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Company Description
⚡️💡 About Assystem
At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. With 7,500 Switchers combining engineering expertise and digital technologies, we deliver the future of clean energy. In the UK, we support landmark projects like Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, and Small Modular Reactors—helping shape the next generation of nuclear infrastructure.
🤝 Why Join the Community of Switchers?
Join one of the world’s top three nuclear engineering companies and work alongside forward-thinking engineers on industry-defining projects. As a Switcher, you’ll be part of a collaborative and inclusive team, dedicated to building a safe, low-carbon future
Job Description
🚀 The Job Mission
This is a hybrid role, and we are considering candidates within a commutable distance to Bridgwater. A relocation package is available to support the move where needed. You will play a key role in ensuring design changes during tunnelling and marine works are safely reviewed, accepted and delivered. Your future team is working closely with both design and construction stakeholders, providing technical expertise to safeguard nuclear safety and construction quality.
Key responsibilities include:
- Review and accept design changes raised by contractors through formal processes.
- Provide technical expertise on reinforced concrete design in tunnelling environments.
- Manage construction configuration and design change documentation.
- Ensure golden thread between design, safety case, and operational requirements.
- Liaise with the design office and construction team for technical consistency.
- Ensure CDM aspects are fully discharged during the construction period.
- Carry out surveillance on design changes to support nuclear safety acceptance.
- Support the release and handover of design packages for construction.
- Draft action plans and programmes to achieve project objectives.
- Communicate progress, risks, and mitigations effectively to stakeholders.
Qualifications
🛠 Essential Skills and Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of secondary lining in tunnels and shafts.
- Expertise in pipe jacking methods and structures.
- Tunnelling design experience (TBM, pipe jack, linings).
- Working knowledge of Eurocode 2 concrete design standards.
- Experience with hazard and accidental load design.
- Knowledge of UK CDM regulations in regulated industries.
- Advanced degree in civil or structural engineering.
- • Working towards or Chartered Engineer status (ICE or IStructE).
✔️ Desired Skills
- Knowledge of repair methods for RC underground structures.
- Offshore structure design experience.
- Familiarity with construction change procedures.
- Experience in large-scale, multi-cultural industrial projects.
- Tunnelling Safety Training Scheme (TSTS) qualification.
Additional Information
🌟 If you’re ready to be part of a team transforming the energy landscape, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll have the opportunity to shape major UK infrastructure while developing your engineering career on a globally recognised project.
Benefits include:
🏡 Hybrid Working Opportunity
🕒 Flexible working hours
🛡️ Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
🏖️ 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
💼 Professional fees reimbursed
💰 Employee referral scheme
🤒 Competitive Sick Pay – Support when you need it
🏥 Income Protection & 3x Salary Death-in-Service Cover
💪 Free Digital Gym Access – Expert-led fitness classes
📞 24⁄7 Employee Support Line – Mental health, financial & legal help
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.
