commitment to customer requirements, desire to improve our business, development/supervision of other Engineers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in client-facing roles, to present results and formal analysis reports, adapting styles as appropriate.
• Aptitude for working creatively within multi-disciplinary project teams, integrating stress analysis into the design process.
• First or upper second-class degree in a relevant mechanical subject.
   

Desirable:

• Experience in the nuclear sector.
• Experience of wider design process, ability to develop technical deliverables such as drawings and specs outside of analysis work, with broad experience of requirements, drawing production, materials and manufacturing methods.
• Understanding of Inventor & AutoCAD of general 3D design tools.
• Knowledge analytical principles and methods related to Dynamic loading and response, Fatigue & Fracture, Seismic, Blast, Thermal or Fluids.
• Ability to apply the following Industry Standards: Eurocodes, BS 5950, BS EN 13001, BS 2573, ASME III & VIII, BS EN 13480, ANSI B31.3 or B31.1
• CEng / Member of a relevant institution (IMechE or IET).

Employee Staff Benefits:

• 8.5% Employer Pension Contribution with Life Assurance Cover
• Private Medical Scheme*
• Employee Share Scheme
• Flexible and hybrid working, in agreement with local line management.
• 25 Days Annual Leave (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
• Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work.
• 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay* (+21w SMP)
• In Partnership with Trade Unions
• Personal Development & Further Education Support
• Long Service & Recognition Awards
• Fantastic Employee Discounts
• Free Employee Assistance Programme

*After 1 year of service.

Nuvia - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.

Nuvia is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.

Nuvia UK is committed towards equality in employment.