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On Site

Birchwood, England, United Kingdom

Full time
Amentum will inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Amentum is currently recruiting for a Principal Seismic Civil & Structural Engineer to join our Energy business, which is entering an exciting phase of opportunity: supporting a key client’s UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation; supporting new small modular reactor developers. Our work is varied, covering Licensing, New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling, and our capabilities are in demand across the nuclear sector.
We’re looking for a driven individual who embraces collaboration and diversity, and who shares our vision to create a secure and vibrant future by continuously reinventing, realising breakthroughs and taking on challenges with courage.
Our goal is to support development of new nuclear technologies and to keep existing power stations operating safely, contributing to the UK’s Net Zero carbon target.

QUALIFICATIONS

• MEng, MSc, BEng or BSc in Civil Engineering or other relevant degree level qualification
• Chartered with relevant institution (e.g., ICE or IStructE)
• Ability to work within, and where required, lead a design team, and also able to collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams
• Previous experience in the design and/or construction of civil engineering solutions using American codes
• SASSI 2000, ACS SASSI, SHAKE expertise
• LS-DYNA expertise
• Concrete design expertise (American Concrete Institute ACI 318, ACI 349)
• Steel design expertise (American Institute of Steel Construction AISC 360, AISC 341, AISC N690)
• Seismic analysis (American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE 4, ASCE 43, ASCE 7)
• Understanding of the use of design tools within a BIM environment
• Demonstrable experience in the design of heavy infrastructure projects, nuclear or regulated industry
• Knowledge and understanding of UK Nuclear Regulatory process in field of civil engineering is desirable

OUR CULTURE

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.
We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

• Working within integrated multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high profile projects
• Manage programmes and resources, delivering to time and budget
• Take ownership of technical challenges, develop a strategy and implement the solution through engagement with internal and external stakeholders
• Deliver technical solutions, via analysis and design
• Produce and review design deliverables (assumption notes, technical specifications and calculation notes, etc)
• Work with international SMR developers to pass through the Office of Nuclear Regulation’s Generic Design Assessment process
• Review and justify design decisions to the ONR
• Fulfil and take ownership of CDM responsibilities
• Support preparation of fee proposal