Lead Engineer, Nuclear Auxiliary & Waste Block

Rolls - Royce SMR; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 12.5%

Benefits Allowance £2,200 p.a.

Pension 12% employer / 6% employee

Holidays 28 days + public holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 6× pensionable pay

Home Office Support £250

Job summary

Rolls‑Royce SMR invites applications for a Senior Engineer – Auxiliary & Waste Block Lead. Hybrid working with Derby, Warrington or Manchester as the primary site.

You will coordinate a multidisciplinary team to deliver the block design across layout and installation, and provide technical leadership through the gated lifecycle. You will review designs, manage risks, and collaborate with Civil, Architectural, Mechanical Handling, Systems, Components, Human Factors, E3S, Construction and Supply

Qualifications

• Experience delivering layout and installation design programmes.
• Experience developing design solutions from concept through to detailed design.
• Strong understanding of Design for X (DfX) and engineering decision‑making.
• Experience applying systems engineering principles.
• Experience leading engineering work packages or multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong technical communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience providing technical coaching and reviews.
• Knowledge of contamination control and nuclear waste management.
• Experience in nuclear mechanical systems design is advantageous.
• Experience in modularisation or mechanical process design from other industries encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Auxiliary & Waste Block scope across the SMR programme.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop integrated layout and installation solutions.
• Develop design definitions in line with the gated engineering lifecycle.
• Lead technical reviews, definition reviews and design maturity activities.
• Resolve complex technical challenges and integration issues.
• Support development of block delivery strategies with key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain plans to deliver scope to cost, schedule and quality targets.
• Manage technical risks, assumptions, issues and lessons learned.
• Provide technical checking and governance where appropriate.
• Coach and support engineers across the wider team.
• Drive collaboration across engineering disciplines to achieve programme objectives.

Skills

Layout & installation design

Concept to detail design

DfX design principles

Systems engineering

Leading work packages

Technical communication

Stakeholder engagement

Technical coaching

Contamination control

Nuclear mechanical design

Modularisation

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer desirable

Tools

None specified

Job description

Rolls‑Royce SMR invites applications for a Senior Engineer – Auxiliary & Waste Block Lead. Hybrid working with Derby, Warrington or Manchester as the primary site.

You will coordinate a multidisciplinary team to deliver the block design across layout and installation, and provide technical leadership through the gated lifecycle. You will review designs, manage risks, and collaborate with Civil, Architectural, Mechanical Handling, Systems, Components, Human Factors, E3S, Construction and Supply