Senior Stress Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Etwall CP; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Senior Stress Engineer to join their team in Derby. The role involves providing integrity substantiation, assisting in calculations, and ensuring quality and cost requirements are met. Successful candidates will have experience in the nuclear industry and proficiency in Finite Element analysis tools like ABAQUS. Join a dynamic team dedicated to innovation in energy transition.

Benefits

Employee assistance programs

Wellness resources

Discount vouchers

Cycle-to-work schemes

Free flu jabs

Qualifications

• Experience in the nuclear industry or transferable skills from other disciplines.
• Expertise in fatigue, fracture, thermal, and structural stress assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrity substantiation using Finite Element methods.
• Assist in calculation reviews and proposal writing.

Skills

Finite Element methods

Modeling experience

Python scripting

Education

Experience in the nuclear industry

Tools

ABAQUS

CRACKEN

Job description

Job Description

Company DescriptionAssystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. Every day, our 7,500 employees located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their expertise to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are committed to supporting actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise, and values enables us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition. Drawing on more than 55 years of experience in highly regulated sectors with strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their lifecycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering, aiming to ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Job Description

Join us as a Senior Stress Engineer

Location: Derby

Staff Position

Your future team: Assystem is expanding its Stress capability and is looking for enthusiastic Senior Stress Engineers to join us. You will report to the Stress Technical Lead and work in an embedded team based at our client's site in Derby.

Your Missions

1. Provide integrity substantiation using Finite Element methods and/or Code assessment
2. Assist in calculation reviews
3. Modeling experience
4. Adhere to Assystem quality system
5. Work within man-hour budgets for assigned tasks
6. Assist in proposal writing and bidding activities if required

Successful candidates will be expected to help achieve business targets by ensuring analysis work meets quality, time, and cost requirements.

Why join the community of Switchers?

• The Group is ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.
• Dynamic career management policies across five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales, and support.
• Opportunities to work on exciting, global projects.
• Access to employee assistance programs, wellness resources, and support lines.
• Discount vouchers, cycle-to-work schemes, free flu jabs, and more.

At Assystem, we celebrate creativity and believe in harnessing diverse perspectives to shape innovative solutions. Your skills and daring spirit are what truly matter. Join us and help shape the future!

Qualifications

• Experience in the nuclear industry (defense preferred) or transferable skills from other disciplines.
• Expertise in fatigue, fracture, thermal, and structural stress assessments using finite element analysis.
• Proficiency in ABAQUS (explicit/implicit) and ABAQUS/CAE or equivalent pre/post-processing tools.
• Knowledge of structural integrity & defect tolerance assessments.
• Python scripting in ABAQUS desirable.
• Experience with CRACKEN or alternative fracture assessment methods.
• Familiarity with fatigue crack growth & initiation.
• Knowledge of Gated review processes.

Additional Information

Applicants must be Sole British citizens due to the nature of the work. We are committed to equal opportunity and fostering 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 the ability to dare are what matter!

Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.