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Derby, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Warrington, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Warrington, England, United Kingdom · On-site
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Derby, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Derby, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Warrington, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Warrington, England, United Kingdom · On-site
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South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Derby, England, United Kingdom • Hybrid
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Lead the design and delivery of containment and severe accident systems to ensure plant safety and regulatory compliance. Manage a team of engineers to produce technical documentation, manage system requirements, and support licensing activities.
Requires a degree in engineering or science and proven experience delivering complex systems in safety-critical or regulated industries. Must possess strong systems engineering capabilities and experience leading technical teams through design development and substantiation.
Location: Flexible (UK-based, hybrid working with travel to Warrington, Derby and Manchester as required)
At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are delivering one of the UK’s most ambitious clean energy programmes. Our Small Modular Reactor design will provide reliable, low-carbon power at scale, combining cutting-edge engineering with the highest standards of safety, security and regulatory compliance.
You will join the Reactor Safety Systems function within Engineering, responsible for systems that ensure plant safety and the confinement of radioactive materials.
Operating within a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, you will lead a team focused on containment and severe accident systems, working closely with design teams, safety case specialists and regulators to support design maturity and licensing.
As a Severe Accident and Containment Systems, you will lead the design and delivery of containment and severe accident systems, ensuring solutions are technically robust, fully integrated and compliant with regulatory expectations.
This role combines technical leadership, systems engineering and programme delivery, with accountability for design development, substantiation, governance and team capability within a complex, safety-critical environment.
Lead and develop a team of engineers to deliver containment and severe accident system designs, ensuring outputs meet safety, quality and programme requirements.
Define and manage system requirements while leading structured design activities, including optioneering, assessment and selection of engineering solutions.
Ensure all design work is delivered in line with configuration control, governance processes and design assurance standards, maintaining compliance and traceability.
Oversee the production and approval of key engineering documentation, including requirements specifications, design reports and P&IDs, ensuring alignment with best practice.
Apply systems engineering methodologies to support design substantiation and demonstrate compliance with regulatory expectations, including E3S considerations and ALARP principles.
Plan and deliver engineering work packages to agreed milestones, managing technical risks, issues and stakeholder interfaces while supporting regulatory and licensing activities.
A degree in an engineering or scientific discipline (or equivalent experience) and proven delivery of complex systems design within regulated or safety-critical industries.
Experience leading or coordinating engineering teams and delivering programmes to time, cost and quality expectations.
Strong systems engineering capability, including requirements management, structured design development and design substantiation.
Experience producing and reviewing engineering documentation such as design reports, specifications and P&IDs within controlled environments.
Understanding of regulatory frameworks and safety principles, including environmental, safety, security and safeguarding (E3S) considerations and ALARP.
Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead through ambiguity and deliver high-quality engineering outcomes.
What’s in it for you
We anticipate a salary of £60,000- £78,750 dependent on the skills, values, and knowledge you bring.
We also offer excellent benefits including:
Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 12.5%
Benefits Allowance - £2200, enabling you to create a bespoke package
Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
£250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases
We are offering hybrid working with our main offices in Derby, Manchester and Warrington.
You’ll join a forward-thinking organisation that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning, with opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
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£78,750.00
You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:
• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.
Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:
• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check
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Providing clean, affordable energy for all.
Climate change and its consequences are one of the greatest challenges ever to face mankind. The global challenge around decarbonisation is huge. At Rolls-Royce SMR, our vision is simple – we want to provide clean, affordable energy for all. A new approach to delivering nuclear power Our Small Modular Reactor is an integrated power station, that takes well understood, existing nuclear technology and applies a factory-based philosophy to its fabrication and assembly. This repeatable, standardised approach generates huge efficiency gains to make it a commoditised product that is affordable, repeatable, deliverable and investable on a global scale, providing cheaper and more flexible electricity to form part of a future balanced, clean energy mix. When fully operational the Rolls-Royce SMR programme will create 40,000 regional UK jobs by 2050 and generate £54bn in economic benefit, with a forecast to target £250bn in global exports for the UK. Join us and help to provide clean, affordable energy for all
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