Principal Structural Engineer

Company Description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked third in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Job Description

Your future team:

Reporting to the Civils/Structures Design Manager, the Principal Structural Engineer will be providing new and upgraded dock, berth, and building infrastructure projects for a major client within the Marine sector. You will be working with multi-discipline infrastructure system designers to provide an overall capability across the programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career and assist in the delivery of Defence design and safety critical projects, with opportunities for further development and progression within the company.

Your missions:

Using your experience in facility upgrade or construction projects you will manage and review the design packages by subconsultants and work with users and other stakeholders to ensure that the integrated facility provides the sustainment capability. Your main responsibilities will include:

🎯 Management of the multidisciplinary design elements of the structures, ensuring designer technical performance and making appropriate technical responses.

🎯 Provide Technical design guidance and review integration of the designs with other design packages.

🎯 Ensure that the design documentation covers the scope of operations required by the Project Manager and is produced to agreed standards, schedule, and budget.

🎯 Plan for effective project implementation, identifying key factors and effectively contributing to the project’s technical planning process.

🎯 Ensure that the processes and activities being managed are appropriately documented with appropriate records maintained and configuration and quality controls applied.

🎯 Ensure that staff and contractors are familiar with the hazards and risks associated with the work undertaken by the consultant team through effective management and communication of the Risk Assessment.

Why join the community of Switchers?

As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

💥25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
💥8% company pension contributions
💥Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care
💥Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more
💥Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Skills to be successful:

🌟 Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline

🌟 Chartered Engineer status is ideal.

🌟 Experience working on major new buildings, preferably multi-storey buildings with multi-functionality, e.g. hospitals, or experience working on new or refurbishment of dock structures.

🌟 Experience in seismic structural design is desirable.

Additional Information

🔹 Inside IR35 contract role (2 years).

🔹 This is a remote role with travel to the Client site (Plymouth) required every 6-8 weeks.

🔹 Candidates must be sole UK nationals and able to gain SC clearance.

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.