Senior Mechanical Engineer

Dorset, England, United Kingdom

4/10/2025

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise and oversight throughout the project life cycle, from initial requirements, through concept generation, development and detailed final design.

Location: Wimborne, UK

Your Challenge

• Develop mechanical solutions across a variety of projects, using principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, and material science as required
• Use analytical techniques and recognised tools to design out potential design and process failures
• Apply nuclear standards (e.g. ASME) to ensure proposed design solutions meet industry requirements
• Evaluate products by designing and conducting appropriate design, development, verification and validation methods
• Produce technical evaluations and engineering assessments of proposed design solutions
• Produce technical drawings for manufacture and installation, to national and internationally recognized standards
• Create technical reports and documentation to support manufacture as required
• Provide technical collaboration with customers and suppliers
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies
• Liaising with the Project Management team to ensure progress, and that goals and milestones are aligned
• Provide clear progress reports, estimates to completion and risks to project managers.
• Assess project requirements and agree budgets, timescales and specifications with customer.
• Develop plans, processes, and procedures, including work packages as required to support the execution of project milestones
• Take on responsibility to support the project engineering team to develop and deliver a solution that is technically and commercially viable
• Support the coordination and management of engineering tasks for a project, ensuring on time and on budget deliver
• Technical oversight and guidance of mechanical engineers
• Support bids by providing technical solutions, estimates, and plans
  
  

What You Bring

• Qualified to degree level in a Mechanical/Aerospace/Automotive Engineering or similar discipline
• Experience in the design and assembly of products designed to operate in harsh environmental conditions
• Ability to communicate complex aspects of designs verbally and graphically
• A strong working knowledge of 3D modelling software such as Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks or similar
• Knowledge of analytical simulation techniques such as FEA, CFD, etc
• Experience designing jigs and fixtures
• Experience working with BoMs and detailed drawing packs
• Ability to write concise and detailed engineering reports and documentation for publishing.
• Ability to work alone and in a team environment
• Application of ASME coding within a nuclear environment would be advantageous but is not essential
• Knowledge of DFMEA, PFMEA, DFM/DFA and Root cause analysis.
• Perform detailed reviews of engineering drawings
• Leading engineering teams
  
  

Who We Are

Our Values

Environmental, Social and Governance

Ultra Energy, a Business Unit of Curtiss Wright, is a global engineering and design manufacture leader with just over six decades of experience designing for heavily regulated markets, such as nuclear, aerospace, oil and gas, and more. We develop sensors and instrumentation and control solutions for harsh environments and mission critical applications when safety and reliability matter. We focus on our customers’ success in every step of our process from sales engagement, quality, delivery, and customer service. Our customers trust us and know our commitment to safety is our top priority.

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Compliance Statement

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