Senior Team Leader - Mechanical

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 6,500 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.

We are seeking a Senior Team Lead for our Cooling Water Island team at locations in Blackburn, Sunderland, or Newcastle. This pivotal role involves forming, leading, and managing engineering teams for Front End Engineering Delivery on the RR SMR project.

• ⚡️ Lead engineering activities
• ⚡️ Approve Safety and Functional Requirements
• ⚡️ Oversee and sign off on Design Packages
• ⚡️ Provide Model Based System Engineering oversight
• ⚡️ Prepare and sign off Technical Specifications
• ⚡️ Monitor and report on programme progress
• ⚡️ Manage risk and opportunities
• ⚡️ Develop and manage team
• ⚡️ Ensure SQEPing of resources
• ⚡️ Coach and identify training needs

🛠 Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience in similar roles, from FEED to detailed design
• Leading and integrating multi-disciplinary design teams
• Understanding of power station systems
• Budgeting and work program definition for complete design project lifecycles
• Proven experience in Front End Engineering solutions for New Build conventional Island
• Knowledge of relevant regulations (ONR, Environment Agency, HSE)
• Requirements Capture/Elicitation/management experience
• Model Based System Engineering experience
• Managing sub-contracts and sub-contractors
• CEng in a relevant discipline

✔️ Desired Skills

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral
• Strong leadership skills
• Focus on delivering quality output to time and budget
• Integrity and ability to instil this in others
• Appreciation of wider technical issues beyond own discipline
• Independence, initiative, and self-motivation
• Confidence in multi-party, multi-national environments

🌟 Join Assystem and play a critical role in pioneering the future of energy. Apply today to be part of our innovative and dynamic team.

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.