Lead Mechanical Engineer - FEA

About you

You will need to demonstrate experience in some or all of the following areas:

• Suitable degree in Mechanical engineering (ME/BE, M.Tech/B.Tech or equivalent)
• Experience in Nuclear, Power, Oil & Gas or other highly regulated industrial environment preferred.
• Identify, produce and supervise production of appropriate analyses and calculations to demonstrate acceptable performance or highlight design issues. Support the QA process through review and approval of colleagues' work.
• Manage delivery of your projects to Time, Cost and Quality requirements.
• Lead requirements capture activities to identify the scope of work.
• Produce mechanical engineering solutions to the required standards, including detailed technical reports to meet client expectations.
• Project managing multiple work streams with different clients, including resource scheduling and time allocation.
• Proven computer aptitude, and expertise in MS office.
• Understanding of other relevant engineering disciplines.
• Familiar with international design codes and standards (such as: ASME BPVC Section III, Section VIII, RCC-M, ASME B31.1, PSSR 2000, BS EN 13480 and BS EN13445) and recommended practices pertaining to mechanical design and analysis, fabrication, installation, inspection, testing, quality assurance and quality control etc.
• Ability to work independently or as part of team, flexible attitude to the type of work and the level of responsibility accepted.
• Ability to manage / mentor the early and mid-career Engineers.
• Ability to understand and define client's requirements, plan and schedule deliverables, timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills with a proven ability to write accurate, detailed and concise technical reports (e.g. design substantiations, basis of analysis, safety case support references).
• Flexible to travel to AtkinsRealis' and client's'office locations around the world, if required.
• Well-versed knowledge of Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing related to Nuclear, Oil and Gas, any Mechanical equipment-based industries.
• Experience in production of Finite element models preferably in ABAQUS, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS APDL or Both.
• Experience in Linear and Non-Linear Static analysis, Frequency analysis, Buckling analysis, Explicit analysis, Seismic analysis.
• Familiarity with the regulatory programs – International codes
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently and to participate creatively in collaborative teams across the laboratory.
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced research environment, set priorities to accomplish multiple tasks within deadlines, and adapt to ever changing needs.
• Participates in client design reviews.
• Knowledge of life extension studies.
• Experience or exposure to project management principles desirable.
• Ability to understand and define client's requirements, plan & schedule deliverables, timelines.
• Strong delivery culture, ability to multi-task, resource management, delegate tasks, develop and deliver cost/time-effective solutions.
• Chartered engineer or In the process of getting chartership accreditation from the professional institutions.

You will also be expected to demonstrate the following qualities:

• Professional approach
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Commercial awareness
• Team working, being comfortable working in international teams.

Tools

• Experience of FEM software like ABAQUS, ANSYS, Hypermesh, PATRAN /NASTRAN
• Experience in CAD modelling: CATIA v5, Creo
• Experience in tools Mathcad, Matlab
• Programming scripts like Python, VBA, Power BI.