EC&I Responsible Engineer

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements. 

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

EC&I Responsible Engineer

Warrington

Staff or Contract (Inside IR35)

⚡ EC&I Responsible Engineer (RE)

The RE is fully accountable for all electrical, control & instrumentation (EC&I) engineering within their area, ensuring work issafe ✅, compliant 📋, and fit for purpose 🔧 across the full lifecycle.

They providetechnical leadership 👷‍♂️, set standards, oversee assurance, and retain responsibility for all engineering decisions (including delegated ones).

🔍 Essential Experience

• Proven EC&I delivery inregulated, safety-critical environments ⚠️
• Strong track record oftechnical accountability & decision-making 🧠
• Experience with:
  • PES, Cyber, Instrumentation & Electrical Distribution ⚡
  • UK compliance (UKCA, LV, EMC, Machinery) 🇬🇧
  • Plant room design & engineering governance 🏗️
• Leadingmulti-disciplinary teams 👥 and resolving complex risks
• Working withprojects, safety, regulators & assurance bodies 🤝
• Promotingsafety, quality & compliance culture 🛡️

⭐ Desirable

• Experience as an RE (or equivalent) innuclear/high-hazard environments ☢️
• Full lifecycle delivery:concept → commissioning → handover 🔄
• Knowledge ofSEMS & gated engineering processes 📊

🎓 Essential Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) inElectrical, Control, or Instrumentation Engineering ⚡
• Extensive EC&I experience suited to aResponsible Engineer role 👷‍♂️
• Chartered Engineer status 🏅 (or equivalent experience)
• Ability to meetsecurity clearance & site access requirements 🔐
• SQEP compliant withSR0696 & ED21 standards 📋

⭐ Desirable Qualifications

• Fellowship / senior membership 🏆 of a professional engineering body
• Training innuclear safety ☢️, functional safety 🛡️, or systems engineering 🔧
• Postgraduate qualification 🎓 in engineering or management

Whilst we encourage applications from all nationalities, Assystem within the UK are subject to security and export control restrictions due to the nature of work to be undertaken.  
 
These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation. 

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