Senior Engineer – Reactor Island Holistic Layout

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East Midlands

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior engineer to lead the Reactor Island holistic layout from concept to detailed design, coordinating cross-disciplinary teams and ensuring alignment with safety, quality and commercial objectives.

You will drive design governance, stakeholder alignment and delivery strategies across civils, systems, architecture and manufacturing interfaces, enabling buildable, operable plant layouts for nuclear projects.

Qualifications

Experience leading complex engineering, layout, installation or integration programmes from concept to detailed design.
Demonstrable systems engineering experience, including requirements management and gated design review processes.
Experience leading teams, work packages or multidisciplinary engineering programmes.
Experience planning, monitoring progress, managing risks and delivering milestones.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead development and delivery of the Reactor Island Holistic Layout.
Ensure design solutions meet programme, safety, quality and commercial objectives.
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop integrated, optimised and buildable reactor layouts.
Drive stakeholder alignment across engineering disciplines.
Support engineers through technical leadership, coaching and governance.
Develop and maintain the overall Reactor Island layout strategy.
Lead multidisciplinary Integrated Project Teams across Civils, Architecture, Systems, Mechanical Handling, Components, CAD, Human Factors, Operations, E3S, Supply Chain and Build Certainty.
Drive holistic layout solutions through the gated design lifecycle from concept to detailed design.
Optimise plant layouts using engineering decision-making, trade studies and DfX methodologies.
Manage technical interfaces between systems, structures, components and operational requirements.
Develop delivery strategies balancing buildability, maintainability, operability and programme requirements.
Plan and coordinate layout activities against cost, quality and schedule commitments.
Lead technical reviews, design assessments and governance activities.
Monitor programme risks, lessons learned and engineering assumptions.
Provide technical checking, assurance and approval activities.
Support development of standards, processes and best practices for Reactor Island design.
Build a collaborative and inclusive engineering environment.
Travel to Rolls-Royce SMR offices and stakeholder locations as required.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Stakeholder Management

Multidisciplinary Leadership

Engineering Decision-Making

Trade Studies

Education

Degree in Engineering Discipline

Chartered Engineer Status

Tools

CAD

E3S

Human Factors

Job description

Lead development and delivery of the Reactor Island Holistic Layout
Ensure design solutions meet programme, safety, quality and commercial objectives
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop integrated, optimised and buildable reactor layouts
Drive stakeholder alignment across engineering disciplines
Support engineers through technical leadership, coaching and governance
Develop and maintain the overall Reactor Island layout strategy
Lead multidisciplinary Integrated Project Teams across Civils, Architecture, Systems, Mechanical Handling, Components, CAD, Human Factors, Operations, E3S, Supply Chain and Build Certainty
Drive holistic layout solutions through the gated design lifecycle from concept development to detailed design
Optimise plant layouts using engineering decision-making, trade studies and DfX methodologies
Manage technical interfaces between systems, structures, components and operational requirements
Develop delivery strategies balancing buildability, maintainability, operability and programme requirements
Plan and coordinate layout activities against cost, quality and schedule commitments
Lead technical reviews, design assessments and governance activities
Monitor programme risks, lessons learned and engineering assumptions
Provide technical checking, assurance and approval activities
Support development of standards, processes and best practices for Reactor Island design
Build a collaborative and inclusive engineering environment
Travel to Rolls-Royce SMR offices and stakeholder locations as required

Requirements

Degree qualification in an engineering discipline, or equivalent demonstrable industry experience
Chartered Engineer status, or active progression towards Chartership
Experience leading complex engineering, layout, installation or integration programmes from concept development through to detailed design delivery
Demonstrable systems engineering experience, including requirements management, stakeholder management, technical risk management and gated design review processes
Experience leading teams, work packages or multidisciplinary engineering programmes
Experience planning, monitoring progress, managing risks and delivering key milestones
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Ability to influence and align diverse technical and non-technical audiences
Experience of modular construction, manufacturing integration, process plant design, nuclear projects or other complex engineering environments would be advantageous
Ability to simplify complex engineering challenges and drive robust, practical and balanced design decisions
Successful candidates must complete BPSS clearance, DBS check and financial probity screening

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop integrated reactor layouts while ensuring alignment with safety, quality, and commercial objectives. Proficient in systems engineering, stakeholder management, and delivering complex engineering projects from concept to detailed design.

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