Principal Design Engineer

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Full time
Location: Plymouth
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Job offered by: Assystem
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ABOUT ASSYSTEM

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition. Drawing on more than 55 years’ experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked third in the world for nuclear engineering. To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all. JOB DESCRIPTION

Your future team: As a Principal Design Engineer within the Client’s core engineering team, you will take on a leading role in overseeing and ensuring the technical integrity and engineering direction of multiple projects within a broader programme of works. Reporting directly to the Design Manager, you will assist in providing engineering assurance and guidance, ensuring that all projects are set up and managed to meet the required standards. Your missions: Manage engineering processes, ensuring all requirements are captured, understood, and integrated with stakeholders. Offer technical expertise across a wide range of project and programme-wide engineering issues. Ensure that projects are established with the appropriate engineering management frameworks and that they are followed consistently throughout the project lifecycle. Facilitate the capture and management of requirements from all stakeholders. Provide high-level engineering support to project teams, helping to resolve technical challenges. Contribute to the wider technical and engineering assurance of the programme. Quickly identify root causes of engineering challenges and work with project teams to implement effective solutions. Maintain a sound understanding of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) and Nuclear Safety. Why join the community of Switchers? As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offers a competitive benefits package which includes: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays 8% company pension contributions Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more Get professional and industry membership fees paid for. MY PROFILE

Qualifications/Skills to be successful: Degree qualified in a core engineering discipline (e.g., Mechanical, Civil, Electrical Engineering). Chartered Engineer status with a recognized awarding body. Proven experience in delivering projects using structured design processes. Extensive experience in managing and delivering complex engineering and construction projects. Ability to distil complex engineering challenges and provide practical solutions. Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with various levels of stakeholders. In-depth understanding of CDM regulations and Nuclear Safety requirements. Security: Sole UK national with BPSS would be okay but ideally SC due to the nature of background and supporting information that is required access to. Working pattern: Able to be based from home with an expectation to attend Client site in Plymouth once every 3-4 weeks for 2-3 days at a time. 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.

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Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Specialties: Engineering, Nuclear, Energy, Infrastructure, Transport, Hydrogen, Digital, and Renewables
Employees: 5,001-10,000
Annual Revenue: $577.5M
Founded: 1966
Address: Assystem Abingdon Road, Abingdon D5, GB, OX143DB

Assystem, one of the world's leading independent nuclear engineering companies, is committed to accelerating the energy transition. We see ourselves as an activist in the development of nuclear energy, convinced that it is an essential part of the fight against climate change. 7,500 switchers, spread in 12 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are working every day to make the energy switch by accelerating the development of nuclear and renewable energies, power grids, clean hydrogen projects and low-carbon transport. We design and supervise major projects through our engineering activities and accelerate our customers' digital transformation. We also develop new solutions to build faster and improve the performance of complex infrastructures. 55 years of experience have made Assystem a key partner of the world's largest industrial groups: CEA, EDF, ENEC, Enedis, Engie, Framatome, ITER, K.A. CARE, Naval Group, NICDC, Orano, RATP, Rolls Royce, Royal Commission, Sellafield, SGP, SNCF... Assystem is ranked in the Top 3 companies in the nuclear energy sector.

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