At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and analyse engineering solutions for safe transport of radioactive materials.
- Company: Join a leading company in the nuclear industry with a focus on safety and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy 30 days holiday, professional development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Collaborative culture that values curiosity, integrity, and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in safety-critical projects while growing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering design or analysis, preferably in regulated environments.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 70000 £ per year.
Location: Warrington
Reporting to: Lead Design Engineer or Lead Engineering Analyst
About the role
We are looking for a Design Engineer Analyst to support the delivery of complex engineering design and analysis activities within our Technical Solutions team. This role plays a key part in enabling the safe and compliant transport of radioactive materials (RAM), contributing to critical projects across the nuclear industry. Working with limited supervision, you will deliver technical solutions, contribute to safety cases, and provide specialist advice to both internal stakeholders and external clients. This is an exciting opportunity to work on highly regulated, safety-critical systems while developing innovative engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing
- Delivering engineering design and analysis activities for RAM transport systems
- Contributing to the development of safety cases for transport assets and systems
- Solving complex technical challenges using sound engineering principles
- Developing scopes of work, including identifying and mitigating technical risks
- Managing your own workload, reporting progress against time, cost and quality KPIs
- Ensuring compliance with engineering best practice, company processes and regulatory requirements
- Working collaboratively with project teams, including Project Managers and Project Controls
- Providing technical input to bids, projects and business development activities
- Communicating complex technical concepts clearly to internal and external stakeholders
- Supporting innovation and continuous improvement within engineering processes
- Representing NTS at industry working groups and stakeholder meetings where required
Training & development
At NTS, we actively support your professional growth and development:
- Opportunity to work towards or maintain professional engineering accreditation
- Exposure to high-profile, safety-critical engineering projects
- Ongoing development through technical mentoring and collaboration
- Opportunities to broaden experience across design, analysis, safety case and licensing disciplines
- Support for continuous professional development and career progression
Who we're looking for
Experience
- Experience in engineering design and/or analysis within a regulated or safety-critical environment
- Proven ability to deliver technical work independently or with limited supervision
- Experience working within project teams and delivering outputs to time and budget
- Experience identifying technical risks and developing mitigation strategies
Knowledge
- Strong understanding of engineering principles (ideally mechanical engineering)
- Knowledge of design and analysis methodologies
- Understanding of safety case development (desirable)
- Awareness of nuclear, transport or highly regulated industry standards (desirable)
Skills & behaviours
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and effectively
- High level of personal accountability and ownership of work
- Good stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
- Proactive, innovative mindset with a drive for continuous improvement
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
- Commitment to safety, quality and compliance
Why NTS?
At NTS, our people are trusted to perform, supported to grow and encouraged to be curious and innovative. We create an environment where you're given the freedom to do your job well, the support of a strong team, and the opportunity to help shape the future of safe and reliable rail operations.
The Kind of People We're Looking For
We're interested in who you are, not just what's on your CV. You're likely to thrive at NTS if you:
- Take ownership of your work and enjoy being trusted to deliver
- Are collaborative, approachable and naturally supportive of others
- Care about doing the right thing, in the right way
- Are curious and motivated to learn, improve and grow
- Communicate openly and act with integrity and respect
- Are comfortable working in a purpose-driven, safety-critical environment
You don't need to tick every box on day one - we value potential, attitude and alignment with our culture just as much as experience.
Benefits
30 days holiday plus 8
Design Engineer - Warrington in Westby employer: Nuclear Transport Solutions
At NTS, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our Design Engineers in Warrington benefit from extensive professional development opportunities, including support for engineering accreditation and exposure to high-profile projects in the nuclear industry. With a strong commitment to safety and quality, we empower our employees to take ownership of their work while providing a supportive environment that encourages continuous growth and improvement.
Contact Details:
Nuclear Transport Solutions Recruitment Team
