Senior Civil & Structural Engineer

Due to continued expansion, we are looking to speak with Senior Civil & Structural Engineers to join our UK team!
This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Civil & Structural engineer to join newcleo's Civil & Structures (RCS) design team and apply their expertise to the development of our Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) civil programme.
You will take the lead in building newcleo's civil engineering capabilities, levering your experience in solving complex problems in an innovative and pragmatic way, in close collaboration with newcleo's Global Engineering team of international experts.
Reporting to the Head of Civil & Structural (C&S)Design, the key duties of the role include:

• Prepare and deliver technical Basis of Design, Method Statements, Analysis & Design reports, to support the substantiation of the civil engineering structures and site infrastructure of the LFR nuclear plant


• Act as Subject Matter Expert on Civil & Structural Engineering for Nuclear applications, as directed by the Head of Unit across the business


• Initiate and lead the delivery of technical specifications for the structural analysis and design packages to be subcontracted to the LFR Global Engineering supply chain


• Act as Peer Reviewer of the engineering work packages delivered internally by the RCS unit or externally by the supply chain, fulfilling newcleo Intelligent Customer's role


• Support newcleo Design Authority team in the civil works' design submissions as part of our Generic Design Application for the 200MWe LFR plant


• Support the LFR Global Engineering team towards the optimisation of the overall plant life-cycle design and construction


This role will offer opportunities for development & progression towards management or expert activities depending on your career motivations. But don't just take our word for it, below is a testimonial from one of our employees around their experience since joining newcleo:
"Two things attracted me to newcleo - I was excited to get involved with a new nuclear development from its early stages and to use my previous experience to help shape the culture and direction of the organisation, and having spent my career working on Pressurised Water Reactor designs I was intrigued by the LFR technology and the opportunity to work on something truly novel in the nuclear energy sector. Since joining, I've had the opportunity to work with some really talented people on a range of technical challenges associated with making our LFR technology a reality and also bringing it to market. I've also had the opportunity to learn a huge amount from the vast range of experience that newcleo has brought together to deliver its LFR and MOX projects. For me, I really believe newcleo offers a fantastic opportunity for experienced nuclear professionals to build their existing skills on a project which is unique in the UK nuclear industry and
to be at the forefront of the design and licensing of Generation IV nuclear technology in the UK."
The role can be based in our Manchester or Gloucester offices, where we have a hybrid & flexible working policy of 3 days per week in the office. There is also travel opportunities to our offices in Turin (Italy) and Lyon (France), in order to collaborate and build strong working relationships across our Global Engineering Team.


• A background in nuclear or other highly regulated environment, with an ability to lead, undertake and review the design of new building structures


• Proven structural analysis and design experience against accidental load cases, including seismic, impact and blast


• Chartered engineering status (CEng) as well as a degree typically within Civil/Structural Engineering or similar/equivalent


• Operative knowledge of Finite Element modelling software to perform advanced structural analysis (ANSYS, LS-DYNA or equivalent)


• Extensive subject-specific knowledge of UK, US or European codes, standards, regulations, and operational requirements for nuclear power plants


• Capacity to rely on engineering first principles to go beyond code-based solutions, whilst maintaining technical rigour


• Excellent communication and technical report writing skills


• A willingness to travel both within the UK and overseas to support the LFR Global Engineering team


• Right to work full time in the UK & can achieve a national security clearance equivalent to a BPSS standard, or higher, within a reasonable period.
  
  Privately funded and headquartered in London, newcleo was launched in 2021 - and since raised over EUR 400 million - to be an innovator in the field of nuclear energy. Its mission is to generate safe, clean, economic and practically inexhaustible energy for the world, through a radically innovative combination of existing, accessible technologies.

With visionary co-founders, newcleo capitalises on thirty years of R&D activity in metal-cooled fast reactors and liquid-lead cooling systems, and our senior management and advisory team can boast hundreds of years in cumulative hands-on experience.
Counting on over 750 highly skilled employees across Europe, newcleo has business, scientific, operations and industrial manufacturing capabilities in a vertically integrated model designed to deliver its ambitious timeline for its plan-to-market.
newcleo's technology, mostly comprising a novel approach to already qualified solutions, addresses equally well the three challenges affecting the nuclear industry to date: waste, safety and cost.

• Waste: fast reactors are capable of efficient "burning" (i.e., fission) of depleted uranium, plutonium and Minor Actinides. When operated with MOX fuel generated from reprocessed nuclear waste, newcleo's reactors not only ensure sustainability by closing the fuel cycle, but can also boost energy independence.



• Safety: lead-cooled reactors operate at atmospheric pressure. The properties of lead (thermal capacity and conductivity, boiling point, chemically inert, low neutron activation, shielding properties) together with newcleo's passive safety systems ensure very high levels of safety.



• Cost: newcleo's reactor design has been optimised over the last 20 years leading to the concept of an ultra-compact and transportable 200MWe module with improvements in energy density compared to other technologies. Costs are kept low by means of simplicity, compactness, modularity, atmospheric pressure operation and elevated output temperature.


newcleo is also working to significantly invest in MOX fuel manufacturing in developed countries, extracting energy from the current nuclear industry by-products.
newcleo is ready to develop a new, sustainable, and completely safe way of generating nuclear energy that will help humanity reach zero emissions, and mitigate global warming.
Overview of the role