Principal Electrical Engineer

The UK’s nuclear sector has entered a renaissance, with Nuclear Energy now a vital component as the country moves towards a target of Net Zero. Assystem provides critical support to this mission, accelerating the decommissioning and remediation of our legacy assets with a view to enabling a swifter energy transition, in parallel overcoming some of the largest engineering and environmental challenges of our generation.

As a Global top 3 independent nuclear engineering organisation, Assystem is active across the full decommissioning lifecycle. In the UK, we work across the Civil and Defence nuclear estates, pioneering agile and fit-for-purpose, customer-focused solutions, drawing on our established pedigree for delivery engineering excellence.

The Electrical Engineer will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team within the Approval Authority, the primary purpose of the role is to directly support current operations and future programmes. Supporting nuclear facilities & the delivery of services across client sites. The team consists of Mechanical, Civil, Building Services or Electrical Engineers and are responsible for the authorship, development, assessment, and maintenance of Engineering Design Substantiation for Clyde Nuclear Facilities, ensuring Design Intent, Critical Safety Factors and Safety and Operational Requirements are met and are consistent with current good practice and legislative/regulatory requirements.

• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of the suite of Nuclear Infrastructure Design Substantiation documents.
• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of design changes/concessions.
• Presentation of Clyde Design substantiations, to Clyde ‘Due Process’ nuclear safety committees.
• Production and development of Examination, Inspection, Maintenance & Testing (EIMT) Schedule, operating procedures and results to satisfy design requirements and safety case through life.
• Producing/assessing Periodic Review of Safety reports.
• Providing advice and direction to internal and external stakeholders.
• Production of Independent Technical Review (ITA)/Independent Peer Review (IPR).
• Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology.
• Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle engineering processes, systems, services and products in a nuclear/high risk environment.
• Producing robust technical justification to allow for relevant electrical design modifications to be authorised within a high hazard industry.
• Review technical reports and other safety case submissions from external contractors.
• Check and review calculations and technical documents written by other members of staff.

• Essential: 5 Years Electrical design experience, Experience of producing robust technical justification to allow for relevant design modifications to be authorised, Knowledge of key legislation and Standards, Familiarity with recognised industry technical guidance, Experience working on multi-discipline projects providing electrical engineering input.
• Desirable: Knowledge and experience in the design of electrical control and instrumentation systems, Ideal candidates would already have experience within a high-hazard environment, but this is not essential, Experience applying appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle engineering processes, systems, services and products in a nuclear or similar high hazard industry, Familiarity with safety case development techniques.

• Essential: HNC/HND or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or similar plus demonstrable experience in the discipline.
• Desirable: BEng Electrical Engineering, Membership of IET CEng.

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.