FEED Area Engineering Manager

Amentum; Risley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking an experienced FEED Area Engineering Manager to support the Design Services Alliance (DSA) at Sellafield. This role sits within the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase and leads multidisciplinary teams to develop technically robust and deliverable engineering solutions from conception through Gate 2.

This hybrid role requires strong governance, engineering leadership, and collaboration across safety, operations, and stakeholders to ensure maturity for detailed design and

Qualifications

• Significant engineering leadership experience in a highly regulated industry.
• Proven track record leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience delivering FEED, concept, feasibility, appraisal or optioneering phases of major capital projects.
• Experience developing engineering requirements and translating them into deliverable engineering solutions.
• Strong understanding of engineering governance and design assurance.
• Experience managing engineering scope, cost, schedule and technical risk.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical and programme stakeholders.
• Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards).
• Membership of a recognised professional institution.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams through FEED activities across multiple projects.
• Define and mature engineering scope from initial concept through Gate 2.
• Develop engineering strategies aligned to programme and business objectives.
• Ensure engineering solutions are safe, legally compliant, proportionate and fit for purpose.
• Lead engineering integration across all engineering disciplines.
• Scope definition; Requirements management; Functional specification development; Engineering option development; Value Management; Optioneering; TRL assessments; Engineering substantiation; Delivery strategy development.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Regulated Industry Experience

Team Leadership

Education

Degree in Engineering

Chartered Engineer

Membership in a professional institution

Job description

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive. Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family‑friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. Work‑life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part‑time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Role

Amentum is seeking an experienced FEED Area Engineering Manager to support the Design Services Alliance (DSA) at Sellafield.

This role sits within the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of major nuclear programmes and is responsible for leading multidisciplinary engineering teams in the development of technically robust, safe and deliverable engineering solutions from project conception through to Gate 2 / Single Preferred Solution. Working across a portfolio of projects, you will provide engineering leadership from initial opportunity identification, through requirements capture, optioneering and engineering definition, ensuring projects are sufficiently mature to transition into detailed design and delivery. You will act as the engineering focal point for your allocated programmes, bringing together engineering disciplines, safety, operations and stakeholders to develop solutions that are technically sound, deliverable and aligned with programme objectives.

This will be a hybrid position with Sellafield site attendance as required.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams through FEED activities across multiple projects.
• Define and mature engineering scope from initial concept through Gate 2.
• Develop engineering strategies aligned to programme and business objectives.
• Ensure engineering solutions are safe, legally compliant, proportionate and fit for purpose.
• Lead engineering integration across all engineering disciplines.

Project Definition

• Scope definition
• Requirements management
• Functional specification development
• Engineering option development
• Value Management
• Optioneering
• Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessments
• Engineering substantiation
• Delivery strategy development
• Develop projects to the level of maturity required for transition into detailed design and project delivery. This reflects the Gate 0–2 mobilisation activities identified in the client role specification.

Stakeholder Management

• Work collaboratively with:
• Sellafield Programme teams
• Project Engineering Managers
• Safety Case teams
• Operations
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Technical Authorities
• Subject Matter Experts

Facilitate engineering decision‑making and build consensus around preferred technical solutions.

Essential Experience

• Significant engineering leadership experience within a highly regulated industry.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience delivering Front End Engineering Design (FEED), concept, feasibility, appraisal or optioneering phases of major capital projects.
• Experience developing engineering requirements and translating them into deliverable engineering solutions.
• Strong understanding of engineering governance and design assurance.
• Experience managing engineering scope, cost, schedule and technical risk.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical and programme stakeholders.
• Experience working within integrated engineering teams.
• Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards).
• Membership of a recognised professional institution.

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.