Lead Civil Engineer

Assystem; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance programme

Mindfulness resources

Discount vouchers

Cycle to work scheme

Free flu jabs

Job summary

Assystem in the UK is seeking a Civil/Structural Engineer for an onsite role in Plymouth. The position offers 37–40 hours per week under a 46‑week initial contract and involves leading civil and structural engineering activities within a Joint Project Team.

You will define project requirements, manage detailed design, review drawings, support commissioning and decommissioning, and ensure health, safety, environment and quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• Essential: design assurance for complex projects.
• Essential: civil engineering for complex projects.
• Essential: stakeholder engagement throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Desirable: experience in defence sector.
• Desirable: experience in civil sector.
• Desirable: design delivery within defence projects.

Responsibilities

• Define project requirements and prepare technical specifications.
• Manage engineering support and detailed design activities.
• Review and approve drawings, method statements and risk assessments.
• Provide technical supervision of construction/deconstruction works.
• Support commissioning/decommissioning activities.
• Respond to RFIs and technical queries.
• Contribute to project optioneering and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environment and Quality standards.

Skills

Civil engineering

Structural engineering

Design assurance

Stakeholder engagement

Defence sector

Engineering lifecycle

Education

Accredited STEM degree

Chartered Engineer (Desirable)

Job description

The UK’s nuclear sector has entered a renaissance, with Nuclear Energy now a vital component as the country moves towards a target of Net Zero.

Assystem provides critical support to this mission, accelerating the decommissioning and remediation of our legacy assets with a view to enabling a swifter energy transition, in parallel overcoming some of the largest engineering and environmental challenges of our generation.

As a Global top 3 independent nuclear engineering organisation, Assystem is active across the full decommissioning lifecycle. In the UK, we work across the Civil and Defence nuclear estates, pioneering agile and fit-for purpose, customer-focused solutions, drawing on our established pedigree for delivery engineering excellence. Assystem have a proud heritage gained over decades both in the UK and overseas, (delivering, supporting, managing) some of the most complex engineering projects in decommissioning, repurposing legacy assets and key new build projects such as Hinkley Point C.

The UK’s nuclear sector has entered a renaissance, with Nuclear Energy now a vital component as the country moves towards a target of Net Zero.

Assystem provides critical support to this mission, accelerating the decommissioning and remediation of our legacy assets with a view to enabling a swifter energy transition, in parallel overcoming some of the largest engineering and environmental challenges of our generation.

As a Global top 3 independent nuclear engineering organisation, Assystem is active across the full decommissioning lifecycle. In the UK, we work across the Civil and Defence nuclear estates, pioneering agile and fit-for purpose, customer-focused solutions, drawing on our established pedigree for delivery engineering excellence. Assystem have a proud heritage gained over decades both in the UK and overseas, (delivering, supporting, managing) some of the most complex engineering projects in decommissioning, repurposing legacy assets and key new build projects such as Hinkley Point C.

Job Description

Civil/Structural Engineer – Onsite Role

Plymouth | 37–40 hours per week | 46-week initial contract

Join our client to delivering a major 3 Basin remediation project in Plymouth This is a key onsite role where you’ll lead and coordinate civil & structural engineering activities within a dynamic Joint Project Team (JPT).

What You’ll Be Doing

• Defining project requirements & preparing technical specifications


• Managing engineering support and detailed design activities


• Reviewing and approving drawings, method statements & risk assessments


• Providing technical supervision of construction/deconstruction works


• Supporting commissioning/decommissioning activities


• Responding to RFIs and technical queries


• Contributing to project optioneering and continuous improvement


• Ensuring compliance with Health, Safety, Environment & Quality standards

Key Interfaces

You’ll collaborate closely with:

• Framework Contractors


• Design Teams


• Client


• AA(D) & AA(SC)

What We’re Looking For

A proactive Civil/Structural Engineer with strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and experience managing onsite engineering delivery within complex infrastructure environments.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Experience of developing design assurance for complex projects

Experience in civil engineering for complex projects

Experience in stakeholder engagement throughout the engineering lifecycle

Desirable

Experience in a defence sector.

Experience in civil sector.

Experience of design delivery within defence projects.

Experience in engineering lifecycle management.

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

UK National with SC Clearance. Demonstrable suitable qualifications and experience relating to marine and mechanical engineering. Accredited Degree in an appropriate ‘STEM’ discipline (or equivalent qualification and experience)

Desirable

Chartered Engineer

Additional Information

Additional Information

Why join the community of Switchers?

• The Group is currently ranked Third in the world for nuclear engineering.


• A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions


• Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects


• Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text


• Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs

Security 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.

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.

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.