Role Title: Lead Specialist - Structural Analysis
Location: Hybrid (Warrington, Derby, Manchester)
We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.
We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Lead Specialist - Structural Analysis.
Reporting to the Senior Manager – Structural Analysis, the Lead Specialist – Structural Analysis is a specialist leadership role focused on addressing complex engineering challenges, emphasising strategic problem-solving, holistic thinking, and the ability to influence outcomes at a functional level. Lead Specialists balance immediate technical execution with long-term solutions, acting as a bridge between technical teams and senior leadership. Leading by example and supporting individuals with professionalism and integrity.
The successful candidate will be responsible for technical governance of the Structural Analysis team, ensuring critical technical and strategic needs are met with innovative and sustainable solutions.
Translating business objectives into actionable strategies and maintaining alignment between technical execution and organisational goals by utilising their industrial influence, their networks outside of SMR, and identifying subcontract support to solve deficiencies in resource and capability.
Key selection criteria:
Technical governance serving as an specialist within the Structural Analysis discipline:
- Experience of managing structural analysis solutions within the nuclear industry (or similar) and/or large infrastructure projects, ensuring design integrity and compliance.
- Experience of structural analysis and design codes & standard ASME III pressure vessel code and defect tolerance assessments for nuclear power station components, including pressure vessels and pipework.
Experience of leading medium to large sized engineering teams and programmes to deliver complex, high integrity designs in complex business environments:
- The role will support a large team and large budget, both of which will grow significantly in later
phases of the programme. This will require substantial leadership skills and expertise to lead people with diverse backgrounds, experience, and skills, maintaining, and sustaining a SQEP resource pool to lead the project from concept to operation of the first SMRs and beyond. This role will demand technical leadership and stakeholder management across multiple locations within the UK. The candidate shall demonstrate a high level of skill in project management in an engineering context and will be required to understand the technical performance of the team, to lead the scoping and implementation of work into the higher-level reporting and generate narrative to explain the formal technical position of the team on a regular basis.
Cross functional and multi disciplined leadership and coordination to deliver quality design
solutions:
- Knowledge of cross functional business collaboration needed to deliver integrated design solutions is important to coach and lead the team and ensure the design and development supports the delivery demand of the Reactor Island layout. This is especially applicable to pipe stress analysis, ASME III structural analysis, dynamic seismic analysis, thermal and fatigue analysis, as well as process engineering and external project partners, allowing the candidate to work with, influence and direct other parts of the business to achieve successful design development and delivery.
Ability to build relationships and business strategies at all levels of the business:
- As this is a key strategic technical leadership role within the structural analysis team, the ability to work with people, build teams, create a supporting working environment, and communicate up and down the business hierarchy is a key competence that the candidate should be able to demonstrate.
- This role encompasses a blend of leadership across technical, programme and development accountabilities so the ability to balance these demands is a key attribute.
Demonstrate self-drive and motivation, and seeking to motivate others, to deliver maturity in the piping layout development aligned to the demands of the programme:
- An exceptional team player that is prepared to support any aspect of the business when required. Display an appropriate questioning attitude and excel in periods of uncertainty within a learning culture.
We are Rolls-Royce SMR
Rolls-Royce SMR is a rare employer because it blends the world-class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start-up that has a hugely challenging mission. We’re doing work that contributes to the survival of the planet. Because of our mission, there’s a pace and energy that is palpable, and our leaders draw you in with their passion, energy, and determination.
We’re one of a handful of employers who can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation – our people are here because of what makes them great, and our job is to help them make the best contribution of their careers doing work they love.
The start-up mentality coupled with our strengths-approach to people means there are opportunities to grow in ways and jobs you probably would be barred from doing in more traditional companies.
Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues
Our Culture
At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge.
Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.
Our Application Process
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:
Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check