Amentum will 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

Energy Programmes is one of our newest Business Units and has been formed with the vision to support positive change and help shape the future of Nuclear Power. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Energy Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Amentum are currently recruiting a Fire Engineer who will conduct internal studies on all the Nuclear Island buildings, to ensure that safety functions are still carried out in the event of a fire occurring within the plant and that the conventional safety requirements related to UK codes and standards are implemented.

The service works in conjunction with Building Leaders, the safety team, the systems engineers, civil engineers and plant layout engineers. Key responsibilities will be:

• Using the 3D model, calculation methodologies and fire requirements issued by the architect engineer or the client, the Fire Engineer
• Analyses the 3D model and identifies the various combustible materials present in each area
• Performs temperature change calculations over time for a simulated fire (modelling of various situations using the MAGIC software)
• Studies the risk of damage to certain systems (functional redundancy)
• Monitors and includes in the models the changes issued by all the engineering teams (change of positioning of cable trays, electrical cabinets, ventilation ducts, etc.)
• Perform regulatory assessment for fire life safety and Fire protection
• Recommends protection solutions to prevent an outbreak of fire or to make it improbable
• Divides all buildings into zones for fire protection purposes
• Recommends fire detection and firefighting methods for the quickest possible detection and response
• Performing fire protection calculations using specific software
• Supports systems and contract teams to understand and implement the Fire requirements
• Assessing and providing justifications for departures from BS9999

Qualifications

• Engineer qualified to degree level or equivalent specializing in safety and/or fire protection technologies Knowledge of ETCF (EPR technical code for fire)
• Experience and knowledge of UK Fire Regulations including BS9999
• Calculations relating to fire protection and ability to work with calculation tools
• Ability to propose fire protection and detection solutions
• Conscientious, enthusiastic about the subject with good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

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.