Senior Civil Structural Engineer

At Amentum, we are driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you are 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. We believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises.

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 are happy to discuss hybrid, part-time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit you and our business.

Amentum is currently recruiting for a Senior Civil and Structural Engineer to join our Energy business, which is entering an exciting phase of opportunity: supporting a key client's UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation; supporting new small and advanced modular reactor developers. Our work is varied, covering nuclear projects (Licensing, New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling), Renewable Energy projects, and high energy industrial projects, such as data centres and hydrogen production facilities.

Your role will be to support and deliver civil and structural engineering solutions to time, cost, and quality on projects of varying sizes. You will be working alongside our Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Operations Managers to enable delivery of maximum value. Central 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 will also work closely with colleagues to support activities that offer the best service to the client.

Key responsibilities could include:

• Lead the development of civil and structural engineering designs and solutions across the full project lifecycle from bid generation, through concept and detailed design development to construction.
• Prepare technical documentation, specifications, and design justifications for safety-critical systems.
• Oversight, verification, and preparation of safety case inputs, such as Safety Functional Requirements (SFRs), Structural Design Method Statements (SDMSs), and Design Substantiation Reports (DSR).
• Perform analysis and/or design tasks as necessary.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the practical aspects of implementing engineering designs and understand the use of standards and compliance with regulatory requirements in an engineering environment.
• Manage and check deliverables from junior engineers to ensure compliance and quality.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers.
• Ensure designs meet nuclear safety, cybersecurity, and quality standards.
• Produce high-quality technical reports.

Skills and Qualifications:

• MEng, MSc, BEng or BSc or equivalent in civil engineering or another relevant discipline.
• Chartered or near Chartered Engineer status with a relevant professional body.
• An awareness of civil nuclear plant systems, structures, and components and associated design and assessment guidelines.
• Knowledge of civil engineering principles, design tools, and relevant guidelines, standards, and practices.
• Experience using finite element modelling software and associated post-processing software.
• Good knowledge of health and safety legislation and good practice.
• Understanding of the use of design tools within a BIM environment.
• UK Nuclear Licensing and Generic Design Assessment process experience is desirable.
• Good communication skills and ability to articulate information to a broad range of stakeholders.

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. 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.