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Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer

United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne · Job Posted June 15, 2026
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Join the Fusion and Modular Nuclear Business Unit! Take on a pivotal role in shaping the future of clean energy by establishing, leading, and managing the Cooling Water Island engineering team within a groundbreaking Small Modular Reactor (SMR) development program. Drive the development of a high-performing team, overseeing the design, integration, and execution of critical cooling water systems essential to reactor operation. Play a key role in defining technical strategies, ensuring regulatory compliance, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, high-efficiency engineering solutions that will help revolutionize nuclear power.

Job Responsibility

  • Leadership of the Engineering Activities of the Cooling Water Team
  • Development of Safety and Functional Requirements
  • Design Package Production in Line with Requirements
  • Management of Interfaces
  • Preparation of Technical Specifications
  • Maintain Equipment Lists and Schedules
  • Management of Risk and Opportunity

Requirements

  • FEED to Detailed Design Experience
  • Multi-Disciplinary Team Leadership
  • Steam Cycle Modelling Oversight
  • Project Budget & Lifecycle Planning
  • Cooling Water Equipment Expertise
  • Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge
  • Requirements Capture Experience
  • Systems Engineering Awareness
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng)
  • Security Clearance Eligibility
  • Excellent communication skills, written and oral
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Focus on delivering quality output to time and budget
  • Act with integrity and instils this in others
  • Has an appreciation of wider technical issues beyond own discipline
  • Ability to work with a high degree of independence, using their own initiative and self-motivation
  • Confident in a multi-party, multi-national environment
  • Ability to travel to Assystem offices and customer sites within the UK
  • To undertake work packages supporting major UK and international Nuclear Clients

What we offer

  • 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: 1-2 days remote per week

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