Structural Integrity Engineer

We’ll 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.

Currently, there is an opportunity for a Structural Integrity Engineer to join our Structural Integrity & Materials Engineering (SIME) Team within MSSI, providing an engaging role in vital national and international civil and defence programmes, developing and applying structural integrity assessment methods, particularly applied to metallic components. Ideally, the applicant should have an understanding and some experience of:

• conventional and computational stress analysis, in particular the Abaqus finite element package,
• the use of fracture mechanics methodologies (by way for example of applying R6 or BS7910 methods) to conduct defect tolerance assessments (DTA), as well as supporting the preparation of engineering critical assessments (ECAs), sometimes referred to as fitness-for-purpose or fitness-for-service assessments
• inelastic deformation and failure mechanisms of ductile and/or brittle structural components,
• scientific & scripting programming languages (e.g., C++, Fortran, Python and Matlab),

This role provides a diverse and exciting range of opportunities to support a variety of clients in relation to the structural integrity of regulated assets.

Our Team is based primarily at our Birchwood Park office near Warrington in Cheshire, UK (other office facilities in Manchester, Knutsford) and comprises a broad range of multi-disciplined structural integrity experts spanning metallurgy, materials science, corrosion science, finite element stress analysis, structural integrity analysis/assessment, structural and mechanical engineering, non‑destructive examination and advanced manufacturing processes.

We provide these services to a range of customers, mainly but not exclusively in the nuclear industry, to ensure the economic and safe operation of capital‑intensive plant, from both government and private industry. We also actively participate in a number of national and international projects and maintain close links with universities, particularly in relation to the research and development work we undertake and support.

Presenting our work at national and international conferences is encouraged.

• Perform and may lead on technical analysis, modelling, and consultancy, completing assigned tasks to time, cost and quality.
• Produce fit‑for‑purpose deliverables such as technical reports, conclusions, recommendations and advice to customers.
• Pro‑actively interact and collaborate with project team, supplier, other organisations and customer contacts as appropriate.
• Responsible for timely and accurate completion of own allocated tasks and maybe for those allocated to others.
• Fulfil role in keeping with business requirements for health, safety, environment, security and quality.
• Responsible for ensuring delivered work is of required standard.
• Working independently but with guidance in the more complex situations

• Degree (Level 6 or equivalent) in relevant Scientific or Engineering subject
• Working towards membership of a professional institution is desirable (Eng Tech)
• Specialist knowledge in relevant…