Senior Engineer - C&I

Rolls-Royce Smr

The Role

Overview

Design & deliver hardwired protection and accident management systems for SMR nuclear plant.

Key Responsibilities

  • safety cases
  • requirements gathering
  • design compliance
  • procurement support
  • system design
  • regulator liaison

Tasks

-Contribute to the production of safety cases and provide support in liaising with regulators and independent nuclear safety assessors. -Working with Plant Process Engineers and other C&I Engineers to gather and develop system requirements. -Support to planning and implementation of policies and procedures related to the life cycle of the systems. -Assess and substantiate that the design specification meets the requirements. -Ensure that optimum solutions are provided for the RR SMR Nuclear Power Plant by supporting the procurement, operations, and maintenance aspects of the equipment. -Ensure that the design is compliant against international standards in particular, IEC61508 & IEC61503. -Liaise with other disciplines to understand functional performance capabilities of components and systems to facilitate effective system design. -Translate these requirements into design specifications for the hardwired protection and accident management systems.

Requirements

  • dbs check
  • bpss clearance
  • model based
  • iec 61508
  • systems engineering
  • technical oversight

What You Bring

-Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check -Knowledge and experience in the systematic design lifecycle of C&I systems including specification, design, assessment, verification, testing, installation, commissioning and maintenance of safety or process critical C&I systems. -Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check -Knowledge and experience of applying systems engineering methodologies including Model Based Systems Engineering to C&I systems. -Knowledge and experience of relevant industry standards for systems important to safety (e.g. IEC 61508, IEC 61503). -Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance -The ability to provide technical oversight of the work carried out by supply chain partners i.e., discharging the intelligent customer role. -Experience in taking information, understanding, and presenting it in an appropriate and compelling format, which includes formal communications to the appropriate stakeholders.

Benefits

-Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care -Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions. -Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay -£250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases -Bonus - Performance related target opportunity 12.5% -We anticipate paying a salary of between £51,600-£67,725 DOE -Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days. -Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business. -Benefits Allowance – £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package -A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.

The Company

About Rolls-Royce Smr

-A team of 15 engineers at Rolls‑Royce began designing a compact, scalable nuclear solution in 2016. -Blends decades of naval reactor experience with advanced manufacturing. -Modules are nearly 90% factory‑built across 1,500 parts, then shipped and assembled on site—cutting costs, time and complexity. -The company uses a boron-free primary circuit, eliminating toxic boric acid and reducing water use and waste. -Backed by strategic investors and partners like ČEZ and Siemens Energy to support global rollout. -Positions itself as a repeatable, investable product offering dependable 'always-on' clean energy to grids and industries.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Nuclear

Industrial

Transportation

Manufacturing

Digital Innovation

Modular Construction

Power Generation

Clean Fuels

Decarbonisation

Heat Sector

Oil and Gas

Renewables

Research and Technology

Security Clearance

-baseline personnel security standard (bpss) clearance -disclosure and barring service (dbs) check -basic financial probity check