We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

As a result of an increasing portfolio of projects, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a PLC/SCADA Software Testing Engineer to join the team based out of our Westlakes Testing Facility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and prioritise own work to ensure that functional project requirements are on scope, time and cost are met
• Carry out testing of the PLC/SCADA code produced by others
• Carry out commissioning activities at client site as required, to ensure successful engineering handover
• Ensure that work complies with all necessary corporate, departmental and legislative requirements and procedures, to guarantee that the necessary consistency and quality of delivery is maintained
• Recognise and address potential and actual cross-discipline issues and conflicts so that overall engineering input to a project is coherent
• Develop own engineering experience and skills, moving towards the capability to move to a more senior role and towards professional qualification

• Degree qualified in appropriate discipline
• PLC/SCADA knowledge
• Substantial relevant experience, typically at least 4 years of experience in relevant project design work, is required to fully perform the role
• Mobility and flexibility to work anywhere in home country
• Previous experience of working with existing Sellafield plants / brown field sites is important, but not essential. The candidate should, however, have previous experience in a similar role.
• Can produce, check, and provide technical oversight of CE&I key deliverables documents / reports, calculations, schedules, drawings etc. to programme and appropriate quality
• Able to deliver to relevant standards, codes and regulations
• Able to work collaboratively with other disciplines, stakeholders, and the wider project team
• Capable of producing and being accountable for their own effective time management, planning activities, task estimates and progress reporting
• Understands self-limitations and the value / importance of escalation as and when necessary, during the design process
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Has strong interpersonal skills and is able to interact with people at all levels
• Familiarity and experience of working and complying with applicable SL practices, standards, and engineering guides

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .