Configuration Engineer

Amentum; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is recruiting a Configuration Engineer to provide expert technical support for SZC SSW replication. You will oversee training, configuration items, and design changes, ensuring alignment with project goals and safety requirements.

The role focuses on delivering complex HPC configurations in a highly collaborative, stakeholder-driven environment. Ideal candidates will have an engineering degree and proven experience in configuration management within large-scale projects, with strong

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required.
• Experience as Configuration Engineer preferred, especially for steelwork design.
• Proven track record in complex self-delivery environments.
• Ability to make independent, well-reasoned decisions.
• Experience in operational planning and delivering successful outcomes.
• Strong communication with diverse stakeholders and understanding project interfaces.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enact the operational and strategic vision for SZC SSW replication.
• Ensure adherence to SZC SSW replication Terms of Reference and training needs.
• Oversee continuous monitoring of HPC SSW design deliverables and configuration changes.
• Identify gaps in the SZC replication process affecting SSW scope.
• Identify key interfaces with other disciplines and stakeholders.
• Manage Open Points and potential SZC Design Changes.

Skills

Engineering degree

Configuration management

Stakeholder communication

Operational planning

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

We employ the UK's most experienced and skilled technical services professionals and has grown to over 8,000 people in locations across the UK - we provide the resources to turn great ideas into reality, and we offer capable and committed individuals the opportunity to shape their careers how they wish.

Hinkley Point C (HPC) is the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years, HPCs two EPR reactors will be capable of generating 3.26GW of secure, low carbon electricity for 60 years, enough electricity to power around 6 million homes. In addition to the projects ‘clean energy’ benefits, HPC will create thousands of jobs and bring lasting benefits to the UK economy.

Amentum are currently recruiting a Configuration Engineer who will be required to provide expert technical support and oversight in relation to configuration matters to the teams performing SZC SSW design applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and enactment of the operational and strategic vision needed for successful delivery of the SZC SSW replication
• Overseeing adherence to the SZC SSW replication Terms of Reference. It is expected that the Configuration Engineer will ensure that any training needs for new or existing team members pertaining to configuration fields (including the SSW replication sequence) are identified and met
• Overseeing and guiding the approach adopted by the SZC SSW Team to the Continuous Monitoring of HPC SSW post EDR design deliverables, configuration items and site originated design changes
• Applying their knowledge of the SZC replication process that apply to the SSW scope in the identification of opportunities / gaps that require further development
• Identifying key interfaces with other disciplines and the wider project stakeholder network and the nature of such interfaces
• The management of Open Points and potential SZC Design Changes

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• An engineering degree in a relevant subject
• Previous experience in a Configuration Engineer role. Ideally, this role would be associated with the configuration management of the steelwork design
• Proven experience in a complex self-delivery environment
• The ability to make independent decisions which are supported by a sound and reasonable situational analysis.
• Demonstrable experience in both operational planning, and in working to achieve the success of such plans i.e. a track record of success in operational delivery of suitable outcomes
• Confidence when presenting to an experienced and wide-ranging stakeholder group, and in communicating key topics and their operational impact with respect to the perspectives of these stakeholders
• A working knowledge of the requirements of CDM 2015

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

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