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Senior Structural Site Engineer

  • Location: Whitehaven, Whitehaven
  • Salary: Dependant on Experience
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted 21 days ago

  • Sector: Nuclear
  • Contact: Sophie Andrews
  • Contact Email: Sophie.Andrews@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01942 323277
  • Start Date: 23 October 2025
  • Expiry Date: 23 November 2025
  • Job Ref: V-312709

Location: Sellafield, Cumbria

Project: SIXEP Continuity Plant (SCP)

Organisation: Programme and Project Partners (PPP)

About the Project

The SIXEP Continuity Plant (SCP) is a critical infrastructure initiative at Sellafield, ensuring the long-term operation of the Site Ion Exchange Effluent Plant (SIXEP). Delivered by the Programme and Project Partners (PPP), SCP will safeguard Sellafield’s mission to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. Once operational, SCP will provide continued capacity to treat and make safe effluent generated by risk reduction activities across the site.


The Role

We are seeking a skilled and motivated CS&A Site-Based Design Liaison Engineer to join the SCP team. Reporting to the SCP CS&A Responsible Engineer and working closely with Site Construction, you will act as the vital link between design and delivery. This role demands strong technical knowledge in civil, structural, and architectural disciplines, with a focus on reinforced concrete and structural steelwork.


Key Responsibilities

  • Liaise between design and construction teams to ensure quality and compliance

  • Resolve construction issues, technical queries (TQs), concessions, and production permits

  • Conduct and review specialist calculations, reports, and design documentation

  • Support manufacture through ongoing design reviews, including SDDRs and MDDRs

  • Manage specific design packages and ensure alignment with programme goals

  • Maintain assurance of CDM application and documentation

  • Prepare and justify design changes to uphold the CS&A design case

  • Attend off-site fabrication visits and multidisciplinary meetings as required


Technical Expertise

  • Proficiency in reinforced concrete and structural steelwork design

  • Familiarity with Eurocodes and willingness to adapt to their application

  • Experience with structural elements such as process cells, crane-supporting steelwork, pipe bridges, and civil groundworks

  • Understanding of architectural fit-out for industrial/nuclear facilities, including partitions, finishes, cladding, doors, fire strategy, and tie-ins to existing infrastructure

  • Knowledge of temporary works procedures and quality assurance processes


Qualifications & Experience

  • Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline (or HNC/HND with significant experience)

  • Proven experience in design liaison roles within complex construction environments

  • Strong communication and coordination skills across engineering and site teams





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