W e’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.

About the Opportunity:

We are looking for a Design engineer to support our customer directly on site within their design engineering team.

The Amentum energy business is entering an exciting phase of opportunity by supporting our key client’s UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation, and by supporting new small modular reactor developers. Our work is varied, covering New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling, and our capabilities are in demand across the nuclear sector. This role will involve the creation, modification, analysis, and optimisation of engineering design proposals. You will work to deliver innovative and practical design solutions that support small to large-scale engineering projects. Delivery of high-quality design work, focusing on mechanical components, piping layouts, P&IDs, electrical diagrams, civil, manufacturing drawings, and detailed 3D modelsYou will be interfacing with mechanical, process, electrical and civil engineering teams. The role will be working within a team of designers to ensure consistency of high-quality outputs to clients with a “right first time” approach. This role involves managing multiple design tasks and ensuring technical accuracy and compliance with relevant codes and standards. This role will be based at Torness Power station with an onsite presence required. Additional days for team collaboration and at client/supplier sites for projects as required. Knowledge of safety case and engineering change process would be required where on site training will support you through the specific client processes.

Key Responsibilities

• “Right first time” with continuous improvement attitude
• Supporting and managing a design process including authoring safety case amendments.

• Qualification to HNC/HND standard in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Extensive experience in a regulated industry, particularly in design for assembly and manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of electrical diagrams and schematics
• Knowledge of civil structures
• Knowledge of safety cases
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of technical design standards.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

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.

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