Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer – Whitehaven, Cumbria (Hybrid). Competitive salary and benefits. Full‑time, permanent role (SF68226).

The role

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll be a key contributor to one of the UK’s major civil nuclear decommissioning programmes. You’ll take a leading role within a multidisciplinary engineering team, applying advanced technical expertise to develop, integrate, and enhance complex mechanical systems that directly support the safe deconstruction and future‑proofing of nuclear facilities.

Your work will influence high‑impact engineering decisions, ensuring compliance, technical excellence and robust design integrity across the full project lifecycle. You’ll also develop junior engineers, collaborate across functions and shape best‑practice engineering within our respected nuclear design alliance.

Day‑to‑day, your responsibilities include:

• Lead the delivery of complex mechanical engineering tasks and ...