Whole-Plant Design Integration Lead

Fusion Energy Ltd.; Sturton le Steeple; Remote; GBP 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Relocation allowance

Flexible working

Employee assistance

Annual leave 25 days

Job summary

UK Fusion Energy (UKFE) Ltd is seeking a Whole Plant Design Integration Manager to lead the integration of designs across IPTs, delivering a coherent and licensable power plant. The role champions whole-plant thinking, balancing performance, safety, cost and schedule while guiding senior stakeholders and driving cross-disciplinary collaboration.

You will lead a specialist team, define strategy, and ensure robust integration processes, governance and decision-making across the programme.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, physics or related discipline (or equivalent) and Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent).
• Experience delivering and integrating complex engineering systems within major capital projects, high-hazard or highly regulated environments.
• Demonstrable experience of whole-plant design integration, multidisciplinary engineering and management of complex technical interfaces.
• Proven ability to lead technical decision-making, manage engineering risks and opportunities, and apply systems-thinking across lifecycle.
• Experience operating within engineering governance and assurance frameworks, with strong stakeholder engagement and communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the overall plant integration strategy.
• Establish plant-wide design principles and integration objectives.
• Lead plant-level spatial integration, including layout, clash management and infrastructure interfaces.
• Chair technical forums and lead evidence-based decision-making.
• Identify integration risks and manage technical debt.
• Protect design intent while supporting programme evolution and innovation.

Skills

Experience leading complex eng progr

Systems engineering

Broad engineering understanding

Analytical skills

Interface management

Stakeholder influence

Communication skills

Engineering judgement

Education

Degree in engineering/physics

Chartered Engineer status

Job description

UK Fusion Energy (UKFE) Ltd is seeking a Whole Plant Design Integration Manager to lead the integration of designs across IPTs, delivering a coherent and licensable power plant. The role champions whole-plant thinking, balancing performance, safety, cost and schedule while guiding senior stakeholders and driving cross-disciplinary collaboration.

You will lead a specialist team, define strategy, and ensure robust integration processes, governance and decision-making across the programme.