Senior Stress Engineer

Assystem; Royton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (3 days remote)

Holiday bonuses

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Senior/Principal Stress Engineer for its Fusion and Modular Nuclear Business Unit in the UK. The role blends technical leadership with shaping capability, tools, and strategy for the stress discipline.

You will lead complex assessments, mentor engineers, and contribute to bids and business development while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams across nuclear and defence sectors.

Qualifications

• Senior/Principal stress engineer with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience in nuclear or similarly regulated sectors preferred.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward it with capability development focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex stress and structural integrity assessments using FEA and hand calculations.
• Review and approve technical work and represent Assystem with clients.
• Mentor and develop engineers within the stress community.

Skills

Stress analysis

Structural integrity

FEA

ABAQUS

ANSYS

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

CEng status

Tools

ABAQUS

ANSYS

Job description

Job Description

Join the Fusion and Modular Nuclear Business Unit! Help shape the future of the energy transition at one of the world’s leading nuclear engineering companies.

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 take the next 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.

Your mission:

• 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

Why Join the Community of Switchers?

• Over 55 years in nuclear engineering.
• Ranked among the top 3 largest nuclear engineering companies.
• Attractive social benefits, including an engaging Employee Committee and holiday bonuses.
• Ongoing training with numerous career opportunities.
• 70% of our managers are promoted internally!
• Hybrid work: 3 days remote per week.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring:

• Lead, build and guide a community of highly skilled stress engineers
• Strong background in stress analysis / structural integrity
• Expertise in FEA (ABAQUS, ANSYS, etc.) and relevant assessment codes (ASME, BS7910, R6 etc.)
• 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

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.