Civil Engineer

Overview

As a Civil Engineer at Assystem, you will support a major UK nuclear project by coordinating civil deliverables, resolving complex design challenges, and aligning multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, compliant delivery. You’ll produce building documentation, manage technical queries, and contribute to progress reporting and risk assessment within a globally experienced engineering group. This role offers the chance to shape the UK energy future through collaboration on critical, high-safety infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid Working Opportunity
• Flexible working hours
• Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
• 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
• Professional fees reimbursed
• Employee referral scheme

Responsibilities

• Coordinate review and acceptance of civil engineering technical deliverables
• Produce building-specific documentation including handover reports and hypothesis notes
• Raise and manage technical queries as primary contact for civil designers
• Support resolution of complex and transverse technical engineering challenges
• Assist team leads and stakeholders in progressing detailed design solutions
• Coordinate resolution and tracking of building-specific technical issues
• Support preparation of progress reports and identification of project risks
• Review technical proposals and variations alongside contract engineering lead
• Assist detailing engineering lead with building-specific technical clarifications
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to ensure alignment and delivery

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Experience within civil engineering design office environments
• Strong reinforced concrete design and detailing experience essential
• Proficient understanding of Eurocodes and structural design standards
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and safety compliance
• Experience using Autodesk Civil 3D and Autodesk Revit
• Nuclear sector experience advantageous but not essential
• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills

• communication
• stakeholder coordination
• team collaboration
• Autodesk Civil 3D
• Autodesk Revit
• reinforced concrete design and detailing

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