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We’re always on the look out for talented individuals to join the DOCAN team. Please see below our current open positions.
Business Administrator – Northwich based
An exciting opportunity for a Business Administrator to join the DOCAN team in Northwich at Gadbrook Park / Cheshire.
To apply for the position please send your cv and cover note to [email protected]
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About DOCAN
DOCAN is an Engineering Consultancy working in the UK and beyond. Our HQ is in Northwich at Gadbrook Park / Cheshire. Due to growth, we have a new role in the company of Business Administrator.
The DOCAN company has a can do attitude, and this is essential for the role. -
About the role
This person will be working directly with the Management Team and will help scale the back office with the Commercial Director.
This is a role which for the right candidate can grow with the business as it scales potentially leading to a senior role within the company.
You will be working with Engineering Consultants, helping solve some of the most complex problems in industry.
For this role, noting it is a new role in the company, we will be selecting from a wide range of excellent candidates.
For successful candidates, with the right attitude, this role could develop in due course along a number of streams – from business development and sales, financial control, human resources, to senior management and beyond. -
Experience Required
We require the Business Administrator to have at least 2 years relevant work experience, but not more than 5 years work experience, and to have some form of qualification; the minimum being A level’s or BTEC, but could equally be Degree or MBA level. -
Key responsibilites
What will you do on a daily basis? The full range of activities which a Business Administrator does. From answering the phone, to streamlining business functions, to invoicing clients, to help getting deals done, and helping the company become more successful and have fun on the way.
Project Engineer – Mechanical - Cheshire Based
We are looking for an experienced Project Engineer to work directly with a top COMAH site and a range of other clients, with fantastic opportunities for career progression. Based in Cheshire.
To apply for the position please send your cv and cover note to [email protected]
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About DOCAN
DOCAN is an Engineering Consultancy working in the UK and beyond. Our HQ is in Northwich / Cheshire. We have many clients across the UK and Internationally.
Due to our growth and one of our clients' appetites to produce more, we need a Project Engineer who can help deliver and support some of these key projects, which is adding millions of pounds of value to our client. -
About the role
This is a great opportunity to work directly with a top COMAH site and some of the top Management and Engineers on that site, as well as working within a Consultancy environment at DOCAN with our Expert Consultants, Engineers and Designers.
Some of the projects you could be working on range from; a) new design of systems, processes and equipment, b) integrity engineering and reliability, c) fitness for service, re-rates, up-rates, damage assessments, d) production and margins increases, e) emergency work such as hot-taps, f) condition monitoring studies, site surveys, g) management of change, project management and cost control, voice of the client, regulator liaison, review, checking and approvals and much more.
For the right Engineer, this could be the role you are looking for with significant variations in job scopes, but still requiring a keen eye for detail with a focus on risk and safety, adding significant value to our client, and enabling DOCAN to develop and execute more projects for the client. -
Experience required
You will have significant prior site experience working on a COMAH site, ideally as a Professional Engineer.
You will have as a minimum, a HND or HNC in Mechanical or Plant Engineering, but preferably at Bachelors Degree and Chartered Engineer Status.
You will need to be capable of working on site, at heights as needed – although most of your time will be within an office environment.
You will have experience of running projects with a value ranging from 50k to 500k, which include a significant level of technical risk.
You will have past proven experience of Project Engineering, running a project from Cradle to Grave considering technical and financial scopes, and risk, to both client and company.
You will have proven experience planning projects and using the relevant methods to do so. -
Why DOCAN?
We are a customer focused company, with a can do attitude and have a fantastic relationship with the client.
You have a unique opportunity to help shape and grow DOCAN, and build your career working with some of the best minds in industry.
You could end up as Project Manager, Turnaround Manager, Project Director, or Subject Matter Expert or similar with experience gained over several years.
Piping Designer
We are looking for an experienced Piping Designer to join our Pressure Systems team and contribute to the growth of this part of the business.
To apply for the position please send your cv and cover note to [email protected]
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About DOCAN
DOCAN is an Engineering Consultancy working in the UK and beyond. Our HQ is in Northwich / Cheshire and we also have Offices in South Humberside local to many industrial clients.
Due to growth, we are now looking for a staff Piping Designer who will work with our Pressure Systems Team and help grow this part of our business. Our Piping Engineering Projects include both brown and green field, but are generally of an industrial nature, and quite often working on COMAH sites or if international working for non-trivial systems.
DOCAN has a long history of Pressure Systems, and as we grow the business our scope sizes and complexity grow, including FEED and Detailed Engineering, but also modifications, remediations, uprates, as well as Business as Usual. -
About the role
We work directly with a number of Blue Chip operators, as well as other Engineering firms. As a DOCAN Piping Designer, you will be involved in designing and contributing to a wide range of areas which will include equipment, piping, tanks, vessels, and structures.
