Principal Process Engineer

UKNNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

We're looking for a versatile and experienced Principal Process Engineer who can take projects from initial specification through to delivery of an operational asset, managing multi-discipline teams to achieve successful outcomes. We're looking for someone who is self-motivated and a team player looking to push their career to the next level and keen to work and grow as part of an integrated team. There will be a requirement / opportunity to travel between UKNNL sites and customer locations, as required by the projects. The location for this role is flexible and can be based at Preston or Risley.

Main Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of multi-discipline engineers to develop a detailed engineering design for process plants.
• Checking and approval of calculations, engineering drawings, technical reports and design memos to support / underpin the design.
• Close working relationship with Project Managers to develop project estimates and schedules and ensuring work is delivered to meet the time, cost, quality and safety requirements.
• Working alongside the procurement team to define procurement requirements for engineering projects and working with suppliers to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Undertaking the intelligent customer role on sub-contracted design work.
• Taking a lead role in plant commissioning.
• Developing commissioning documents and actively leading commissioning activities.
• Ensuring designs are compliant with the required regulations, including DSEAR, PSSR and Functional Safety.
• Supporting the active plant areas with troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Be the key interface with the safety disciplines to deliver the HAZOP process and the required engineering substantiation reports.
• Mentoring junior engineers and guiding their design activities.
• Working with the Process Engineering Discipline Lead and Engineering Manager to identify and develop business improvements.
• Engaging in the employee development program to support your technical and behavioural growth.

Essential Criteria:

• Chartered Engineer.
• Degree in Chemical Engineering or closely related subject and a high level of experience in mechanical engineering.
• Experience in leading design projects in a highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, quality and environmental requirements relating to engineering development projects.
• Experience of specifying and supporting the procurement of equipment.
• Experience of leading teams through Multi-disciplinary Design reviews and HAZOP reviews.
• Experience of producing design substantiation reports.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, such that difficult concepts can be conveyed clearly and concisely to customers, regulators and key stakeholders.
• Experience of commissioning hazardous processes.
• Evidence of problem solving and seeking solutions.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria:

• Significant experience in the nuclear sector.
• Strong leadership qualities.
• Self-motivated, high energy contributor.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Experience of undertaking hazardous area classification, pressure relief system design and functional safety.

UKNNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

Employee Benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• Attractive pension plans: If you contribute 5%, UKNNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), UKNNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK.
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company:

UKNNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

UKNNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where UKNNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.