Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.
Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.
Job DescriptionCS&A Responsible Engineer
Warrington
Staff or Contract (Inside IR35)
CS&A Responsible Engineer (RE) 🏗️
The RE holds full technical accountability for Civils, Structural & Architectural (CS&A) engineering within their area, ensuring all work is safe, compliant, and fit for purpose across the project lifecycle 🔍.
Working to R2A2 (ED21), you’ll provide technical leadership, governance, and assurance, while retaining responsibility for key engineering decisions—even when delegated 👷♂️.
Key Responsibilities & Experience:
- Strong CS&A background in regulated, safety-critical environments ⚠️
- Proven technical accountability & decision-making experience ✅
- Ensure compliance with legislation, standards, and safety requirements 📜
- Establish governance, assurance & verification processes 🧩
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams & resolve complex technical issues 🤝
- Interface with project teams, regulators & assurance bodies 🏢
- Promote a strong safety, quality & compliance culture 🛡️
Desirable Experience:
- Planning, site master planning & council engagement 🗺️
- Contaminated land, utilities & ground investigations 🌍
- Seismic & heavy industrial/plant room design 🌐
- Nuclear or high-hazard environments ☢️
- Safety case development & regulatory engagement 📊
- Full lifecycle delivery: concept → commissioning 🔄
- Managing deviations, non-conformances & improvements 📈
Requirements:
- Familiar with engineering governance & gated processes ⚙️
- SQEP aligned with SR0698 & ED21 standards 🎯
Essential Qualifications 🎓
- Degree (or equivalent) in CS&A or related engineering discipline
- Extensive CS&A experience suitable for a Responsible Engineer role 🏗️
- Chartered Engineer (or equivalent) with a recognised institution 👨🔧
- Able to meet security clearance & site access requirements 🔐
Desirable Qualifications ⭐
- Fellowship or senior membership of a professional institution 🏅
- Training in nuclear safety, functional safety, or systems engineering ☢️
- Postgraduate qualification in engineering or management 📘
Whilst we encourage applications from all nationalities, Assystem within the UK are subject to security and export control restrictions due to the nature of work to be undertaken.
These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ON RECRUITMENT FRAUD - We are committed to safeguarding candidates from fraudulent activity associated with our recruitment process. Please note that we will never offer specialist CV writing services, request payment or ask for sensitive personal information during the recruitment process.
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
Skills Required
- Degree or equivalent in civil, structural, architectural engineering or a related engineering discipline
- Extensive civil, structural and architectural engineering experience suitable for a Responsible Engineer role
- Chartered Engineer status or equivalent membership of a recognized professional institution
- Ability to meet security clearance and site access requirements
- Familiarity with engineering governance and gated processes
- SQEP alignment with SR0698 and ED21 standards
- Fellowship or senior membership of a professional institution
- Training in nuclear safety, functional safety or systems engineering
- Postgraduate qualification in engineering or management
- Experience with planning, site master planning and council engagement
- Experience with contaminated land, utilities and ground investigations
- Experience with seismic and heavy industrial or plant room design
- Nuclear or high-hazard environment experience
- Safety case development and regulatory engagement experience
- Full lifecycle delivery experience from concept through commissioning
What We Do
Assystem, one of the world's leading independent nuclear engineering companies, is committed to accelerating the energy transition. We see ourselves as an activist in the development of nuclear energy, convinced that it is an essential part of the fight against climate change. 7,000 switchers, spread in 12 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are working every day to make the energy switch by accelerating the development of nuclear and renewable energies, power grids, clean hydrogen projects and low-carbon transport. We design and supervise major projects through our engineering activities and accelerate our customers' digital transformation. We also develop new solutions to build faster and improve the performance of complex infrastructures. 55 years of experience have made Assystem a key partner of the world's largest industrial groups: CEA, EDF, ENEC, Enedis, Engie, Framatome, ITER, K.A. CARE, Naval Group, NICDC, Orano, RATP, Rolls Royce, Royal Commission, Sellafield, SGP, SNCF... Assystem is ranked in the Top 3 companies in the nuclear energy sector.
