Principal C&I Engineer

NUVIA

Culham

Hybrid

GBP 75,000 - 110,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

8.5% Pension Contribution & Life Assur
Private Medical Scheme
Employee Share Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Schemes
Maternity Pay
Holidays increasing with service
Leave carryover option
Development & Education Support
Long Service Awards
Employee Assistance Programme
Equality in employment

Job summary

NUVIA UK is seeking a Principal C&I Engineer to lead the C&I design across reactor island and beyond, providing technical direction and acting as the Intelligent Customer for the Technology Partner. You will ensure compliance with UK and international standards and deliver safe, robust, and well-documented engineering solutions.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with project managers and regulators, and drive ALARP demonstrations while maintaining high safety and quality standards across

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience delivering C&I engineering within nuclear, defence or other highly regulated sectors.
  • Strong understanding of nuclear safety principles, safety related control systems and relevant standards.
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage complex technical deliverables.
  • Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging with clients and regulators.
  • Able to both act as Intelligent Customer (IC) and deliver C&I engineering design, analysis, and documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the C&I design for the project.
  • Act as the Intelligent Customer for C&I deliverables from the Technology Partner, providing informed challenge and acceptance recommendations.
  • Support responses to regulator questions and technical queries relating to C&I.
  • Ensure C&I analysis and documentation comply with UK and international standards and safety principles.
  • Contribute to ALARP demonstrations and improvements.
  • Monitor progress, quality, risk and change across tasks to meet time, cost and quality targets.
  • Provide regular C&I status updates to Reactor Island Lead and project team.
  • Contribute to a positive safety culture and high performing technical community.

Skills

C&I engineering
Nuclear safety principles
Lead multidisciplinary teams
Client & regulator communication
Technical reporting
Mentoring engineers
Design verification

Education

Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineering degree
Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

Arrangement – Staffed/Contract

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.

Position – Principal C&I Engineer
Location – Warrington
Reference – TS119
Travel – Hybrid
Arrangement – Staffed/Contract

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.

BPSS clearance will be required at basic level. Prior clearance will not be transferrable.

In this role, you will provide the client with strong leadership as the Intelligent Customer for C&I initially supporting Reactor Island but ultimately across all parts of the power plant design, acting as the single point for the discipline across engineering projects. You will be responsible for technical delivery of the tasks and technical interactions with the technical partner and Owner’s Engineer, setting scopes and issue task orders, ensuring alignment with technical standards, project goals and regulatory expectations.

Principal Accountabilities
  • Lead the C&I design for the project.
  • Act as the “intelligent customer” for C&I deliverables from the Technology Partner, providing informed challenge, clarification and acceptance recommendations.
  • Support responses to regulator questions and technical queries relating to C&I.
  • Ensure C&I analysis and documentation comply with relevant UK and international standards, codes, ONR expectations and internal nuclear safety principles.
  • Contribute to ALARP demonstrations and identification of reasonably practicable improvements.
  • Monitor progress, quality, risk and change across tasks, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality constraints.
  • Provide regular C&I status updates, risk/issue summaries and decision inputs to the Reactor Island Lead and wider project management team.
  • Contribute to building a positive safety culture and a high performing technical community aligned with client values.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
  • Extensive experience delivering C&I engineering within nuclear, defence or other highly regulated sectors.
  • Strong understanding of nuclear safety principles, safety related control systems and relevant standards (e.g., BS EN 61508, BS EN 61511, IEC 61226, IEC 61513 and IEC 62138).
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage complex technical deliverables.
  • Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging with clients and regulators.
  • Able to both act as Intelligent Customer (IC) and also to deliver C&I engineering design, analysis, and documentation.
  • Provide technical authority and oversight for C&I systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and project specifications.
  • Manage and review technical design packages, including calculations, schematics, block diagrams, cable routing, safety systems, and control philosophies.
  • Act as a subject-matter expert for nuclear safety related C&I systems, supporting HAZOPs, design reviews, and safety case development.
  • Collaborate closely with project managers, systems engineers, and other discipline leads to ensure integrated, high quality engineering solutions.
  • Mentor and guide junior and mid level engineers, promoting best practice and technical development within the team.
  • Engage with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies to present designs, resolve technical queries, and support project delivery.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, innovation, and the development of engineering standards and processes.
  • Ability to write clear, structured technical reports and contribute to safety case documentation.
  • Considerable experience within the UK nuclear industry at all stages of the project lifecycle or academia leading challenging technical projects.
  • Degree in Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer status (CEng).
Employee Staff Benefits
  • 8.5% Pension Contribution & Life Assurance
  • Private Medical Scheme*
  • Employee Share Scheme
  • Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work
  • 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay* (+21w SMP)
  • 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
  • Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year
  • In partnership with trade unions
  • Personal Development & Further Education Support
  • Long Service & Recognition Awards
  • Free Employee Assistance Programme
  • After 1 year of service.

Nuvia - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.

Nuvia is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.

Nuvia UK is committed towards equality in employment.

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