Senior Stress Engineer

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 (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 optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Join us a Senior Stress Engineer
📍 Location: Derby
📝Staff Position

Your future team:

Are you ready to ignite your career in engineering with thrilling challenges and ground breaking projects within Nuclear and Defence?

Assystem are expanding our Stress capability and are looking for enthusiastic Senior Stress Engineers to join us. You will report into the Stress Technical Lead and will work in an embedded team based  at our clients site in Derby.

Your Missions

📐 Provide integrity substantiation using Finite Element method and/or Code assessment
📊 Assist in calculation reviews
🖥️ Modelling experience
🛡️ Adhere to Assystem quality system
⏱️Work to man-hour budgets for assigned tasks
📝If required, assist in proposal writing and other related bidding activities
🎯 Successful candidates will be expected to assist in achieving business targets by ensuring his/her analysis work meets the defined quality, time, and cost requirements.

Why join the community of Switchers?:

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

🔹A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions

🔹Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects

🔹Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text

🔹Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs

At Assystem, we celebrate diversity and creativity. We believe in harnessing unique perspectives to shape innovative solutions. Your skills and daring spirit are what truly matter. Join us and help shape the future! 🌟

To be successful in this role you will need:

🛡️ Nuclear industry experience (defence) preferable, but transferable skills from other disciplines accepted
💼 Demonstrable expertise in fatigue, fracture, thermal, and structural stress assessments using finite element analysis

⚙️ Finite Element analysis in ABAQUS (explicit/implicit)
🖥️ ABAQUS/CAE or equivalent pre/post (desirable)
🔍 Code assessment to ASME B&PVC and R6; RCC-M a plus
🛠️ Knowledge of structural integrity & defect tolerance assessments
🐍 Python scripting in ABAQUS environment desirable
📑 CRACKEN or alternative fracture assessment experience
⚡ Fatigue crack growth & initiation experience desirable
📋 Familiar with Gated review process

Due to the nature of work to be undertaken, applicants will be required to be Sole British Nationals.

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.