Principal/Senior Stress Engineer

Assystem; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing training opportunities

Internal promotions for 70% of managers

8% company pension contributions

Discounts on restaurants and activities

Job summary

A rapidly growing engineering firm based in the UK is seeking a Senior/Principal Stress Engineer. In this hybrid role, you will lead complex assessments and mentor the next generation of stress engineers. You will also drive capability growth and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in the nuclear and defense sectors. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in stress analysis and hold or be working towards Chartered Engineer status. This position offers numerous career opportunities and benefits including company pension contributions and discounts on various services.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong background in stress and structural integrity analysis.
• Proven ability to lead community of stress engineers.
• Familiar with FEA and hand calculations.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex stress and structural integrity assessments.
• Review and approve technical work confidently with clients.
• Mentor and develop engineers, building future specialists.
• Drive capability growth through training and best practices.
• Support bids and business development efforts.

Skills

Stress analysis and structural integrity

Lead and mentor engineers

Experience in nuclear or regulated sectors

Education

Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or working towards it

Job description

Your mission

Assystem is growing fast—and our stress and structural integrity capability is growing with it. We’re looking for a Senior/Principal Stress Engineer who is ready to step into a technical and capability leadership role, helping to strengthen, grow and develop our UK stress engineering community.

This is a hybrid role: you’ll deliver high‑value technical work for clients while also shaping the direction, tools, talent and strategy of our stress capability.

What You’ll Do

• 🔧 Lead complex stress and structural integrity assessments using FEA and hand calculations
• 📄 Review and approve technical work, representing Assystem confidently with clients
• 🎓 Mentor and develop engineers, building future stress specialists
• 🌱 Drive capability growth—training, methods, best practices, recruitment and retention
• 📈 Support bids and business development, working closely with Engineering Directors and Sales
• 🤝 Collaborate across multi‑disciplinary teams in the nuclear and defence sectors

What You’ll Bring

• 🤝 To lead, build and guide a community of highly skilled stress engineers
• 🔧 Strong background in stress analysis / structural integrity
• 📚 Experience in the nuclear or similar highly regulated sector
• 🎓 Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or working toward it
• ⚡ Ability to develop and implement technical strategy and capability development

Why join the community of switchers

• 📚 Ongoing training with numerous career opportunities.
• 📈 70% of our managers are promoted internally!
• ✨ 8% company pension contributions
• ⚡ Discounts on restaurants, days out, and high‑street brands

Additional information

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.