Area Engineering Manager

Job Description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. Every day, our 8,000 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 optimise the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle.

The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

Location:

Warrington.

Contract:

Contract (Inside IR35) or Permanent.

Engineering Manager

• 🚀 Deliver the Stage 3 Define phase onwards in line with agreed project schedule and cost
• 🔧 Drive engineering teams to optimise the Stage 2 Appraise and select a single preferred solution, and produce a Stage 3 Preliminary Design
• 🛡️ Complete preliminary design assurance activities in line with the agreed Risk‑Based Assurance Strategy
• 🧰 Act as AEM, leading multidiscipline teams responsible for estimating, scheduling, forecasting, and producing agreed design deliverables
• 📑 Manage the DSA teams in the production of deliverables
• 👥 Identify and allocate additional resource demand where required to ensure all deliverables can be originated and checked in accordance with project schedule dates
• 🔗 Interface with other Project Discipline Leads within the project(s)
• 🤝 Engage and interface with site clients and stakeholders
• 📅 Support the production of Stage 4 delivery estimates and schedule, with input into the commercial engagement of suppliers in the Define phase
• 🤝 Work collaboratively with the fully integrated project team—including construction, commissioning, pre‑ops, human factors, and client stakeholders—to ensure functional requirements are met (Constructability, Commissionability, HAZCON, conventional safety, environmental)

• 📘 Engineering background with a proven record of successful delivery, including recent roles influencing professional engineers and guiding technical personnel
• 🏗️ Significant experience in an engineering design environment, with engineering knowledge as a key attribute and proven project delivery across the full project lifecycle
• 🛡️ Recent experience within a regulated and quality‑assured system (preferably nuclear), where professional engineering judgement was key
• 📚 Knowledge and understanding of governing laws, regulations, and standards for the nuclear industry (equivalent experience from other industries will be considered)
• 🧠 Experience with Project System Engineering and the system engineering approach to design
• 📄 Familiarity with NEC3 contract terms and conditions
• ⚡ Experience in the delivery of projects related to cooling systems and CE&I power distribution

• Ability to obtain SC Clearance or above
• Ability to obtain P1 Pass Minimum Monitored Worker

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.

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.