Lead Plant Layout Engineer - Fusion & Nuclear Projects

Assystem; Bolton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days’ paid annual leave

Professional fees reimbursed

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Principal Layout Integration Engineer to provide technical leadership across Fusion and Modular Nuclear programmes in the UK. You will lead layout development, act as technical lead for major buildings and systems, and guide multidisciplinary integration to meet safety and lifecycle requirements.

The role involves delivering complex layouts, driving design reviews, and mentoring engineers while supporting project delivery, capability growth and client engagement in a

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent industrial experience.
• Extensive experience in plant layout, piping layout and multidisciplinary delivery.
• Experience in leading complex engineering studies and engineering decision-making.
• Strong systems engineering, requirements management and interface management.
• Experience with constructability, modularisation and lifecycle considerations.
• Experience leading workshops, design reviews and governance processes.
• Experience using major 3D design and review tools listed in qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant layout development from concept to detailed design for complex facilities.
• Act as technical lead for buildings, systems or programme-level integration.
• Develop equipment, piping, cable tray, access and maintenance arrangements.
• Lead piping routing studies and layout optimisation.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple projects and programmes.
• Define layout integration methodologies, standards and approaches.
• Lead optioneering, constructability and modularisation studies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary reviews and technical workshops.
• Ensure layout solutions meet safety, operability and lifecycle needs.
• Support bids, proposals and client engagement; develop standards and guidance.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Plant layout

Multidisciplinary delivery

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Systems engineering principles

Requirement management

Constructability

Modularisation

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

E3D

PDMS

Plant 3D

Siemens NX

Revit

Inventor

Navisworks

Job description

Assystem is seeking a Principal Layout Integration Engineer to provide technical leadership across Fusion and Modular Nuclear programmes in the UK. You will lead layout development, act as technical lead for major buildings and systems, and guide multidisciplinary integration to meet safety and lifecycle requirements.

The role involves delivering complex layouts, driving design reviews, and mentoring engineers while supporting project delivery, capability growth and client engagement in a