Engineering Manager in Leiston

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 and diverse 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. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched‑funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. Work‑life balance and flexibility are 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: Amentum are currently recruiting for an Engineering Manager to join our Nuclear Power and Engineering Technical Services (NPETS) business. NPETS is entering an exciting phase of opportunity by supporting our key client’s UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation, and by supporting new small modular reactor developers. Our work is varied, covering New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling, and our capabilities are in demand across the nuclear sector.

Your role will be to co‑ordinate multi‑disciplinary engineering teams and activities, delivering complex engineering solutions to time, cost and quality on projects of varying sizes. If you’re familiar with project delivery, you’ll know that they have plenty of moving parts and complexity, which is why you’ll be working alongside our Operations Managers and Framework Directors to support you to deliver successful outcomes for clients. Centre to the success of the role will be your people skills, building effective relationships and interacting with multiple internal and external stakeholders in multiple locations. You’ll also work closely with colleagues to support activities that offer the best service to the client. Through your interactions, you’ll be able to gather useful intelligence on client needs and work with the team and peers that are based in different locations across the UK. We’re continuously evolving and growing the business, so there’s plenty of opportunity to evolve and grow your skills and career too. This role will be based at one of our NPETS offices (Newcastle, Warrington, Gloucester, Bristol or Knutsford). We put flexibility at the heart of what we do and we’re happy to consider flexible working patterns.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Co‑ordinate multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver complex engineering solutions relating to nuclear power structures, systems and components to time, cost and quality on projects of varying sizes.
• Marshall projects of nuclear safety significance through an investment delivery process, from FEED to solution delivery.
• Act as the controlling engineering mind on projects, taking ownership of technical challenges, developing strategies, and managing stakeholders and interfaces in order to implement technical solutions.
• Deliver projects across a typical project lifecycle, including bidding, definition of requirements, design and implementation, into delivery of commissioned systems ready to support the needs of our clients.
• Support the Project Manager with respect to resourcing and financial elements, such as costs and schedule, and supporting change control and identification and control of technical risks.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified or equivalent (e.g. HNC/HND with significant experience) in engineering discipline with extensive design experience. Chartered Engineer, Fellow or similar demonstrable experience.
• A Mechanical, Process, EC&I, Structural Integrity or Civils technical background is essential.
• Nuclear industry, and/or equivalent safety case, experience and previous experience working on the UK’s fleet of operational or decommissioning nuclear power plants is highly desirable.
• Demonstrable experience in leading and managing multidiscipline teams with experience of engineering delivery within a nuclear or highly regulated environment.
• Motivated team member with the ability to work to deadlines and communicate project progress.
• Ability to produce a project strategy to solve technical problems and take ownership of all the interfaces to implement the solution.
• Experience of executing project tasks against relevant codes, standards, and best practices.
• Knowledge of Project Management principles and experience of handling change control and making informed judgements to control or mitigate project risks.
• Committed to Continuous Professional Development of self and others.

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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process, please contact the team.