Senior Engineer - Reactor Island Holistic Layout
Posted 1 hour 31 minutes ago by Jobtailor
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Midlands, United Kingdom
Job Description
- Lead development and delivery of the Reactor Island Holistic Layout
- Ensure design solutions meet programme, safety, quality and commercial objectives
- Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop integrated, optimised and buildable reactor layouts
- Drive stakeholder alignment across engineering disciplines
- Support engineers through technical leadership, coaching and governance
- Develop and maintain the overall Reactor Island layout strategy
- Lead multidisciplinary Integrated Project Teams across Civils, Architecture, Systems, Mechanical Handling, Components, CAD, Human Factors, Operations, E3S, Supply Chain and Build Certainty
- Drive holistic layout solutions through the gated design lifecycle from concept development to detailed design
- Optimise plant layouts using engineering decision-making, trade studies and DfX methodologies
- Manage technical interfaces between systems, structures, components and operational requirements
- Develop delivery strategies balancing buildability, maintainability, operability and programme requirements
- Plan and coordinate layout activities against cost, quality and schedule commitments
- Lead technical reviews, design assessments and governance activities
- Monitor programme risks, lessons learned and engineering assumptions
- Provide technical checking, assurance and approval activities
- Support development of standards, processes and best practices for Reactor Island design
- Build a collaborative and inclusive engineering environment
- Travel to Rolls-Royce SMR offices and stakeholder locations as required
- Degree qualification in an engineering discipline, or equivalent demonstrable industry experience
- Chartered Engineer status, or active progression towards Chartership
- Experience leading complex engineering, layout, installation or integration programmes from concept development through to detailed design delivery
- Demonstrable systems engineering experience, including requirements management, stakeholder management, technical risk management and gated design review processes
- Experience leading teams, work packages or multidisciplinary engineering programmes
- Experience planning, monitoring progress, managing risks and delivering key milestones
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to influence and align diverse technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience of modular construction, manufacturing integration, process plant design, nuclear projects or other complex engineering environments would be advantageous
- Ability to simplify complex engineering challenges and drive robust, practical and balanced design decisions
- Successful candidates must complete BPSS clearance, DBS check and financial probity screening
Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop integrated reactor layouts while ensuring alignment with safety, quality, and commercial objectives. Proficient in systems engineering, stakeholder management, and delivering complex engineering projects from concept to detailed design.
Highest-signal resume keywords- Systems Engineering Experience
- Stakeholder Management
- Chartered Engineer Status
- Complex Engineering Programme Leadership
- Modular Construction Experience
- Engineering Decision-Making
- Requirements Management
- Technical Risk Management
- Gated Design Review Processes
- Layout Optimisation
- Design Assessments
- Technical Checking
- Delivery Strategy Development
- Programme Monitoring
- Trade Studies
- Strong Communication Skills
- Influencing Diverse Audiences
- Collaborative Leadership
- Coaching and Governance
- Problem-Solving
- Degree in Engineering Discipline
- Chartered Engineer Status
- BPSS Clearance
- DBS Check
- Financial Probity Screening
- Reactor Island Layout
- Nuclear Projects
- Modular Construction
- Manufacturing Integration
- Process Plant Design
- CAD
- E3S
- Human Factors