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

Amentum's Nuclear Power business supports  giga-scale, SMR and AMR programmes across the UK and internationally, and our clients need support in design, generic design assessment, operation, lifetime extension and defueling.   As demand for our services continues to grow, our Gloucester office is looking for a Structural Integrity Engineer to work with our clients across the civil nuclear market. 

Amentum are currently looking for a Structural Integrity Engineer who will have a sound structural integrity background, preferably, but not exclusively, with experience in delivering projects in the nuclear sector. Depending on the nature of the opportunities arising this may mean working semi-embedded within our clients’ organisation doing technical work, project managing important structural integrity work for clients or overseeing delivery of tasks from our own offices.  The key responsibilities:

• Design and/or analysis and assessment of complex structures and components utilising knowledge of classical strength of materials, implementation of analytical techniques such as finite element analysis and the application of relevant codes & standards
• Discussing and developing advanced technical solutions with colleagues and customers
• Representing the business in technical meetings with clients and third parties
• Interfacing with customers throughout the lifecycle of projects
• Producing high quality technical reports on the outcome of your work
• Checking and verification of the work of other team members
• Assisting in maintaining the technical capability/knowledge of the team
• Delivering work to time, cost and quality to ensure customer satisfaction. 

Qualifications

• We are looking for a Chartered Engineer or Scientist educated to BEng (Hons)/MEng or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Physics or in a related STEM subject and professionally accredited to IEng/CEng or working towards
• Analytical methods (e.g. classical strengths of materials, fracture mechanics, thermal analysis)
• Appreciation and demonstrated use of structural design codes  (e.g. ASME, Eurocodes, British Standards)
• Finite Element Analysis experience.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• The ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, both in-house and with the client
• Curiosity, a questioning attitude and analytical skills to drive innovative solutions.

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

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