Location
Hybrid working with one of the following locations as primary: Derby, Manchester or Warrington.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£50,650 – £66,500 per annum, dependent on skills, values and knowledge. There may be flexibility with the starting salary in exceptional cases.

About the Role
We are Rolls-Royce SMR, revolutionising the nuclear industry with a once-in-a-career opportunity. The Reactor Island Integration team develops and integrates major plant areas across the SMR power station. The Auxiliary & Waste Block contains critical systems and facilities supporting plant operations, waste management and long-term maintainability.

As Senior Engineer – Auxiliary & Waste Block Lead, you will coordinate and drive a multidisciplinary engineering team to deliver the design scope. You will provide technical leadership across layout and installation design activities, collaborating closely with Civil, Architectural, Mechanical Handling, Systems, Components, Human Factors, E3S, Construction and Supply Chain teams to develop optimised, integrated solutions.

This key integration role requires strong technical judgement, stakeholder management and leadership to ensure successful delivery of a complex engineering scope through the gated design lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include leading the delivery of the Auxiliary & Waste Block scope, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, developing design definitions, leading technical and design reviews, resolving complex technical challenges, supporting block delivery strategies, managing risks and lessons learned, providing technical governance, coaching engineers and driving collaboration across disciplines to achieve programme objectives.

Experience
- Proven experience delivering layout and installation design programmes
- Experience developing design solutions from concept through to detailed design definition
- Strong understanding of Design for X (DfX), trade studies and engineering decision-making
- Experience applying systems engineering principles including requirements management, stakeholder management, technical and programme risk management, design for through-life operation and fault scenarios, and gated design review processes
- Experience leading engineering work packages or multidisciplinary teams
- Strong technical communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience providing technical coaching, supervision and review
- Strong understanding of contamination control and nuclear waste management
- Experience in nuclear mechanical systems design is advantageous
- Candidates with experience in modularisation and mechanical process system design from other industries are encouraged to apply

About you
We are looking for a technically strong leader with excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to drive complex engineering projects. You should be collaborative, proactive and able to coach and support engineers across disciplines. A commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement is essential.

We welcome applicants who meet around 75% of the criteria and those considering a career move or sector jump with transferable skills and fresh perspectives.

Qualifications
- Degree-qualified in an Engineering discipline or equivalent experience
- Experience leading engineering teams or major engineering work packages
- Chartered Engineer status desirable or working towards Chartership