Principal Structural Integrity Engineer

⚡️💡 About Assystem
At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. With over 55 years of expertise in highly regulated industries, our 7,500 Switchers innovate solutions that drive progress in low-carbon energy. Ranked as the world’s second-largest nuclear engineering company, we deliver engineering, project management, and digital services to ensure efficient, reliable energy futures for all.

🤝 Why Join the Community of Switchers?
Join one of the top three global nuclear engineering companies and contribute to pioneering energy transition projects. At Assystem, you’ll work with a collaborative and innovative team committed to shaping a sustainable future while developing cutting-edge solutions and advancing your career in a thriving industry.

🚀 The Job Mission

As a Principal Simulation and Assessment Engineer, you’ll lead high-impact projects and act as a key technical authority to ensure safety, compliance, and performance in critical systems. Join your future team to influence strategic decisions and drive innovation across diverse missions.

Key responsibilities include:

⚡️ Lead structural integrity assessments using Finite Element Analysis and hand calculations.

⚡️ Oversee and approve contributions to customer safety cases.

⚡️ Represent Assystem as a technical authority in senior-level customer meetings.

⚡️ Mentor, supervise, and develop engineering teams to drive technical excellence.

⚡️ Manage project delivery, ensuring alignment with quality, cost, and time objectives.

⚡️ Contribute to bids, proposals, and business development initiatives.

⚡️ Shape and enforce adherence to quality and assurance systems.

⚡️ Build and maintain strong customer relationships for strategic business growth.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills:
🛠 Degree in engineering with extensive experience in structural integrity assessments.
🛠 Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, demonstrating professional development commitment.
🛠 Expertise in leading and delivering complex engineering projects.
🛠 Advanced proficiency in FEA tools (e.g., ANSYS, ABAQUS) and pressure vessel codes.
🛠 Proven skills in mentoring and supervising engineering teams.
🛠 Exceptional communication for senior-level customer interactions.
🛠 Strong commercial awareness and budgetary management experience.

Desired Skills:
✔️ Experience in regulated industries (e.g., nuclear, defence, aerospace).
✔️ Knowledge of fatigue, degradation mechanisms, and environmental fatigue analysis.
✔️ Familiarity with Altair Hyperworks or similar tools.
✔️ Advanced knowledge of international standards and codes (e.g., ASME, BS7910).
✔️ Integration of structural integrity with other technical disciplines (e.g., CFD).

🌟 Why Apply?
Join Assystem’s dynamic team at Hinkley Point C and apply your electrical layout expertise to one of the most ambitious nuclear projects in Europe. You will work at the forefront of innovation, contributing to the UK’s future energy infrastructure. Apply today to shape the future of energy!

Benefits include:

• Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
• 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
• Professional fees reimbursed
• Flexible working
• Generous employee referral scheme

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.