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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Are you looking for a company that works on major engineering projects all over the world? Do you want to make a difference by improving the daily lives of communities worldwide? Are you seeking to join an inclusive and diverse team that you can truly count on? You've come to the right place!


Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people.


Job Description


AtkinsRéalis is looking to hire a Senior Engineer. This position requires an experienced, self-motivated professional capable of working independently, leading complex engineering activities, and providing technical guidance to junior staff. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary team environment delivering engineering services for nuclear power plants within a matrix organization.


Job Responsibilities:


  • Prepare and review engineering documents, calculations, specifications, reports, drawings, procedures, and other technical deliverables.
  • Lead conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design activities for nuclear power plant systems, structures, and components.
  • Define engineering scope, technical requirements, deliverables, budgets, schedules, and resource needs.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities and resolve technical and interface issues with clients, suppliers, project teams, and other stakeholders.
  • Support engineering changes through the applicable engineering change control processes, from concept development through implementation, commissioning, closeout, and availability for service.
  • Perform and review technical assessments, calculations, design evaluations, and verification activities in accordance with applicable procedures.
  • Provide pre-order and post-order engineering support, including preparation of procurement documents, technical bid evaluations, supplier document reviews, and resolution of design deviations and non-conformances.
  • Support manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, testing, installation, commissioning, and field activities, including site and supplier visits as required.
  • Ensure work complies with applicable codes, standards, regulatory requirements, quality-assurance requirements, and client and company procedures.
  • Interface directly with client engineering representatives and communicate technical matters clearly to peers, management, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
  • Monitor and report on engineering progress, performance, risks, issues, and staffing needs to engineering and project management.
  • Mentor junior engineers and technical staff, provide technical guidance, and contribute to knowledge transfer and continuous improvement.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?


Because we offer:


  • The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
  • An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
  • A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
  • Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
  • A work environment focused on health and safety.

About You


  • Bachelor's degree in an applicable engineering discipline from an accredited university.
  • Registered Professional Engineer in a province of Canada and a member in good standing, or eligible for registration.
  • A minimum of 15 years of relevant engineering experience, including significant experience in the nuclear industry and in a senior design or technical role.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering modifications or engineering work for nuclear facilities through the full engineering lifecycle.
  • Strong knowledge of applicable nuclear codes, standards, regulatory requirements, engineering change control processes, and quality-assurance practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to prepare and review complex engineering deliverables and perform or oversee design verification.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary work and interfacing with clients, suppliers, project teams, and regulatory or authorized inspection organizations, as applicable.
  • Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly.
  • Results-driven, self-motivated, and able to work independently and collaboratively in a matrix organization.
  • Willingness to travel to and potentially work at project, client, or supplier sites to meet business needs.

Additional, preferred qualifications:


  • Advanced degree in an applicable engineering discipline.
  • Experience with pressure-boundary systems or components, equipment qualification, seismic or environmental qualification, design registration, or other specialized nuclear engineering activities.
  • Qualification or recent experience as a Specialized Professional Engineer under an applicable code or standard.
  • Experience supporting procurement, manufacturing, fabrication, testing, installation, commissioning, and field engineering activities.
  • Knowledge of configuration management, systems engineering, constructability, operability, maintainability, and lifecycle considerations.
  • Strong presentation, facilitation, mentoring, and public-speaking abilities.

Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.


Nuclear Engineering

Location

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-161696

Salary range

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Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis


Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-leading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data, and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the entire life cycle of an asset, including consulting, advisory and environmental services, intelligent networks and cybersecurity, design and engineering, procurement, project and construction management, operations and maintenance, decommissioning, and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations and Maintenance, and Capital.


At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion, or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.


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