Senior Stress Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead complex stress and structural integrity assessments using FEA and hand calculations
• Review and approve technical work, representing Assystem confidently with clients
• Mentor and develop engineers, building future stress specialists
• Drive capability growth - training, methods, best practices, recruitment and retention
• Support bids and business development, working closely with Engineering Directors and Sales
• Collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams in the nuclear and defence sectors
• Why Join the Community of Switchers?
• 🌟 Over 55 years in nuclear engineering.
• 🏆 Ranked among the top 3 largest nuclear engineering companies.
• 💼 Attractive social benefits, including an engaging Employee Committee and holiday bonuses.
• 📚 Ongoing training with numerous career opportunities.
• 📈 70% of our managers are promoted internally!
• 🏠 Hybrid work: 3 days remote per week.

Requirements

• Lead, build and guide a community of highly skilled stress engineers
• Strong background in stress analysis / structural integrity
• Expertise in FEA (ABAQUS, ANSYS, etc.) and relevant assessment codes (ASME, BS7910, R6 etc.)
• Experience in the nuclear or similar highly regulated sector
• Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or working toward it
• Ability to develop and implement technical strategy and capability development
• Due to the nature of work to be undertaken applicants will be required to meet certain residency criteria in order to attain a minimum level of UK security clearance if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

Benefits

Additional Information

🚀 Join the Fusion and Modular Nuclear Business Unit! 🚀Help shape the future of the energy transition at one of the world's leading nuclear engineering companies. Assystem is growing fast - and our stress and structural integrity capability is growing with it. We're looking for a Senior/Principal Stress Engineer who is ready to take the next step into a technical and capability leadership role, helping to strengthen, grow and develop our UK stress engineering community. This is a hybrid role: you'll deliver high-value technical work for clients while also shaping the direction, tools, talent and strategy of our stress capability. Your mission:

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