A Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Mechanical Engineer to join a leading work place safety organisation that covers a range of sectors including construction, manufacturing, engineering, health services and local government. As a Mechanical Engineer you will be required to use your technical expertise and knowledge, to establish the causation of mechanical systems failures and unsafe practice in industry and other work places across the complete range of plant and equipment that may be present there.
Other duties of the role will involve
* provide professional mechanical engineering opinion on a wide range of issues, equipment and applications including: design, construction, maintenance and safe use
* forensic engineering i.e. investigations of accidents and incidents to establish the causation of failures
* preparing technical reports of your findings, analysis and conclusions, and presenting them to a Court
* Company representive at meetings with fellow professionals, Institutions and Trade Associations
* input to the interpretation of Standards and Standard development
* provide professional advice to government bodies, and on occasions police, local authorities and trading standards
The client is seeking a degree qualified Mechanical Engineer or a closely related engineering subject who has an in-depth understanding of Mechanical Engineering principles including integrity, safe design and use, failure mechanisms, risk assessment, degradation of materials and life extension. You are also required to have knowledge of a range of plant and equipment including automated systems and mobile equipment. A chartered membership of the institution of mechanical engineers is preferred however the client will assist you in gaining chartership if you do not already have this.