Senior / Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Lead Engineer)
Location: Derby, United Kingdom
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 connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low‑carbon energy.
As part of a growing account in Assystem Energy & Infrastructure, we are looking to increase our engineering capability to respond to an increase in demand for a new client account. We are recruiting for a Senior or Principal Technical Lead for Manufacturing Capability.
Your Missions
* Support development and growth of a Manufacturing capability within a growing client base.
* Lead manufacturing teams in Requirements Capture and down‑selection processes for acquiring equipment, and ultimately conduct Validation and Verification through to implementation of equipment to an operational plant.
* Provide technical authorship within a Bid proposal process and bid management experience.
* Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including client representatives.
Experience / Qualifications Required
* Demonstrable evidence (3+ years) of managing and delivering engineering projects in tooling‑related industries, including multi‑disciplinary team leadership.
* Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication, ability to interface with multiple levels of internal and client stakeholders.
* Knowledge of manufacturing machining methods, ensuring processes meet manufacturability requirements, metallurgy of metallics/composite materials, assessment of defect criteria, tools and techniques (Lean Principles, 5 Whys), NDE detection methods, welding techniques, equipment acquisitions.
* Awareness of PLMs (Teamcenter) and proficiency with MS Office for technical documentation.
* Experience estimating, planning, budgeting for the discipline within a program of work.
* Proven nuclear professionalism and best practices, or experience in a highly regulated sector.
* Working knowledge of regulatory compliance to Nuclear Industry standards; experience delivering equipment, plant and systems.
* Experience applying current legislative regulations (Machinery Directive, PUWER, CDM, ASME, BS, EN) and engineering standards.
* Understanding of UKCA/CE marking, security and safety classifications, QA/QC grading for equipment.
* Experience managing suppliers as an intelligent customer.
* Experience with full life‑cycle of equipment (Construction, Commissioning, Installation, Handover).
* Commercial awareness (EPC/NEC4) and project management experience (quotations, estimating, cost‑to‑complete, scheduling, risk management).
* Experience with quality management and business management systems.
Additional Information
Please be aware that many roles at Assystem are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.
All applicants must, at a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role.
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote and 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.
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