Senior Facility / Project Engineer (Mechanical)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Senior Facility / Project Engineer (Mechanical) 

Location: Reading.  

We are seeking experienced a Facility / Project Engineers (Mechanical) 

This is a delivery-focused, task-based role where you will play a critical part in ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations by resolving engineering challenges, improving assets, and bridging the gap between facility operations and project delivery.

Your Missions:

Critical Asset Identification

• Identify and define the minimum critical asset set required for successful decommissioning
• Establish asset baselines and system dependencies down to subsystem level (e.g. electrical panels, utilities, controls)
• Enhance and build upon existing baseline data (avoiding duplication)

 Asset Condition & Risk Assessment

• Conduct RAG (Red-Amber-Green) assessments of critical assets based on:
• Provide clear justification, assumptions, and risk identification for all assessments

Asset Improvement & Engineering Delivery

Define improvement actions for Amber/Red assets and key Green assets, including:

• Maintenance, repair, and refurbishment activities
• Spares strategies and lifecycle planning
• Modifications, replacements, or simplification (including COTS solutions)
• Apply a pragmatic, safety-led approach, focusing on efficient delivery rather than unnecessary like-for-like replacement
• Clearly definer recommended interventions, delivery timelines and responsible owners

Asset Improvement Plan Delivery

• Rationalising engineering and maintenance activities
• Identifying and isolating redundant systems
• Implementing COTS solutions (e.g. lighting, utilities)
• Developing spares strategies for critical systems
• Ventilation simplification and infrastructure decoupling
• Prioritise work based on operational risk and business need
• Deliver tasks across multiple live facility work fronts

Qualifications

(Skills, Experience & Qualifications):

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in a facility engineering and/or project engineering roles in operational environment within highly regulated industries (e.g nuclear, defence, process)
• Proven ability to translate operational challenges into deliverable engineering solutions
• Work effectively between operations and project teams
• Experience supporting or undertaking Authorised/Area Control Manager (ACM) responsibilities
• Experience within nuclear decommissioning or operations is highly desirable
• Degree, HNC, or HND in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Membership of a recognised engineering institution (or working towards)
• Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status or working towards (desirable)
• Strong understanding of standards, compliance, and governance within regulated environments