Role Title
Senior Engineer – Layout and Installation Assemblies
Pay Range
£50,600 – £66,500 (Salary band)
About the Role
The Layout and Installation Assemblies team is responsible for the design and delivery of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) modules and installation assemblies across the Reactor Island. These solutions are fundamental to our modular delivery strategy and play a critical role in ensuring safe, efficient and constructible plant design.
Responsibilities
- Develop and validate Reactor Island layouts to ensure all requirements are met
- Progress a defined cluster of modules through the Design Review process
- Proactively engage with stakeholders to capture requirements and assumptions
- Understand technical and programme risks associated with Reactor Island installations and make informed engineering decisions
- Work alongside component, layout and CAD engineers to develop integrated module clusters
- Support the optimisation of manufacturing, installation and lifecycle delivery strategies through digital engineering, constructability and operability principles
- Lead assessments of plant operability, maintainability and accessibility throughout the design lifecycle
- Ensure layouts support efficient commissioning, testing, flushing, inspection and turnover activities
- Apply Design for Safety principles throughout the design process
- Ensure fluid and waste management systems are effectively integrated with wider plant systems and structures
- Support solutions that maximise plant availability and minimise outages, operational restrictions and system isolations
- Work closely with manufacturing, operations, commissioning and maintenance stakeholders to ensure through‑life requirements are fully incorporated within the design
- Contribute to technical reviews and project review gates throughout the programme lifecycle
Key Skills and Experience
- Proven experience delivering layout and installation design programmes to time, cost and quality targets
- Experience developing engineering solutions from concept through to detailed design
- Understanding of robust design methodologies, DfX principles and engineering trade‑off studies
- Strong systems engineering capability, including:
- Requirements management
- Stakeholder management
- Technical and programme risk management
- Through‑life design considerations
- Gated design review processes
- Strong technical report writing and communication skills
- Ability to influence and engage with stakeholders across multiple disciplines
- Experience in the integration or design of mechanical process systems
- Experience with piping system design and plant layout development is highly desirable
- Nuclear industry experience is advantageous but not essential
- Experience within other highly regulated sectors such as Energy, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Defence or Process Industries is also welcomed
- Knowledge of modular construction approaches, constructability assessments and assembly sequencing would be beneficial
- Familiarity with CDM regulations and construction delivery principles is desirable
Qualifications
- Degree‑qualified in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- Chartered Engineer, or actively working towards Chartership
Location
Hybrid working with primary site at Derby, Manchester or Warrington.
Salary and Package
Salary band: £50,650 – £66,500 depending on skills, values and knowledge. Role may develop further as the programme grows.
Benefits
- Bonus – Performance‑related target opportunity up to 12.5%
- Benefits Allowance – £2,200 per annum for a bespoke package
- Pension – 12% employer and 6% employee contributions
- Holidays – 28 days (+ public holidays) with the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
- Private Medical Insurance – BUPA single cover
- Life Assurance – 6× pensionable pay
- Home Office Support – £250 one‑off payment for new starters
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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