Senior Reliability Engineer - Nuclear

PDSVision Group; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Professional development

Engineering software

Membership fees

Professional registration

Career progression

International collaboration

Job summary

PDSVISION UK is seeking an experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to join our Reliability & Systems Engineering team, supporting high-profile projects within the UK nuclear sector. Initially, you will focus on strategic programmes, contributing to reliability activities and influencing design decisions.

This role offers hybrid working with offices in Cambridge and Manchester, opportunities to mentor colleagues, and access to industry-leading tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years' experience in Reliability/Systems Engineering or related field.
• Proven ability to apply FMEA, FTA, FRACAS and RAM analyses.
• Experience interacting with customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reliability analyses for complex systems.
• Lead RAM activities across projects.
• Facilitate workshops to develop reliability strategies.
• Develop reliability requirements and verification activities.
• Produce technical reports and client deliverables.
• Manage work packages, budgets and schedules.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and grow capability.
• Support business development and proposals.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related

Tools

FMEA

FTA

FRACAS

RCM

RAM analysis tools

Job description

About Us:

PDSVISION UK is part of the global PDSVISION Group, a leading digital transformation partner helping industrial organisations develop, manufacture and support innovative products and complex assets throughout their lifecycle.

With over 30 years of experience and operations across the UK, Europe, North America, India and South Africa, PDSVISION combines engineering expertise, digital solutions and consulting services to help customers improve performance, reliability, sustainability and operational excellence.

Our UK Reliability & Systems Engineering team represents the Group's Centre of Excellence for Reliability Engineering, Functional Safety and Systems Engineering. We work with some of the world's most innovative organisations across defence, aerospace, energy, nuclear, transportation, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, helping them address critical engineering challenges through consulting, software solutions and training.

At PDSVISION, we are committed to investing in our people through continuous professional development, mentoring and support towards professional registration, including Chartered Engineer status.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to join our growing Reliability & Systems Engineering team, supporting high-profile projects within the UK nuclear sector.

Initially, the role will focus on strategic nuclear programmes, working as part of a dedicated PDSVISION team supporting clients throughout the concept, design and delivery lifecycle. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering reliability engineering activities, influencing design decisions and helping customers achieve operational, safety and performance objectives.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants to further develop their career within a respected consultancy environment, working on nationally significant projects.

We welcome applications from candidates already working within the nuclear sector, as well as those with reliability engineering experience in industries such as defence, aerospace, rail, energy, automotive or industrial manufacturing who are seeking to expand into nuclear applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver reliability engineering analyses and studies for complex engineering systems.
• Lead and contribute to reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) activities across the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate workshops with customers and stakeholders to develop reliability strategies and engineering recommendations.
• Support the development of reliability requirements and associated verification activities.
• Produce high-quality technical reports and customer-facing deliverables.
• Manage work packages and project activities to ensure delivery to agreed quality, schedule and budget.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams including systems, safety, asset management and design specialists.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the continued growth of PDSVISION's reliability capability.

Support business development activities, including proposal preparation and technical input to customer engagements where required.

Skills and Experience

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related technical discipline.

Experience

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Asset Management or a closely related discipline.
• Practical experience applying reliability engineering methodologies including:
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA)
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)
  • Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD)
  • Reliability prediction and MTBF calculations
  • Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)

Knowledge & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience engaging and influencing customers and project stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs within project timescales.
• Systems thinking mindset, with the ability to understand complex interactions between technical, operational and organisational factors.
• Proactive, collaborative and adaptable approach to teamwork and customer engagement.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience within the nuclear, defence, aerospace, rail or energy sectors.
• Use of commercial reliability software and engineering analysis tools.
• Development of technical proposals and consultancy estimates.
• Application of relevant industry standards, regulations and best practice.
• Life Data Analysis (Weibull Analysis).
• Design of Experiments (DoE).
• Availability, Maintainability and Asset Management analysis.
• Functional Safety and/or Cyber Security engineering experience.
• Project leadership or team management experience.
• Professional registration (IEng or CEng) or working towards registration.

Security Requirements

Due to the nature of the projects supported, candidates must be British Nationals and be capable of obtaining the necessary UK security clearances.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• Performance-related bonus scheme.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Company pension scheme.
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Access to industry-leading engineering and analysis software.
• Payment of professional membership fees.
• Support towards professional registration and Chartership.
• Career progression opportunities within an international digital transformation group.
• Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across multiple countries and technical disciplines.

Location

This role supports a hybrid working model. PDSVISION UK has offices in Cambridge and Manchester, with flexibility to work remotely where business needs permit.

Due to customer requirements, the successful candidate will be expected to spend a minimum of two days per week on-site in Warrington or another agreed customer location.