We are a technology led company, and equip our Designers and Engineers with the most appropriate technologies to make our people and processes a cut above the rest and be efficient.
DOCAN use a wide range of technologies for design, including SolidWorks, SolidEdge, AutoCAD, CADWorks, Tekla and more. -
Experience Required:
We expect you to have a wide range of experience, to have a fundamental understanding of piping, and how it links to an overall system. You will have experience of designing from scratch, to designing modifications and considering deconstruction and construction.
We expect you to have a good design background with an understanding of the B31 codes, have a thorough knowledge of reading relevant engineering drawings, from PFD’s, P&ID’s to detailed fabrications and schedules and to be able to create these drawings and documents.
Most of your time will be spent within a Consultancy Environment, but from time to time, you may have to go to site, and complete and manage surveys.
The ideal candidate will come from an apprentice background and worked up from the shop floor, to draftsman and then to designer. However, you may have come from an alternative route.
We expect at least 10 years practical relevant experience, of Piping Design, and ideally with a HNC or HND in Plant Design or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent. Experience using and administering 3D piping design packages such as CADWorx or AutoCAD Plant 3D would be advantageous. -
Why DOCAN?
We are a modern technology led company, with a customer focus, working generally on very challenging projects, producing a very high standard work.
We equip our Engineers and Designers with the best technology and tools, and enable you to succeed.
We have some of the best minds in Industry, and work on some very interesting projects, adding significant value to our clients.
The range of projects we work on include Oil and Gas, Renewables, Nuclear, Power Gen, Manufacturing, and more. This is an opportunity to contribute, learn and add value from one of the up and coming top Consulting firms in the UK.
If you have a can do attitude, come to team DOCAN.
Civil / Structural Engineer
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Civil / Structural Engineer to join our growing team.
To apply for the position please send your cv and cover note to [email protected]
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About DOCAN
DOCAN is an engineering consultancy working in the UK and beyond. Our HQ is in Northwich / Cheshire and we have branch offices in South Humberside local to many industrial clients.
Due to continued growth in our civil and structural projects, we are looking for a staff civil / structural engineer with between 5 to 10 years of practical experience, who will work with our principal engineers and designers to help further develop this part of our business.
Our civil and structural projects are varied, covering both brown and green field sites and can be within an architectural or industrial setting.
Civil and structural engineering is not new within DOCAN, but is most definitely a growth area and we are looking for someone to help us develop this area of our business. -
About the role
Our ideal candidate is interested in working in various industries, doing different projects and solving complex problems using the latest technology.
You will be based in either Cheshire and commutable to our offices in Northwich, or in South Humberside and be commutable in our offices near Grimsby. -
The ideal candidate
We expect as a minimum you are degree qualified in civil or structural engineering (or similar) and currently working towards or interested in becoming a chartered engineer with ICE or IStrucE.
As consultants, we are involved in a variety projects, often of a complex and multi discipline nature. Our ideal candidate is someone who likes new challenges and can develop novel solutions, both as part of a wider team and independently.
The ideal candidate should be able to develop concepts that can be justified by calculation, develop reports and communicate designs to the drafting team.
DOCAN are a multi discipline team. We use a wide range of software and technology in our work. For civil and structural engineering this will involve primarily STAAD.Pro and MathCAD as well as developing hand calculations when required. Working with UK and international clients means our projects are subject to a variety of design codes including Eurocodes, AISC and API.
Our ideal candidate will be competent with these packages and codes as well familiar with application such as ANSYS, Navisworks and TEKLA.
Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Fantastic opportunity to join our highly established consulting group.
Are you interested in becoming a top Engineering Consultant working for companies in the UK and around the world, using some of the best technology available for design, structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, reverse engineering, reliability and more? Then this job will be for you!
Why join DOCAN?
Compared to MPDS schemes, the experience gained at DOCAN will enable you to quickly become a professional Engineer and you will be engineering from day one! We are a rapidly growing company working for a large client base in many industries around the world and on important and relevant projects. You will have the ability to grow as we do. You will be paid well, and have some fun on the way!
You can too!
Please get in touch today if you think you have what it takes to be a top Engineer. We would ideally require a first-class bachelor’s degree, but will also consider a 2:1 in Mechanical Engineering if you have completed a full 4 year apprenticeship in a related field (such as mechanical fitting).
You must have the legal right to work in the UK and can easily commute back and to from Northwich, Cheshire.
Send over a covering letter and your CV to: [email protected]
