Principal Mechanical Engineer

General information

Organization

Orano Limited is the Orano group entity operating in the UK, working with the majority of the UK's nuclear clients and specialising in decommissioning, waste, and special nuclear material management. Orano Limited employs around 85 staff based at its offices in Abingdon, Warrington and Whitehaven. The company acts as the UK gateway to the global capability of Orano and combines this with a 40-year track record in the UK, marrying the group's international know-how with expertise in UK regulations and decades of UK nuclear site experience.

Find out more about Orano Ltd

Reference number

2025-21314

Location

Abingdon

Job details

Position title

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Job description (internal)

As a Principal Mechanical Engineer at Orano Limited, you will be involved in a variety of specialist tasks. This could include:

Delivering and managing technical engineering studies.
Ownership of mechanical engineering processes, from strategic and conceptual phases to detailed design, manufacture design and construction & commissioning phase support. Typical deliverables will be issued: technical notes, substantiation reports, Mechanical Flow Diagrams and flow-sheets, mechanical drawings, P&IDs and mechanical layout drawings, hazards and malfunctions management, technical/manufacturing specification documentation review from supply chain.
Technical studies related to mechanical handling for both handling operations and heavy mechanical transfer systems, powder mechanical processes (transport, milling, and compaction) in high active environment and gloveboxes, compaction and mechanical dismantling technologies.
Communications and answering of Technical Queries with Manufactures to ensure specifications and design intent are being adhered to.
Technical networking within Orano, including with Orano experts.
Communication skills – ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.
Proactivity – ability to independently seek out or develop one’s own answer to challenging technical questions.
Questioning attitude – ability to analyse situations and challenge the conditions, activities or solutions to support continuous improvement and develop areas of best practice.
Organisational excellence – ability to organise one’s own time and the time of others to ensure internal / external deadlines are achieved and Client expectations are exceeded.
Reactivity - ability to respond quickly and effectively to unforeseen situations.
Integrity and Inclusivity – ability to take responsibility for one’s own actions and foster an inclusive working environment where all members of the team are respected and given equal opportunity to participate.
Leadership - desire to lead and support the development of more junior members of the team.

Skills and Qualifications (internal)

A degree in Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant degree.

8+ years experience as a Mechanical Engineer.

Chartered member of a professional body (IMechE)

Experience working with multi-cultural teams

Employment Classification

Regular/Permanent

Job

B - Nuclear Clean-Up & Dismantling

Job location

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, North West, Cheshire

Geolocation by area (Always put 'Yes')

No

Adress

warrington

Additional information

Telework/Home-office

Hybrid Options

Handled by

Primary manager

Annie DIGHTON