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 Description📍 Location: Warrington
📝 Type: Permanent / Contract
🚀 Role Responsibilities
💡 Lead and direct a multi-disciplinary engineering team to:
🔍 Identify the feasibility of the approach
📄 Develop an outline requirement specification
📈 Identify the TRL levels and associated development plans to deliver a viable solution
🗂️ Prepare a plan for the delivery of the appraise and select phase of the project. Deliver to the agreed time, cost and quality
👥 Lead the multidiscipline teams, responsible for estimating, scheduling, forecasting and the production of the agreed design deliverables
📘 Manage the DSA teams in production of deliverables
🛡️ Develop the safety case(s), including attendance at HAZOPs, support to safety assessment, review of ES, and production of substantiation documentation
🧑🔧 Identify additional resource demand where required to ensure all deliverables can be originated and checked in accordance with the project schedule
🔗 Interface with other Project Discipline leads within the project(s)
🤝 Interface and engage with Site clients and stakeholders
🎯 Essential Experience
🛠️ Background in engineering, demonstrating a record of successful delivery including recent leadership roles guiding technical personnel
🏗️ Significant experience in an engineering design environment with strong technical knowledge
☢️ Recent experience working within a regulated and quality-assured system (preferably nuclear), where professional engineering judgment is key
⚖️ Knowledge and understanding of governing laws, regulations, and standards for the nuclear industry (equivalent experience in other industries will be considered):
📚 Health & Safety at Work Act
🧱 The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
⚙️ Safety of Machinery, CDM, LOLER, Pressure Systems, DSEAR, Ionising Radiation
🧪 Identification of Technological Readiness Levels and development of technology development plans
QualificationsHigher Education Qualification in Engineering (or Equivalent) subject
Appropriate (Engineering or Scientific) Institution Membership.
Additional InformationAbility to obtain SC Clearance
Due to the nature of work to be undertaken applicants will be required to meet certain residency criteria in order to attain a minimum level of UK security clearance if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.
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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
- Engineering background with a successful delivery record, including recent leadership experience guiding technical personnel
- Significant experience in an engineering design environment with strong technical knowledge
- Recent experience working within a regulated and quality-assured system, preferably nuclear
- Knowledge of nuclear industry laws, regulations, and standards, including the Health and Safety at Work Act, CDM, LOLER, Pressure Systems, DSEAR, and ionising radiation requirements
- Experience identifying Technology Readiness Levels and developing technology development plans
- Higher Education Qualification in Engineering or equivalent
- Appropriate engineering or scientific institution membership
- Ability to obtain SC security clearance and meet UK residency criteria
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.
