Senior Nuclear Plant Layout & Piping Lead

Assystem; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days’ paid annual leave

Professional fees reimbursed

Flexible working

Employee referral scheme

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Principal Layout Integration Engineer in the UK to lead plant layout development across fusion and modular nuclear programmes. You will provide technical leadership for layout, piping, building integration and multidisciplinary coordination, while supporting project delivery and engineering governance.

You will mentor engineers, help shape layout standards and contribute to bids and client engagement.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent industrial experience.
• Extensive experience in plant layout, piping layout, plant integration and multidisciplinary engineering delivery.
• Experience leading complex engineering studies and technical decision-making.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, requirements management and interface management.
• Strong understanding of constructability, maintainability, modularisation and lifecycle considerations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, workshops and design reviews.
• Experience supporting major design reviews, technical governance activities and engineering assurance processes.
• Experience using E3D, PDMS, Plant 3D, Siemens NX, Revit, Inventor and Navisworks, or equivalent platforms.
• Excellent report writing, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, clients and project teams.
• Ability to define engineering strategy whilst remaining engaged in technical delivery.
• SC Clearance or capable of achieving it.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant layout development from concept through detailed design for complex facilities and plant areas.
• Lead development of equipment, piping, cable tray, access and maintenance arrangements.
• Lead piping routing studies and layout optimisation activities.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple projects and programmes.
• Lead requirements-driven layout development and multidisciplinary integration activities.
• Define layout integration methodologies, standards and engineering approaches.
• Lead major optioneering, constructability, modularisation and plant integration studies.
• Lead complex multidisciplinary reviews and technical workshops.
• Provide technical assurance and review of layout deliverables.
• Lead resolution of complex layout, routing, requirements and integration challenges.
• Ensure layout solutions satisfy operational, safety, constructability and lifecycle requirements.
• Support bids, proposals and client engagement activities.
• Develop layout standards, procedures and best practice guidance.
• Mentor engineers and support capability development.
• Support recruitment, succession planning and capability growth.
• Author and review technical reports, engineering strategies and client-facing documentation

Skills

Plant layout

Piping layout

Multidisciplinary engineering

Systems engineering principles

Requirements management

Interface management

Constructability/Maintainability

Modularisation

Design reviews

Stakeholder management

Engineering strategy

Leadership

Clearance eligibility

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

E3D

PDMS

Plant 3D

Siemens NX

Revit

Inventor

Navisworks

Job description

Assystem is seeking a Principal Layout Integration Engineer in the UK to lead plant layout development across fusion and modular nuclear programmes. You will provide technical leadership for layout, piping, building integration and multidisciplinary coordination, while supporting project delivery and engineering governance.

You will mentor engineers, help shape layout standards and contribute to bids and client engagement.