Join NUVIA UK, a leading engineering company in the nuclear, defense, and energy sectors. As a Principal Piping Engineer, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, supporting current operations and future programs. Your responsibilities will include authoring and managing design substantiation documents, producing examination and inspection schedules, and providing technical advice to stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have experience in industrial plant design, pipe stress analysis, and multi-discipline project engineering.
Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of Nuclear Infrastructure Design Substantiation documents.
Production and development of Examination, Inspection, Maintenance & Testing (EIMT) Schedule, operating procedures and results.
Providing advice and direction to internal and external stakeholders, and production of Independent Technical Assessment (ITA)/Independent Peer Review (IPR) Scopes of work.
Experience of authoring and producing robust technical justification and supporting documentation to allow for relevant design modifications to be authorised within a high hazard industry.
Requirements
Experienced Piping Engineer with previous knowledge of industrial plant and machinery
Knowledge of current design standards and working practices including British & European Standards.
Theoretical and practical skill and experience across concept design, detailed design and construction stages across a range of electrical engineering projects (ideally including industrial and/or maritime).
Experience in the design assessment of plant and equipment to withstand hazards
Experience in pipe stress analysis
Experience working on multi-discipline projects providing engineering input (ideally within industrial and/or maritime)
For non-nuclear background candidates, a Nuclear introductory course would be required to be undertaken within 6 months of joining
Minimum HNC or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline.
Preferred
Ideal candidates would already have experience within a similar high-risk environment
Familiarity with safety case development techniques e.g., HAZID/HAZOP studies.
Experience of working in the UK nuclear industry (energy or defence), particularly in the design and assessment of safety-related structures, systems and components.
Knowledge of UK and US nuclear industry regulation and practice, and application of relevant nuclear-specific codes and standards.
Incorporated Engineer status or equivalent experience
