Lead EC&I Engineer

Assystem; Warrington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem in Warrington is seeking a senior engineering leader to direct a multi-disciplinary team on a nuclear project. You will oversee feasibility, requirements, TRL planning, and delivery planning, ensuring time, cost, and quality targets are met.

The role emphasizes leadership in a regulated environment, development of safety cases, interface with site stakeholders, and resource planning to secure successful outcomes across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate leadership in engineering delivery.
• Background in engineering with strong technical knowledge.
• Experience in regulated/quality-assured systems (nuclear preferred).
• Knowledge of nuclear laws/regulations and standards (CDM, etc.).
• Experience identifying TRLs and development plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a multi-disciplinary engineering team to identify feasibility and develop an outline requirement specification.
• Identify TRL levels and associated development plans to deliver a viable solution.
• Prepare a plan for delivery of the appraise and select phase of the project with adherence to time, cost and quality.
• Lead multidiscipline teams for estimating, scheduling, forecasting and design deliverables.
• Manage DSA teams in production of deliverables and safety-case development (HAZOPs, safety assessment, ES, substantiation).
• Identify additional resource demand to ensure deliverables can be originated and checked per schedule.
• Interface with other Project Discipline leads within the project and engage with Site clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Engineering background

Regulated quality system

Nuclear knowledge

Stakeholder interface

Education

Higher Education in Engineering

Engineering Institution Membership

Job description

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

Qualifications

• Higher Education Qualification in Engineering (or Equivalent) subject
• Appropriate (Engineering or Scientific) Institution Membership.

Additional Information

• Ability 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.

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.