Senior EC&I Engineer — Hybrid Role in Nuclear Projects

PAE Government Services Inc.; Moor Row; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is recruiting a Senior EC&I Engineer to join the Westlakes, Cumbria team. You will lead EC&I design activities across project phases, ensure compliance with UK regulations, and mentor junior engineers within a highly regulated environment including nuclear safety requirements.

You will oversee design deliverables, manage change control, support QA and testing, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams using BIM and 3D modelling tools.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering EC&I design in highly regulated industries.
• Experience in substantiation documents and design validation.
• Strong understanding of UK EC&I legislation and design codes.

Responsibilities

• Leading EC&I design activities across multiple project phases including detailed design, procurement, manufacture, installation, and commissioning.
• Managing and developing the EC&I design configuration baseline in response to evolving project requirements, ensuring robust change control.
• Producing, reviewing, and approving EC&I design deliverables to programme deadlines and ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, codes, legislation, and client engineering requirements.
• Providing technical oversight of the EC&I supply chain, including resolution of complex Technical Queries, design assurance reviews, approval of supplier deliverables and support to Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing.
• Coordinating EC&I system integration with multidisciplinary engineering teams through BIM, interface management and formal design reviews.
• Supporting development of junior engineers and providing technical guidance across the EC&I discipline.
• Ensuring the EC&I design intent is fully aligned with nuclear and conventional safety requirements, and that all functional, performance, and safety-critical requirements are met through appropriate Validation and Verification processes.
• Contributing to project planning, risk assessments, design substantiation and assurance activities.

Skills

EC&I design

Nuclear sector experience

Mentor engineers

BIM/3D modelling

Autodesk AutoCAD

Education

BEng/MEng in a relevant discipline or HNC/HND

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (or working towards)

Tools

Autodesk AutoCAD

BIM/3D modelling platforms

Job description

Amentum is recruiting a Senior EC&I Engineer to join the Westlakes, Cumbria team. You will lead EC&I design activities across project phases, ensure compliance with UK regulations, and mentor junior engineers within a highly regulated environment including nuclear safety requirements.

You will oversee design deliverables, manage change control, support QA and testing, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams using BIM and 3D modelling tools.