Setting Out Engineer jobs in Wales

Position:

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer with Finch, you will assist with developing and delivering within our Asset Management team, which delivers across multiple sectors, including food and drink, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and more. We are looking for a person who can add to our dynamic team of machinery consultants delivering PUWER, UKCA/ CE Marking, and machinery advice services. You will have a sound foundation in machinery and a good core knowledge of hazard identification from first principles.

You will help deliver new business streams and client services while collaborating with your colleagues and sharing client relationships. The ideal candidate will be a go-getter who can see opportunities and help deliver the company vision.

The successful candidate will be invited to join our six-month onboarding programme, where you will learn the full Finch process, from how enquiries are dealt with to client visits, report writing, and following up. During this time, you will have the support of a buddy and a mentor to guide you through the process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out PUWER inspections on new and existing machinery at our client’s sites
• Conduct design reviews and assess conformity to design standards.
• Review documentation to ensure compliance with standards.
• Write and be involved in client proposals and the full project lifecycle
• Manage your own time and projects to ensure they are delivered to budget and deadline
• Undertake compliance assessments of mechanical equipment, machinery, and process equipment.
• Implement and interpret new regulations, ensuring adherence to industry standards.
• Support expert witness work related to mechanical engineering matters, including personal injury and commercial claims.

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering (preferred)
• Achieved or working towards Chartership.
• Minimum 10 years of industrial experience
• Proficient in conducting Safety evaluations to ensure equipment complies with industry standards
• Strong aptitude for logical problem-solving
• Ability to identify and implement new business opportunities with flexibility
• Skilled in analysing complex safety-critical systems
• Capable of performing safety assessments for mechanical machinery and equipment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Focused on working in high-risk environments with proven risk assessment capabilities

Benefits we offer:

• Private Healthcare – ensuring comprehensive coverage for our employees, promoting their wellbeing and peace of mind.
• Eye care vouchers – enjoy the vision of savings with our eye care voucher benefit, ensuring your eyesight is healthy and eyecare is cost effective.
• Employee Assistance Programme – Our employee assistance programme offers confidential services and support to help our employees navigate personal and professional challenges.
• 4 x Death in Service – provides essential financial security to our employee’s loved ones.
• Bonuses – When we are successful, we like to share a piece of that success. We also show our appreciation when people go above and beyond.
• We contribute 5% as standard to your pension pot as we understand saving for life after work is important.
• Onboarding – With a comprehensive 6 month onboarding program, we ensure that every individual joining our community experience a seamless and enriching transition into their roles. This initiative reflects our dedication to providing the best possible start for our new members, setting the stage for long term success and growth within the Finch community.
• Progress Reviews – These provide valuable insights into our achievements, challenges, and areas for growth, fostering continual improvement and alignment towards our shared goals.
• We encourage your learning and development with a supportive programme at all career stages.We also pay for any professional subscriptions.
• As long as you’re delivering client work on time, within budget and to the Finch standard, you have the freedom to work where and when it best suits you, your colleagues and your clients.

A bit about us

Would you like to be part of a community not just an organisation? Where you’re treated as an individual while still being part of a wider community? Where you have the flexibility to work anywhere at any time? Finch is an award-winning risk management business, where you can do exactly that.

Our community consists of consulting experts, support members and a network of associates working together to deliver asset management, process safety and health and safety services to our clients. We are known for being pragmatic with innovative ideas that have purpose and application. This is why our clients, from many diverse sectors, operating from single small sites or multiple global locations, refer us to others and invite us to work with them time and time again.

Our mission is to grow sustainably with our clients by helping them learn from failure and to embrace success. Wherever people, process and plant come together, our experts offer constructive and candid analysis of the sensitive and complex issues. We build confidence by carefully applying and aligning our health and safety, process safety, and asset management knowledge with our clients’ needs. Underpinning our collective success is integrity and the trusted relationships fostered between expert, clients and others.

** Please note, we are not working with recruitment agencies for this Role **

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• This role requires travel to client sites. Will this affect your ability to do the role?

Experience:

• PUWER: 6 years (preferred)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road