Technical Electrical Engineer

ASSYSTEM; Scotland; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is a leading international nuclear engineering group delivering major defence infrastructure projects in the UK. This role sits within a highly regulated environment, focusing on electrical engineering challenges and rigorous assurance across complex programmes.

You will review strategies and calculations, manage technical risks, and provide guidance to project teams and supply chains, ensuring compliance and safety.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Chartered status with a relevant professional body.
• Strong Electrical Engineering experience within defence, nuclear, marine, major infrastructure or another highly regulated environment.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a senior engineering management position.
• Experience reviewing electrical designs, specifications, calculations, risk assessments and technical submissions.
• Proven ability to provide technical advice, challenge and assurance across multidisciplinary projects or programmes.
• Good understanding of engineering standards, design risk, constructability and infrastructure delivery constraints.
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical matters clearly to non-technical audiences.
• SC clearance, or the ability to obtain it.

Responsibilities

• Provide Electrical Engineering expertise, technical assurance and challenge across complex programmes.
• Review engineering strategies, specifications, calculations and technical submissions, ensuring appropriate standards and requirements are met.
• Identify and manage technical risks, non-conformances and engineering issues, supporting effective resolution and escalation.
• Contribute to design reviews, technical assurance and governance, providing clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Help develop and maintain engineering standards, guidance and assurance processes.
• Provide specialist advice to programme teams, customers, Design Authority representatives and supply chain partners.
• Support the translation of customer, operational, safety and regulatory requirements into appropriate engineering solutions.
• Contribute to supplier assessments, tender evaluations and technical clarification.
• Support the development of Electrical Engineering capability, including mentoring, knowledge sharing and communities of practice.
• Drive continuous improvement and best practice, sharing lessons learned across the wider organisation.
• Prepare technical reports, briefs and recommendations to support senior-level decision making.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Chartered status

Defence & nuclear domain

Senior engineering management

Technical assurance

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment

Design reviews

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Chartered engineer

Job description

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

About the Programme

This is an exciting opportunity to support a major UK Defence and nuclear programme, delivering strategically important infrastructure that supports the Armed Forces and wider UK Defence capabilities.

The programme involves significant investment in complex infrastructure, supporting both current operations and the development of future capability.

Defence & Nuclear Infrastructure

Working within a highly regulated environment, the programme is responsible for the planning, development and delivery of major infrastructure requirements.

Key areas include:

• Major capital programme and project delivery
• Estate and infrastructure services
• Strategic estate and asset management
• Planning and development of future infrastructure requirements
• Supply chain and stakeholder management
• Delivery across complex Defence and nuclear environments

About this role

Reporting to the Chief Engineer within Technical Services, the Electrical Engineer provides Electrical engineering advice, challenge and assurance across the portfolio.

The role supporting this team is acting as an informed client by helping programme teams understand Electrical engineering requirements, assess technical risks, challenge supply chain proposals and improve the quality of outputs before submission into authorisee, Design Authority or other approval routes.

The Technical Electrical Engineer provides targeted support, independent technical challenge and proportionate assurance based on risk, complexity and safety significance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Electrical Engineering expertise, technical assurance and challenge across complex programmes.
• Review engineering strategies, specifications, calculations and technical submissions, ensuring appropriate standards and requirements are met.
• Identify and manage technical risks, non-conformances and engineering issues, supporting effective resolution and escalation.
• Contribute to design reviews, technical assurance and governance, providing clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Help develop and maintain engineering standards, guidance and assurance processes.
• Provide specialist advice to programme teams, customers, Design Authority representatives and supply chain partners.
• Support the translation of customer, operational, safety and regulatory requirements into appropriate engineering solutions.
• Contribute to supplier assessments, tender evaluations and technical clarification.
• Support the development of Electrical Engineering capability, including mentoring, knowledge sharing and communities of practice.
• Drive continuous improvement and best practice, sharing lessons learned across the wider organisation.
• Prepare technical reports, briefs and recommendations to support senior-level decision making.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Degree-qualified in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Chartered status with a relevant professional body.
• Strong Electrical Engineering experience within defence, nuclear, marine, major infrastructure or another highly regulated environment.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a senior engineering management position.
• Experience reviewing electrical designs, specifications, calculations, risk assessments and technical submissions.
• Proven ability to provide technical advice, challenge and assurance across multidisciplinary projects or programmes.
• Good understanding of engineering standards, design risk, constructability and infrastructure delivery constraints.
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical matters clearly to non-technical audiences.
• SC clearance, or the ability to obtain it.

Desirable

• Experience within MOD, nuclear or other authorised/licensed environments.
• Experience supporting nuclear safety cases or safety-significant infrastructure.
• Experience with gateway/design reviews, tender evaluations or supplier technical assurance.
• Experience mentoring engineers and sharing technical best practice.
• APM PMQ or equivalent project management qualification.

Why join the community of Switchers?

• The Group is currently ranked Third in the world for nuclear engineering.
• A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions
• Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects
• Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text
• Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs

Security clearance:

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.