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🚀 Join a major Defence client supporting critical nuclear facilities and infrastructure programmes within a highly regulated environment.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team, you'll play a key role in developing and maintaining safety cases, engineering substantiation, and technical assurance documentation that supports safe and compliant operations.
Key Responsibilities
🛡️ Author, develop and maintain Nuclear Safety Case and Design Substantiation documentation
📋 Manage design changes, concessions and technical justifications
👥 Present safety case submissions to nuclear safety committees
🔍 Develop and maintain Examination, Inspection, Maintenance & Testing (EIMT) schedules, procedures and associated documentation
📖 Support Periodic Reviews of Safety (PRS) and lifecycle safety case activities
🤝 Provide technical advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders
✅ Produce scopes for Independent Technical Assessments (ITA) and Independent Peer Reviews (IPR)
⚙️ Apply engineering expertise to support design, operation, maintenance and modification activities in a high-hazard environment
📝 Review and assess contractor technical reports, safety submissions, calculations and engineering documentation
✔️ Produce robust technical justifications to support the authorisation of design modifications
🌟 Contribute to the safe delivery of complex engineering programmes for a leading Defence client.
Qualifications
What You'll Bring
🛡️ Experience reviewing and assessing Safety Case documentation within highly regulated environments
📋 Strong background in producing safety justification and assurance documentation
🤝 Ability to provide expert safety case advice to project teams, contractors and stakeholders
👥 Experience leading safety reviews, workshops and stakeholder meetings
⚠️ Knowledge of hazard identification and risk assessment techniques, including HAZID and HAZOP
🔍 Experience reviewing technical reports, calculations and engineering submissions
🏗️ Proven ability to develop safety assurance strategies for complex engineering projects
⚛️ Experience within the nuclear, Defence or other high-hazard industries
📖 Understanding of safety case delivery, assessment and regulatory compliance
Qualifications
🎓 Minimum HNC (or equivalent) in an engineering or related discipline
✅ Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status or equivalent experience
📚 Candidates without a nuclear background must be willing to undertake a Nuclear Introduction course within six months of joining
⭐ Degree-qualified Engineer (desirable)
⭐ Chartered Engineer (CEng) status (desirable)
⭐ Experience within Defence, nuclear or other highly regulated sectors (desirable)
Additional InformationWhy join the Switchers community?
💥 Assystem has over 55 years of experience in nuclear engineering. We are among the top 3 largest nuclear engineering companies.
💥 Attractive social benefits: an engaging and dynamic Employee Committee (CE), holiday bonuses...
💥 Ongoing training throughout your career. Numerous career opportunities: 70% of our managers come from internal promotions!
💥 1 to 2 days of remote work per week.
Umbrella Contractor or Permanent Staff position
2 days/week minimum to be spent in Glasgow Client office
SC needed to commence role.
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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
- Experience reviewing and assessing safety case documentation in highly regulated environments
- Experience producing safety justification and assurance documentation
- Ability to provide safety case advice to project teams, contractors, and stakeholders
- Experience leading safety reviews, workshops, and stakeholder meetings
- Knowledge of hazard identification and risk assessment techniques, including HAZID and HAZOP
- Experience reviewing technical reports, calculations, and engineering submissions
- Ability to develop safety assurance strategies for complex engineering projects
- Experience in nuclear, defence, or other high-hazard industries
- Understanding of safety case delivery, assessment, and regulatory compliance
- Minimum HNC or equivalent in engineering or a related discipline
- Incorporated Engineer status or equivalent experience
- Willingness to complete a Nuclear Introduction course within six months if lacking a nuclear background
- Degree-qualified engineer
- Chartered Engineer status
- Experience in defence, nuclear, or other highly regulated sectors
- Security Clearance required to commence the role
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.
