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, 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:** Do you like working within a large project team? Are you a good communicator? Are you familiar with highly regulated industry? Do you like thinking outside the box, reviewing and assessing designs and optioneering high level solutions. Are you motivated by creating great requirements that will expand and drive a preferred solution? Are you energised by stakeholder engagement, strategy production and recording decisions and agreements. If the above statements raise your interest and you are interested in a circ. 2 year feasibility and concept design period for a large nuclear project, then we could be looking for you?! **Responsibilities:** The role will include, but not be limited to, the following activities: + Understanding of nuclear safety, machinery safety, physical security and cyber security; and how early decision making will impact future designs. + Assessing existing control systems and optioneering high level architecture. + Assessing existing mechanical handling design and subsequent optioneering. + Collaborating with peers, seniors and stakeholders of both technical and non-technical roles. + Identifying physical and soft interfaces. + Defining high level requirements and identifying relevant national and local standards and guides. + Reviewing existing EC&I designs and records. + Production of optioneering, strategy and design basis documentation. **Here's What You'll Need:** Excellent communication and written skills, an inquisitive and questioning attitude and a self-motivated drive to deliver the best possible solution is more important than experience or knowledge in the technical areas. As such, this role is open to all experience levels with Higher National Cert/Dip minimum qualification in an EC&I related subject, as individuals may be trained within the role, under close supervision. **The Project:** The Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) Future State Programme is one of the most complex challenges facing the NDA in dealing with the UK’s nuclear legacy is managing the stockpile of separated civil plutonium. The SNM Future State Programme will deliver capabilities to ensure the right material, is in the right package, in the right store to maintain the safe and secure storage of plutonium. To deliver the programme mission there are several tranches that must be delivered. The SNM Future Storage tranche will focus on providing additional modern standard, resilient storage capacity to store 100 Year Packages until the final disposition solution is implemented. **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. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .